Tokyo, the capital of Japan, is one most big cities of the world with a population of 13 million inhabitants, and the biggest of 47 prefectures of Japan.
The long history of its prosperity began with the establishment of Shogunat with Tokugawa Ieyasu in 1603. It is the political, economic and cultural center of Japan, among others, as well as the source of distribution of the information today. The administrative district includes 23 districts, 26 big cities, 5 middle-sized cities and 8 villages. Situated geographically more or less in the center of the Japanese archipelago and in the South of the region of Kantô, Tokyo is surrounded by the prefecture of Chiba in the East, the prefecture of Yamanashi on the West at the foot of mountains, the prefecture of Kanagawa in the South along the river Tamagawa and the prefecture of Saitama in the North.The metropolis, which occupies a surface of 2 187 km2 establishes the 3èla smaller administrative division of Japan. From east to west, we find everything around the city of hills, trays and mountains. Although of a small surface, Tokyo offers a very rich geographical variety, going of lands which are only four meters over the sea level, up to the mountainous regions with summits exceeding 2 000 meters. Furthermore, it is necessary to note that certain volcanic islands of the Pacific as Izu and island Ogasawara are also a part of Tokyo.
The region of 23 districts
The zone of districts extends over 621 km2 and 9 million people live there. Tokyo attracts tourists not only of the foreigner, but also all Japan, because the city offers a wide variety of tourist places, more its road infrastructure is extremely well developed, and businesses and industries are there prosperous.
The building of the Metropolitan Government - Which manages the city, the station of Tokyo - the biggest building of bricks built in Japan, renovated in 2012, or Tokyo Skytree, the highest tower of broadcasting autocarried by the world, are some examples of places of interest of this charming metropolis, rich in history and in traditions, which creates permanently new places of interests; what makes undoubtedly of her one of the most modern cities of the world.
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