Portal:Tokyo

Tokyo, officially the Tokyo Metropolis is the capital and most populous city of Japan. With a population of over 14 million in the city proper in 2023, it is one of the most populous urban areas in the world. The Greater Tokyo Area, which includes Tokyo and parts of six neighboring prefectures, is the most populous metropolitan area in the world, with 41 million residents as of 2024^[update].

Lying at the head of Tokyo Bay, Tokyo is part of the Kanto region, on the central coast of Honshu, Japan's largest island. It is Japan's economic center and the seat of the Japanese government and the Emperor of Japan. The Tokyo Metropolitan Government administers Tokyo's central 23 special wards, which formerly made up Tokyo City; various commuter towns and suburbs in its western area; and two outlying island chains, the Tokyo Islands. Although most of the world recognizes Tokyo as a city, since 1943 its governing structure has been more akin to that of a prefecture, with an accompanying Governor and Assembly taking precedence over the smaller municipal governments that make up the metropolis. Special wards in Tokyo include Chiyoda, the site of the National Diet Building and the Tokyo Imperial Palace; Shinjuku, the city's administrative center; and Shibuya, a hub of commerce and business.

Tokyo, originally known as Edo, rose to political prominence in 1603 when it became the seat of the Tokugawa shogunate, and by the mid-18th century, Edo had evolved from a small fishing village into one of the largest cities in the world, with a population surpassing one million. After the Meiji Restoration (1868), the imperial capital in Kyoto was moved to Edo, and the city was renamed Tokyo (lit. 'Eastern Capital'). Tokyo was greatly damaged by the 1923 Great Kanto earthquake and by allied bombing raids during World War II. Beginning in the late 1940s, Tokyo underwent rapid reconstruction and expansion, which fueled the Japanese economic miracle, in which Japan's economy became the second-largest in the world at the time, behind that of the United States. As of 2025^[update], Tokyo is home to 26 of the world's 500 largest companies, as listed in the annual Fortune Global 500. (Full article...)

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Map of Tokyo Metro and Toei Subway rail lines in Tokyo

The transport network in Greater Tokyo includes public and private rail and highway networks; airports for international, domestic, and general aviation; buses; motorcycle delivery services, walking, bicycling, and commercial shipping. While the nexus is in the central part of Tokyo, every part of the Greater Tokyo Area has rail or road transport services. There are also a number of ports offering sea and air transport to the general public.

Public transport within Greater Tokyo is dominated by the world's most extensive urban rail network (as of May 2014, the article Tokyo rail list lists 158 lines, 48 operators, 4,714.5 km of operational track and 2,210 stations (although stations are recounted for each operator)) of suburban trains and subways run by a variety of operators, with buses, trams, monorails, and other modes supporting the railway lines. The above figures do not include any Shinkansen services. However, because each operator manages only its own network, the system is managed as a collection of rail networks rather than a single unit. Forty million passengers (counted twice if transferring between operators) use the rail system daily (14.6 billion annually) with the subway representing 22% of that figure with 8.66 million using it daily. There are 0.24 commuter rail stations per square kilometer (0.61/sq mi) in the Tokyo area, or one for each 4.1 square kilometers (1.6 sq mi) of developed land area. Commuter rail ridership is very dense, at six million people per line mile annually, with the highest among automotive urban areas. Walking and cycling are much more common than in many cities around the globe. Private automobiles and motorcycles play a secondary role in urban transport. (Full article...)

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Illuminated facade of a restaurant serving traditional food with fresh vegetables in Chiyoda, Tokyo

Illuminated facade of a restaurant serving traditional food and showing baskets of fresh vegetables at the entrance, Yurakucho, Chiyoda, Tokyo, Japan.

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Image 1The 1964 Summer Olympics closing ceremony (from History of Tokyo)
Image 2Tokugawa Ieyasu, who made Edo the capital of Japan (from History of Tokyo)
Image 3The Tokyo Skytree in 2014 (from History of Tokyo)
Image 4JR Yamanote Line (from Transport in Greater Tokyo)
Image 5Soil liquefaction in Koto after the 2011 Tohoku earthquake (from History of Tokyo)
Image 6A kawaraban (news broadsheet) depicting the damage of the 1855 earthquake (from History of Tokyo)
Image 7The Shintomi-za theater, as painted by Utagawa Hiroshige III in 1881 (from History of Tokyo)
Image 8Hokusai's painting of the 47 ronin storming Kira Yoshinaka's mansion (from History of Tokyo)
Image 9An 1814 handscroll depicting the Great Fire of Meireki (from History of Tokyo)
Image 10Tokyo Imperial University's law building before 1902 (from History of Tokyo)
Image 11Funeral procession for Hirohito (by then renamed Showa) on 24 February 1989 (from History of Tokyo)
Image 12Ota Dokan, who built the start to Edo Castle (from History of Tokyo)
Image 13The Ginza Line, Asia's oldest subway line, first opened in 1927 (from Transport in Greater Tokyo)
Image 14Rokumeikan, a club mixing Japanese and European styles (from History of Tokyo)
Image 15Tokyo from the air after the firebombing of the city, 1945 (from History of Tokyo)
Image 16A social hierarchy chart based on old academic theories. Such hierarchical diagrams were removed from Japanese textbooks after various studies in the 1990s revealed that peasants, craftsmen, and merchants were in fact equal and merely social categories. Successive shoguns held the highest or near-highest court ranks, higher than most court nobles. (from History of Tokyo)
Image 17A painting of the new Tokyo Imperial Palace (from History of Tokyo)
Image 18Ginza (from Special wards of Tokyo)
Image 19A section of the Tamagawa Josui in an 1856 painting by Hiroshige (from History of Tokyo)
Image 20The Kabukicho district of Shinjuku in 1982, before police cracked down on its illegal activities (from History of Tokyo)
Image 211960 protests against the United States-Japan Security Treaty (from History of Tokyo)
Image 22Emperor Meiji, moving from Kyoto to Tokyo after the fall of Edo in 1868 (from History of Tokyo)
Image 23Marunouchi (from Special wards of Tokyo)
Image 24The Nikkei 225 stock market index from 1970 to 2024 (from History of Tokyo)
Image 25Police officers and Japan Defense Force troops responding to the scene of the 1995 subway sarin attack (from History of Tokyo)
Image 26Folding screen view of Edo in the 17th century, showing Edo Castle on the upper right corner (from History of Tokyo)
Image 27Map of operators in Greater Tokyo Area (from Transport in Greater Tokyo)
Image 28An 1809 etched print of the Senso-ji temple, before it was firebombed during World War II and rebuilt (from History of Tokyo)
Image 29Picture of the Upper Class, a c. 1794-1795 painting by Utamaro. The woman on the left is lower in class than the woman on the right, who wears more colorful clothes (from History of Tokyo)
Image 30This 1858 map shows the yamanote western district (at top) and the shitamachi eastern district (at bottom). Nihonbashi is at center (from History of Tokyo)
Image 31A Tokyo taxi driver indicating a fare of 50 Sen by holding up five fingers, in 1932 (from Transport in Greater Tokyo)
Image 32A view of the IMTFE in session (from History of Tokyo)
Image 33Shinjuku (from Special wards of Tokyo)
Image 34Toyota Crown Comfort Nihon Kotsu Taxi (from Transport in Greater Tokyo)
Image 35A German map of Tokyo from 1896 (from History of Tokyo)
Image 36Tokyo-Wan Ferry Shirahama-maru (from Transport in Greater Tokyo)
Image 37Tokyo Haneda Airport (from Transport in Greater Tokyo)
Image 38Rainbow Bridge and Tokyo Tower viewed from Odaiba (from Special wards of Tokyo)
Image 39A scene of the 2020 Summer Olympics' opening ceremony, where 1,824 drones formed the Games' logo. (from History of Tokyo)
Image 40Tokyo's 23 special wards, one part of the Tokyo Metropolis prefecture (from History of Tokyo)
Image 41The Metropolitan Police Department burning at Marunouchi, near Hibiya Park during the 1923 earthquake (from History of Tokyo)
Image 42Tokyo governor Shintaro Ishihara in 2003 (from History of Tokyo)
Image 43Shibuya (from Special wards of Tokyo)
Image 44The five-story pagoda of Kan'ei-ji, which was constructed during the reign of Tokugawa Hidetada and required the building of the Kimon (Devil's Gate) (from History of Tokyo)
Image 45Otoya Yamaguchi preparing to stab Inejiro Asanuma a second time (from History of Tokyo)
Image 46Japanese children in ruins, Tokyo, 1945 (from History of Tokyo)
Image 47A scene from the Tokugawa Seiseiroku, showing an aspect of the sankin-kotai system: the festive attendance day of daimyo at Edo Castle (from History of Tokyo)
Image 48Yukio Mishima giving a speech during his 1970 coup attempt at the Japan Ground Self-Defense Force building (from History of Tokyo)
Image 49A Torii Kiyomasu painting of kabuki actor Ichikawa Danjuro I playing Soga Tokimune. This was likely one of the most popular ukiyo-e actor prints (from History of Tokyo)
Image 50Taira no Masakado, who challenged the Emperor by becoming the effective ruler of Kanto (from History of Tokyo)
Image 51Tokyo Skytree, Sumida (from Special wards of Tokyo)
Image 52Commodore Matthew C. Perry's fleet during his second visit to Tokyo in 1854 (from History of Tokyo)
Image 53An 1869 picture scroll of the 1772 Great Meiwa Fire (from History of Tokyo)
Image 54This marker in Nihonbashi is the place from which distances along highways are reckoned. (from Transport in Greater Tokyo)
Image 55Asakusa (from Special wards of Tokyo)
Image 56Nihonbashi Bridge, in a c. 1838-1842 painting by Hiroshige (from History of Tokyo)
Image 57A leaflet dropped by the U.S. over Tokyo during the bombings, urging civilians to leave the city (from History of Tokyo)
Image 58A jar from the Yayoi period (300 BC to 300 AD) found in Kugahara, Ota (from History of Tokyo)
Image 59Toei bus (from Transport in Greater Tokyo)
Image 60Tokyo streets at night (from Transport in Greater Tokyo)

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Special Wards
of Tokyo

Western
(Tama area)

Core city	Hachioji
Cities	Akiruno Akishima Chofu Fuchu Fussa Hamura Higashikurume Higashimurayama Higashiyamato Hino Inagi Kiyose Kodaira Koganei Kokubunji Komae Kunitachi Machida Mitaka Musashimurayama Musashino Nishitokyo Ome Tachikawa Tama
Nishitama District	Hinode Mizuho Okutama Hinohara

Insular Area

Oshima Subprefecture	Oshima To-shima Niijima Kozushima
Miyake Subprefecture	Miyake Mikurajima
Hachijo Subprefecture	Hachijo Aogashima
Ogasawara Subprefecture	Ogasawara

Neighborhoods of Tokyo

v t e Transit in Greater Tokyo
Shinkansen	Tohoku Yamagata Akita Joetsu Hokuriku Tokaido Chuo (planned)
JR East lines passing through Central Tokyo	JY Yamanote JK Keihin-Tohoku - Negishi JB Chuo-Sobu Local JC Chuo Rapid JO Yokosuka - Sobu Rapid JU Utsunomiya & Takasaki - JT Tokaido Ueno-Tokyo JA Saikyo JS Shonan-Shinjuku JJ Joban Rapid JL Joban Local JE Keiyo
JR East lines in satellite cities or suburbs	JM Musashino JH Yokohama JN Nambu JI Tsurumi Sagami Hachiko/Kawagoe Ryomo Joetsu Agatsuma Shin'etsu Tohoku Direction Karasuyama Nikko Chuo Direction CO Chuo JC Itsukaichi JC Ome Koumi Shinonoi Oito Sobu Direction JO Sobu Sotobo Uchibo Kururi Togane Joban Direction Mito Narita Suigun Kashima Tokaido Direction JT Ito
Tokyo Metro	C Chiyoda F Fukutoshin G Ginza H Hibiya M Marunouchi N Namboku T Tozai Y Yurakucho Z Hanzomon
Toei Subway	A Asakusa E Oedo I Mita S Shinjuku
Yokohama Municipal Subway	Blue Green
Keikyu	Keikyu Main Airport Daishi Kurihama Zushi
Keio	Keio Keio New Dobutsuen Keibajo Sagamihara Takao Inokashira
Keisei	Keisei Main Chiba Chihara Higashi-Narita Kanamachi Matsudo Oshiage Narita Sky Access
Odakyu	Odawara Enoshima Tama
Seibu	Ikebukuro Sayama Seibu Chichibu Seibu Yurakucho Toshima Seibu Shinjuku Haijima Kokubunji Seibuen Tamagawa Tamako
Sotetsu	Sotetsu Main Izumino JR Link Shin-Yokohama
Tobu	Skytree Kameido Daishi Isesaki Sano Koizumi Kiryu Nikko Kinugawa Utsunomiya Urban Park Tojo Ogose
Tokyu	DT Den-en-toshi IK Ikegami MG Meguro OM Oimachi TM Tamagawa TY Toyoko KD Kodomonokuni SH Shin-Yokohama
Other heavy rail lines	Hokuso Kanto Joso Ryugasaki Nagareyama Rinkai Saitama Rapid Shibayama Toyo Rapid Tsukuba Express Minatomirai 21
Medium-capacity rails	Kanazawa Seaside New Shuttle NT Nippori-Toneri Yurikamome
Monorails	Chiba Monorail Disney Resort Shonan Monorail Tama Monorail Tokyo Monorail
Trams and light rails	Enoden SG Setagaya Arakawa Utsunomiya Light Rail
People movers	Seibu Yamaguchi Yukarigaoka
Hinterland	Chichibu Jomo Joshin Watarase Keikoku Yagan Mooka Minato Oarai Kashima Choshi Isumi Kominato
Funiculars and aerial lifts	Oyama Cable Car Hodosan Ropeway (Takao Tozan Railway Mitake Tozan Cable Car ) (Nokogiriyama Ropeway Mount Tsukuba Cable Car Mount Tsukuba Ropeway) Akechidaira Ropeway Ikaho Ropeway Yokohama Air Cabin
Bus	Willer Express List of bus operating companies in Japan
Public ferries	Tokyo-Wan Ferry Tokyo Cruise Ship Tokyo Mizube Line Keihin Ferry Boat The Port Service (Yokohama)
Major terminals	Rail Akihabara Chiba Hachioji Ikebukuro Kita-Senju Mito Odawara Omiya Otemachi Shibuya Shinagawa Shinjuku Tachikawa Tokyo Ueno Yokohama Shin-Yokohama Bus Busta Shinjuku T-CAT Airports Haneda Narita Chofu Ibaraki Ports Yokohama Tokyo Heliports Tokyo Heliport Camp Zama
Miscellaneous	Transit cards Pasmo Suica ~~Passnet~~ Transport in Greater Tokyo Rail transport in Japan List of named passenger trains of Japan List of through trains in Japan Toei Subway rolling stock Tokyo Metro rolling stock List of East Japan Railway Company stations List of Tokyo Metro stations List of Toei Subway stations Station numbering
Japan transit: Tokyo Keihanshin Chukyo Fukuoka-Kitakyushu Hokkaido Aomori Sendai Akita Niigata Toyama Nagano Hakone-Fuji-Izu Okayama Hiroshima Shikoku Metro systems Shinkansen monorails (list) trams (list) aerial lifts (list)

v t e Public art in Tokyo
Flame of Freedom Godzilla head Growing Gardener Hibiya Godzilla Square Maman Ni-Tele Really Big Clock STAR Statue of Hachiko Statue of Inoue Masaru Statue of Kano Jigoro Bunkyo Shinjuku Statue of Pierre de Coubertin Statue of Shinran Statue of Umashimadenomikoto Statue of Unicorn Gundam Statue of Yasuhito, Prince Chichibu Tokyo Brushstroke I and II

Administrative divisions of Tokyo

Western Tokyo				Special wards
Okutama Hinohara Ome Hinode Akiruno Hachioji Hamura Mizuho Fussa Akishima	Hino Tama Machida Musashimurayama Tachikawa Kunitachi Fuchu Inagi Higashiyamato Kodaira	Kokubunji Koganei Chofu Higashimurayama Kiyose Higashikurume Nishitokyo Musashino Mitaka Komae		Nerima Suginami Setagaya Nakano Itabashi Toshima Shinjuku Shibuya Meguro Shinagawa	Ota Kita Bunkyo Chiyoda Minato Chuo Adachi Arakawa Taito Koto	Sumida Katsushika Edogawa

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