Tokyo

Tokyo is the enormous and wealthy capital of , and its main city, overflowing with culture, commerce, and most of all, people. As one of the most populated urban areas in the world, Tokyo is a fascinating and dynamic metropolis that mixes foreign influences, consumer culture and global business along with remnants of the capital of old Japan.
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Essential Destinations

Top destinations include Minato and Shinjuku.

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is a ward in central Tokyo. Its name means "port", referring to its seaside location, although many areas in the district are quite far from the sea now due to reclamation.

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is a central ward of Tokyo known as the metropolis' second center. The area surrounding Station is a huge business, commercial, and entertainment center atop the world's busiest railway station complex.

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is a shopping and eating district of Tokyo popular with a lot of young Tokyoites. It deserves a prize for having more two-story televisions than any other area in the world. Harajuku and areas in the ward have separate articles.

Destinations to Discover

Explore places such as Tokyo Haneda Airport and Chiyoda.

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Haneda Airport, officially known as Tokyo International Airport, in the Tokyo neighborhood of , is the largest and busiest airport in Japan, and the second busiest airport in all Asia despite the majority of flights being domestic.

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, officially known as City in English, is a special ward of , Japan. Located in the heart of Tokyo's 23 special wards, consists of and a surrounding radius of about a kilometer, and is known as the political and financial center of Japan.

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Taitō is a northeastern ward of Tokyo. Talk to a Tokyoite about "downtown", and he will think of the district: the train station of , where migrants from the first arrived in their search for a better life, and the temples of , once a boom town full of prostitutes and gangsters, now again a boom town full of tourists.

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is a ward in northwest Tokyo, . This guide incorporates Ikebukuro, a section of and one of the three major metropolitan sub-centers on the Yamanote Line, along with Shinjuku and Shibuya.

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is in western Tokyo, and is the most populous and the second largest of the city's 23 wards.

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Bunkyō is in Tokyo, north of the Imperial Palace. The name means roughly "Capital of Culture" and, indeed, it's best known as the home of the sprawling University of Tokyo and a series of aristocratic parks and villas.

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is a ward to the east of central Tokyo. It has a famous cherry blossom viewing area along the River near Asakusa Station in spring, and the River Fireworks Festival in summer.

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is a central ward in Tokyo. It has been the historical commercial heart of Tokyo since the Edo period, and to this day, is filled with offices, banks, and other institutions that drive the Japanese economy.

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is one of the 23 wards of central Tokyo, and is also a major railway station in south-central Tokyo. Historically, parts of this ward were known as Shimazuyama.

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, or Akiba in slang, is Tokyo's "Electric Town" on the eastern side of the central ward. The area houses thousands of shops selling every technological gadget you can imagine, from computers to gaming consoles and vacuums to DVDs, at reasonable prices.

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is one of the 23 special wards in the in . The ward refers to itself as City in English. The total area is 34.06 km. 's mascot is a green little dinosaur called Namisuke.

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' is a special ward in the in Japan. The English translation of its Japanese self-designation is ' City. As of January 1, 2024, the ward has an estimated population of 337,377, and a population density of 21,640 persons per km2.

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is a special ward in the in . The English translation of its Japanese self-designation is City. The ward was founded on March 15, 1947.

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Ōta is a special ward in the in . The ward refers to itself in English as Ōta City. It was formed in 1947 as a merger of Ōmori and Kamata following Tokyo City's transformation into Tokyo Metropolis.

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The district of Tokyo, literally "Silver Mint", is in the ward. It is considered the high fashion center of the city and contains many upscale shops and restaurants.

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For the fashionable teenager, spending time in on the weekends is practically a necessity. Older folks will want to visit too, to see Meiji Shrine and Yoyogi Park.

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is a part of Tokyo's downtown district, best known for its many temples, particularly Sensō-ji, Tokyo's largest Buddhist temple.

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If you want to get a feel for old Tokyo, in the district is a good place to start. Entirely lacking in high-rise condos or whiz-bang shopping malls, by Tokyo standards it's distinctly downmarket, in contrast to places like , but that means that eating, shopping and drinking are all affordably priced.

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Eastern Tokyo covers the wards of Adachi, Katsushika, Edogawa, Kōtō and Arakawa. Neighboring is covered in its own article, as is the flashy bayside shopping and entertainment district of .

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is the southernmost part of ward in Tokyo, Japan, and a major district of the ward. It was developed on the site of a former brewery, which it is named after, and is home to .
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Places of Interest

Highlights include Shiodome and National Diet Library.

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is an area in , Japan, located adjacent to and , near and the Hamarikyu Gardens. Formerly a railway terminal, has been transformed into one of Tokyo's most modern areas.

Library
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The is the national library of and among the largest libraries in the world. It was established in 1948 for the purpose of assisting members of the National Diet of Japan in researching matters of public policy.

Railway station
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is a major railway station and a central rail hub in , Japan. The original station is located in Chiyoda's business district near the grounds.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Roppongi and Akasaka.

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is an expensive section of Tokyo's ward famous for its nightlife, much of which is geared towards foreigners. It is also a major daytime attraction, with two massive shopping and dining complexes, and various museums.

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is one of Tokyo's central business districts, full of corporate headquarters and expensive hotels. The area is directly adjacent to , one of Tokyo's prime concentrations of bureaucracy, and only a stone's throw from the Imperial Palace in .

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is a district of central Tokyo which is a significant business center and commercial area, although not quite as busy as Shinjuku or Shibuya to the west.

Tokyo

  • Type: City with 13,600,000 residents
  • Description: special wards in the eastern part of Tokyo Metropolis in Japan, that used to form a single city
  • Also known as: “cidade de Toquio”, “City of Tokyo”, “Eastern Tokyo”, “Kalakhang Tokyo”, “Stadt Tokio”, “Tokio Hiria”, “Tokio şəhəri”, “Tókjó”, “Tokyo Proper”, “Urbo Tokio”, “канто Токіо”, “места Токіё”, “місто Токіо”, “ߕߏߞߑߦߏ߫ ߘߎ߬ߜ߭ߎ”, “ߕߏߞߑߦߏ߫ ߛߏ”, “পূর্ব টোকিও”, “டோக்யோ”, “とうきやう”, “とうきょう”, “日本东京”, and “日本東京”
  • Historically known as: “Edo”
  • Categories: de facto national capital and locality
  • Location: , , , ,
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Latitude
35.6823° or 35° 40′ 56″ north
Longitude
139.7532° or 139° 45′ 11″ east
Population
13,600,000
Elevation
44 metres (144 feet)
IATA airport code
TYO
United Nations Location Code
JP TYO
Open location code
8Q7XMQJ3+W7
Open­Street­Map ID
node 265018692
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­city
Geo­Names ID
1850147
Wiki­data ID
Q7473516
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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Achinese to Zeeuws—“Tokyo” goes by many names.
  • Achinese: “Tokyo”
  • Afrikaans: “Tokyo”
  • Albanian: “Tokyo”
  • Amharic: “ቶክዮ”
  • Arabic: “طوكيو”
  • Aragonese: “Tokio”
  • Armenian: “Տոկիո”
  • Asturian: “Tokiu”
  • Azerbaijani: “Tokio”
  • Basque: “Tokio”
  • Bavarian: “Tokio”
  • Belarusian: “Токіа”
  • Belarusian: “Токіё”
  • Bengali: “টোকিও”
  • Breton: “Tokyo”
  • Bulgarian: “Токио”
  • Burmese: “တိုကျိုမြို့”
  • Catalan: “Tòquio”
  • Central Kurdish: “تۆکیۆ”
  • Chinese: “东京”
  • Chinese: “东京都/東京都”
  • Chinese: “東京”
  • Croatian: “Tokio”
  • Czech: “Tokio”
  • Danish: “Tokyo”
  • Dutch: “Tokio”
  • Eastern Mari: “Токио”
  • Esperanto: “Tokio”
  • Estonian: “Tokyo”
  • Estonian: “Tōkyō”
  • Fiji Hindi: “Tokyo”
  • Finnish: “Tokio”
  • French: “Tokyo”
  • Galician: “Tokyo”
  • Galician: “Toquio”
  • Georgian: “ტოკიო”
  • German: “Tokio”
  • German: “Tokyo”
  • Greek: “Τόκιο”
  • Greek: “Τόκυο”
  • Gujarati: “ટોક્યો”
  • Haitian: “Tokyo”
  • Hakka Chinese: “Tûng-kîn”
  • Hebrew: “טוקיו”
  • Hindi: “टोक्यो”
  • Hungarian: “Tokió”
  • Icelandic: “Tokyo”
  • Icelandic: “Tókýó”
  • Ido: “Tokyo”
  • Iloko: “Tokyo”
  • Indonesian: “Tokyo”
  • Interlingua: “Tokyo”
  • Interlingue: “Tōkyō”
  • Irish: “Tóiceo”
  • Italian: “Tokyo”
  • Japanese: “Tōkyō-to”
  • Japanese: “とうきょうと”
  • Japanese: “東京”
  • Japanese: “東京都”
  • Kannada: “ಟೊಕಿಯೊ”
  • Kannada: “ಟೋಕ್ಯೊ”
  • Kashmiri: “ٹوکیو”
  • Khmer: “ទីក្រុងតូខ្យូ”
  • Korean: “도꾜”
  • Korean: “도쿄”
  • Korean: “도쿄도”
  • Korean: “동경”
  • Kurdish: “Tokyo”
  • Ladin: “Tokyo”
  • Lao: “ໂຕກຽວ”
  • Latin: “Tocio”
  • Latin: “Tokium”
  • Latvian: “Tokija”
  • Limburgan: “Tokio”
  • Lithuanian: “Tokijas”
  • Lojban: “tokios.”
  • Low German: “Tokio”
  • Luxembourgish: “Tokio”
  • Macedo-Romanian: “Tokyo”
  • Macedonian: “Токио”
  • Malagasy: “Tokyo”
  • Malay: “Tokyo”
  • Malay: “توکيو”
  • Malayalam: “ടോക്കിയോ”
  • Maltese: “Tokjo”
  • Marathi: “टोकियो”
  • Marathi: “टोक्यो”
  • Min Dong Chinese: “Dŭng-gĭng”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Tang-kiaⁿ”
  • Mirandese: “Tóquio”
  • N'Ko: “ߕߏߞߑߦߏ߫”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Tokyo”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Tokyo”
  • Norwegian: “Tokyo”
  • Novial: “Tokyo”
  • Occitan (post 1500): “Tòquio”
  • Official Aramaic (700-300 BCE): “ܛܘܟܝܘ”
  • Official Aramaic (700-300 BCE): “ܜܘܟܝܘ”
  • Old English (ca. 450-1100): “Tōkyō”
  • Ossetian: “Токио”
  • Papiamento: “Tokio”
  • Papiamento: “Tokyo”
  • Persian: “توکیو”
  • Pfaelzisch: “Togjo”
  • Piemontese: “Tokyo”
  • Polish: “Tokio”
  • Portuguese: “Tóquio”
  • Pushto: “توکيو”
  • Romanian: “Tokio”
  • Romanian: “Tokyo”
  • Romanian: “Tōkyō”
  • Romansh: “Tokio”
  • Russian: “Токио”
  • Samogitian: “Tokėjės”
  • Sardinian: “Tokio”
  • Scots: “Imperial Tokyo”
  • Scots: “Tokyo”
  • Serbian: “Токио”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Tokyo”
  • Sicilian: “Tochiu”
  • Sinhala: “ටෝකියෝ”
  • Slovak: “Tokio”
  • Slovenian: “Tokio”
  • Spanish: “Tokio”
  • Swedish: “Staden Tokyo”
  • Swedish: “Tokyo”
  • Swiss German: “Tokio”
  • Tagalog: “Tokyo”
  • Tahitian: “Tokyo”
  • Tajik: “Токио”
  • Tamil: “டோக்கியோ”
  • Tamil: “தோக்கியோ”
  • Tatar: “Токио”
  • Telugu: “టోక్యో”
  • Thai: “โตเกียว”
  • Turkish: “Tokyo”
  • Twi: “Tokyo”
  • Uighur: “توكيو”
  • Ukrainian: “Токіо”
  • Urdu: “ٹوکیو”
  • Vietnamese: “Thành phố Tokyo”
  • Vietnamese: “Tokyo”
  • Welsh: “Tokyo”
  • Western Armenian: “Թոքիօ”
  • Wu Chinese: “东京”
  • Yue Chinese: “東京”
  • Zeeuws: “Tokio”
  • “ma tomo Tokijo”
  • “東京”

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