Área metropolitana de Tokio en kanji

Description for Tokyo prefecture

the capital and largest city of Japan. east(東) capital(京).
The capital of Japan, which occupies the southwestern part of the Kanto region. Renamed Edo to Tokyo during the Meiji Restoration. In 1889, the city of Tokyo became Tokyo City in the 15th ward, and after the Great Kanto Earthquake, the adjacent 5 counties were annexed and divided into 35 wards. In 1935, the metropolitan system was established, and the 23 wards as of 1922 were established. A major center of Japanese politics, economy and culture. Until around the middle of the Meiji era, it was also called “Tokei”.
The name of the 23 wards of the main part of Tokyo. Includes Chiyoda, Chuo, Minato, Shinjuku, Bunkyo, Taitung, Sumida, Koto, Shinagawa, Meguro, Daejeon, Setagaya, Shibuya, Nakano, Suginami, Toyoshima, Itabashi, Nerima, Kita, Arakawa, Adachi, Katsushika, and Edogawa.

History of Tokyo

The capital of the southwestern part of the Kanto region. It is a part of both Musashi and Izu. In the first year of the Meiji era (1868), Edo prefecture was renamed Tokyo prefecture, and the counties of Ebara, Toshima, Tama, Adachi, and Katsushika were merged by the abolition of the feudal clan in the same year. In the same year, Izu Nanashima was transferred from Shizuoka Prefecture, and in the same three years, the Ogasawara Islands were transferred from the Ministry of Interior. Furthermore, in the same year, Tama Sangun was incorporated from Kanagawa Prefecture and became the current area. In 1943, Tokyo was established by merging with the city of Tokyo. The location of the Tokyo Metropolitan Government Building, Nishi-Shinjuku, Shinjuku-ku.

Overview of Tokyo’s climate and region

Mountains in the west, hills and plateaus in the center, and lowlands in the east. There are Izu Islands and Ogasawara Islands on the Pacific Ocean. The climate is relatively warm. However, the Ogasawara Islands have a climate like summer all year round. The number of workers in the primary industry is small, and the number of workers in the tertiary industry is large. The city flower is Yoshino cherry tree. The city tree is a ginkgo. The city bird is a black-headed gull.