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Tokyo,formerly(until1868)Edo,cityandcapitalofTokyoto(metropolis)andofJapan[1].ItislocatedattheheadofTokyoBay[2]onthePacificcoastofcentralHonshu[3].Itisthefocusofthevast[4]metropolitanareaoftencalledGreaterTokyo,thelargesturbanandindustrialagglomerationinJapan.AbrieftreatmentofTokyofollows.Forfulltreatment,seeTokyo-Yokohamametropolitanarea[5].BritannicaQuizWorldCapitalsQuizThesiteofTokyohasbeeninhabitedsinceancienttimes;thesmallfishingvillageofEdoexistedthereforcenturies.Edo’sdevelopmentintoa...
Tokyo, formerly (until 1868) Edo, city and capital of Tokyo to (metropolis) and of Japan[1]. It is located at the head of Tokyo Bay[2] on the Pacific coast of central Honshu[3]. It is the focus of the vast[4] metropolitan area often called Greater Tokyo, the largest urban and industrial agglomeration in Japan.
A brief treatment of Tokyo follows. For full treatment, see Tokyo-Yokohama metropolitan area[5].
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The site of Tokyo has been inhabited since ancient times; the small fishing village of Edo existed there for centuries. Edo’s development into a city did not occur until the Tokugawa period[7] (1603–1867), when it became the capital of the Tokugawa shogunate. During this period, however, the imperial family remained in Kyōto, the ancient imperial capital. With the Meij...