City Highlights

About City

Tokyo, at one time named "Edo" and virtually which means "east capital," has been the capital town of Japan since 1604. It’s a population of over thirty eight million folks, and additional flock to the town on weekdays for work and weekends for looking and rubber-necking. It is a blinding metropolis that's additional sort of a cluster of many cities, with an enormous size of one, 360 sq. miles. Ample tourists visit Japan every year for its distinctive traditions, rubber-necking spots, and fascinating subcultures. Several places in Japan are famous and visited for the opportunities that their weather provides.

Transportation: Tokyo has one airport which is there in outskirts of Tokyo called Narita International Airport in Chiba. It is the major gateway for international travellers to Japan. Also Haneda Airport on the reclaimed land at ÅŒta, offers domestic and international journeys. Rail is the basic mode of transportation in Tokyo, which has the most advanced urban railway network in the world and an equally important and established of surface lines network.

Economic condition: World’s largest metropolitan economy is what Tokyo has. As per the recent study by PricewaterhouseCoopers, Area of Tokyo-Yokohama of 38 million people has in total GDP of $2 trillion in 2012. Tokyo already have supplied at about 32.5% of the komatsuna sold at its central market. In 2003, Tokyo had 8,460 of agricultural land.

Education system: Tokyo has many universities, vocational schools and junior colleges. University of Tokyo, Hitotsubashi University, Tokyo Institute of Technology, Waseda University, Tokyo University of Science, Sophia University, and Keio University are some renowned universities of Tokyo. United Nations University headquarters are in Tokyo itself.

Geographic Situation: The mainland portion of Tokyo lies northwest of Tokyo Bay and measures about 90 km. east to west and 25 km (16 mi) north to south. The average elevation in Tokyo is 40 m. Tokyo has two island chains in the Pacific Ocean directly south and they named as the Izu Islands and the Ogasawara Islands.  As per the reports of March 31, 2008, 36% of the total land area was reserved as Natural Parks.

Notable members in Tokyo: Shinzo Abe, Olivia de Havilland, Yoko Ono, Inejiro Asanuma, Yukio Mishima, Akihiko Hoshide, Kou Shibasaki are some personalities from Tokyo.

Univesities and Research Centres in Tokyo

• Hitotsubashi University
• National Graduate Institute for Policy Studies
• Ochanomizu University
• Tokyo Gakugei University
• Tokyo Institute of Technology
• Tokyo International University
• Tokyo Medical and Dental University
• Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology
• Tokyo University of Foreign Studies
• Tokyo University of Marine Science and Technology
• Tokyo University of the Arts
• University of Electro-Communications
• University of Tokyo

Research centres

• Earthquake Research Institute, University of Tokyo
• Tokyo Research Institute for Cultural Properties
• Nomura Research Institute, Ltd. Tokyo Head Office
• Research Center for Advanced Science and Technology (RCAST)
• Earth-Life Science Institute
• National Institute of Population and Social Security Research

Tourist Attraction

Tokyo Tower, The Imperial Palace Gardens, Tokyo Sky tree, Senso-ji Temple,  Harajuku's Takeshita-dori Street are some tourist attractions in Tokyo that one must visit.You’ll never  be bored in capital of Japan. There are perpetually events on, like music festivals, ectozoon markets, restricted themed cafes, annual events, and after all the standard festivals that have occurred for years. There’s ne'er an uninteresting day during this town and you may ne'er run out of things to try and do here. Even once living in Japan, there are several places to go to.

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