Located at the head of
Tokyo Bay, Tokyo is part of the
Kantō region on the central coast of
Honshu, Japan's largest island. Tokyo serves as Japan's economic center and the seat of both the
Japanese government and the
Emperor of Japan. The
Tokyo Metropolitan Government administers Tokyo's central
23 special wards (which formerly made up
Tokyo City), various commuter towns and suburbs in
its western area, and two outlying island chains known as the
Tokyo Islands. Despite most of the world recognising Tokyo as a city, since 1943 its governing structure has been more akin to a prefecture, with an accompanying
Governor and
Assembly taking precedence over the smaller municipal governments which make up the metropolis. Notable special wards in Tokyo include
Chiyoda, the site of the
National Diet Building and the
Tokyo Imperial Palace,
Shinjuku, the city's administrative center, and
Shibuya, a commercial, cultural, and business hub in the city.
Image 15Folding screen view of Edo in the 17th century, showing Edo Castle on the upper right corner (from History of Tokyo)
Image 16A social hierarchy chart based on old academic theories. Such hierarchical diagrams were removed from Japanese textbooks after various studies in the 1990s revealed that peasants, craftsmen, and merchants were in fact equal and merely social categories. Successive shoguns held the highest or near-highest
court ranks, higher than most court nobles. (from History of Tokyo)
Image 31The five-story pagoda of
Kan'ei-ji, which was constructed during the reign of
Tokugawa Hidetada and required the building of the Kimon (Devil's Gate) (from History of Tokyo)
Image 32Tokugawa Ieyasu, who made Edo the capital of Japan (from History of Tokyo)
Image 35Funeral procession for Hirohito (by then renamed Showa) on 24 February 1989 (from History of Tokyo)
Image 36Picture of the Upper Class, a c. 1794–1795 painting by Utamaro. The woman on the left is lower in class than the woman on the right, who wears more colorful clothes (from History of Tokyo)
... that pianist Fujita Haruko, one of the first 19 female students enrolled at the
University of Tokyo, was taught by Leo Sirota, who was once called the "god of piano"?
... that Paralympian Gemma Collis-McCann, who sits on
wheelchair fencing's new Gender Equity Commission, has been chosen to join three men as the UK's wheelchair fencing team
in Tokyo?
... that
Allen Ravenstine, who used a synthesizer to emulate the sound of an airplane's engine on "30 Seconds Over Tokyo", later became an airline pilot?
Located at the head of
Tokyo Bay, Tokyo is part of the
Kantō region on the central coast of
Honshu, Japan's largest island. Tokyo serves as Japan's economic center and the seat of both the
Japanese government and the
Emperor of Japan. The
Tokyo Metropolitan Government administers Tokyo's central
23 special wards (which formerly made up
Tokyo City), various commuter towns and suburbs in
its western area, and two outlying island chains known as the
Tokyo Islands. Despite most of the world recognising Tokyo as a city, since 1943 its governing structure has been more akin to a prefecture, with an accompanying
Governor and
Assembly taking precedence over the smaller municipal governments which make up the metropolis. Notable special wards in Tokyo include
Chiyoda, the site of the
National Diet Building and the
Tokyo Imperial Palace,
Shinjuku, the city's administrative center, and
Shibuya, a commercial, cultural, and business hub in the city.
Image 15Folding screen view of Edo in the 17th century, showing Edo Castle on the upper right corner (from History of Tokyo)
Image 16A social hierarchy chart based on old academic theories. Such hierarchical diagrams were removed from Japanese textbooks after various studies in the 1990s revealed that peasants, craftsmen, and merchants were in fact equal and merely social categories. Successive shoguns held the highest or near-highest
court ranks, higher than most court nobles. (from History of Tokyo)
Image 31The five-story pagoda of
Kan'ei-ji, which was constructed during the reign of
Tokugawa Hidetada and required the building of the Kimon (Devil's Gate) (from History of Tokyo)
Image 32Tokugawa Ieyasu, who made Edo the capital of Japan (from History of Tokyo)
Image 35Funeral procession for Hirohito (by then renamed Showa) on 24 February 1989 (from History of Tokyo)
Image 36Picture of the Upper Class, a c. 1794–1795 painting by Utamaro. The woman on the left is lower in class than the woman on the right, who wears more colorful clothes (from History of Tokyo)
... that pianist Fujita Haruko, one of the first 19 female students enrolled at the
University of Tokyo, was taught by Leo Sirota, who was once called the "god of piano"?
... that Paralympian Gemma Collis-McCann, who sits on
wheelchair fencing's new Gender Equity Commission, has been chosen to join three men as the UK's wheelchair fencing team
in Tokyo?
... that
Allen Ravenstine, who used a synthesizer to emulate the sound of an airplane's engine on "30 Seconds Over Tokyo", later became an airline pilot?
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