Tokyo, located in the middle of the Kanto Plain in Japan, is an international metropolis facing Tokyo Bay and the central city of Tokyo metropolitan area, one of the three major metropolitan areas in Japan. "Tokyo" in a narrow sense refers to Tokyo, old Tokyo or Tokyo metropolitan area (old Tokyo city), and can also refer to Tokyo metropolitan area in general. Tokyo is the seat of the edo shogunate, which was renamed Tokyo in July (1September, 868).
On March 28th, Meiji 2, all Japanese moved from Kyoto to Tokyo. Since the Tokugawa shogunate era, it has become one of the major cities in Japan. After changing its name to Tokyo during the Meiji Restoration, it developed into a hub of Japan's politics, economy, culture, transportation and many other fields.
After the continuous development after World War II, Tokyo has not only become an important town of world commerce, finance, popular culture and fashion, but also one of the cities with the highest economic development and wealth in the world.
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Used to define the range of various names in Tokyo:
1, Tokyo Center: Tokyo Center includes five areas: Chiyoda, Central, Port, Shinjuku and Shibuya, of which the first three are the traditional core areas.
2. Old Tokyo District 15: It includes all the areas of Chiyoda District, Central District, Port Area, bunkyo-ku, Taitung District, Shinjuku District and Motian District in Tokyo's traditional 23 districts, and some areas of jiangdong district. 1889 was originally built as Tokyo's jurisdiction.
3. Tokyo Metropolitan Area: commonly known as Tokyo District 23, it is equivalent to the 35th District under the jurisdiction of Tokyo (existed during the period of 1889- 1943), and also refers to the general "Tokyo". Also known as the city.
4. Tokyo: The geographical scope is the same as that of Tokyo in the past, but it is different in the local autonomy system.
5. Tokyo circle: the area extending outward from the center of Tokyo and within a concentric circle with a radius of 70 kilometers.
6. Metropolitan area: In addition to Tokyo, there are Chiba, Kanagawa, Saitama, Ibaraki, Gunma, Tochigi, Yamanashi and other counties (Yamanashi is excluded from "Kanto" in the division of "eight districts" in Japan).
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