Japan's capital Tokyo (Tokyo) map

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Temple, Asakusa, Tokyo, the famous five-story tower in the lantern light up under the dazzlingJapan's capital Tokyo (Tokyo) is a modern international city, located in the southern tip of Honshu Kanto Plain, administered 23 special areas, 27 cities and five towns and eight villages and the Izu Islands and the Ogasawara Islands, a total area of 2,155 square kilometers, A population of about 12.29 million (as at February 2003), is the world's most populous cities.More than 500 years ago, Tokyo is still a sparsely populated town Xiaoyu, then called Edo.1457, a shrub named Ota, the武将here to build the city of Edo.Since then, this has become Japan's Kanto region's business centre.1603, Japan established a centralized Tokugawa shogunate, from the Japanese people from all over the focus here, Edo Castle become the country's rapid development of the political center.According to records, the early 19th century, Edo's population has more than 1 million.1868, after the Meiji Restoration in Japan, the emperor moved by the Kyoto now, to Edo to Tokyo, where Japan to become the capital.1943, the Japanese government issued a decree, the city will be Tokyo, Tokyo, expanded its jurisdiction.Tokyo's bustling pedestrian streetTokyo, Japan is the country's political center.The executive, legislative, judicial and other state organs are concentrated here.People call "114-8508 Street," "Kasumigaseki," gathered around the National Assembly, the Supreme Court and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Trade and Industry, the Ministry of Education and other government agencies which the cabinet.The past Edo City, has now become the emperor's living Miyagi.Tokyo, Japan's economic center.Japan's major companies are concentrated here.They are mostly located in Chiyoda-ku, Central Region and the Hong Kong and other places.Tokyo, with its south of Yokohama and Chiba, east of the region together constitute a well-known of Japan's Keihin industrial area.Major industries include iron and steel, shipbuilding, machinery manufacturing, chemical industry, electronics, leather, electrical, fiber, oil, printing and publishing, and other precision instruments.Tokyo financial industry and commercial development, internal and external business activities frequently.Known as "the heart of Tokyo," said the Ginza, is the most bustling commercial district local.Shinjuku, Tokyo, the famous Nippori in the scenery, the distance that the silhouette of Mount FujiTokyo is Japan's cultural and educational center.Various cultural institutions-intensive, of which 80 per cent of publishers and large in scale, the National Museum of advanced equipment, Western art galleries, such as the National Library.Located in the University of Tokyo, Japan accounted for one-third of the total number of National University, the University of those students who accounted for the more than half of the total number of college students.Tokyo as an international metropolis, but also often held various international cultural exchange activities, such as the Tokyo Music Festival and the Tokyo International Film Festival.Tokyo's very convenient traffic, the speed of 200 km of new lines, extending from Tokyo to Kyushu, and to extend the Northeast area.Mass Transit Railway to reach almost all the important areas.Railways, highways, aviation and marine component of an extensive transportation network, leading to the country and around the world.March 14, 1979, Tokyo and Beijing became sister cities.Reproduced: http://news.xinhuanet.com/ziliao/2002-04/01/content_330405.htm

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