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	Tokyo - City Guide
		Tokyo is also one of Japan's 47 prefectures, but is called a metropolis (to) rather than a prefecture (ken).
		The metropolis of Tokyo consists of 23 city wards (ku), 26 cities, 5 towns and 8 villages, including the Izu and Ogasawara Islands, several small Pacific Islands in the south of Japan's main island Honshu.
		Large parts of Tokyo were destroyed in the Great Kanto Earthquake of 1923 and in the air raids of 1945.
	www.japan-guide.com /e/e2164.html (490 words)

	Encyclopedia: Tokyo City (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		Tokyo City (æ±äº¬å¸ TÅkyÅ-shi) was a Japanese municipality located in the center of the Tokyo urban area.
		In 1868, the medieval city Edo, seat of the Tokugawa government, was renamed Tokyo, the Eastern Capital.
		In 1932, Tokyo City was augumented with 20 wards from surrounding districts.
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Tokyo-City (937 words)

	Learn more about Tokyo in the online encyclopedia. (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		Tokyo is often considered part of the Greater Tokyo Area, which consists of Tokyo prefecture itself and the surrounding prefectures of Kanagawa, Saitama and Chiba.
		While there is no municipality called Tokyo, the old Tokyo city that existed until 1943, covering the area of the present 23 special wards, is still regarded as the single largest city and the capital of Japan with population of 8,134,688 and area of 621.3 km2.
		On March 20 1995 the city became the focus of international media attention in the wake of the Aum Shinrikyo cult terrorist organisation attack with Sarin nerve gas on the Tokyo subway system (in the tunnels beneath the political district of central Tokyo) in which 12 people were killed and thousands affected.
	www.onlineencyclopedia.org /t/to/tokyo.html (1171 words)

	Tokyo. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001-05
		Tokyo proper consists of an urban area divided into wards, a county area with farms and mountain villages, and the Izu Islands stretching to the S of Tokyo Bay.
		The city of Tokyo is the administrative, financial, educational, and cultural center of Japan and a major industrial hub surrounded by numerous suburban manufacturing complexes.
		Tokyo is also one of the world’s most important cities in terms of economic power and influence, and it serves as the corporate and communications hub for the E Pacific Rim.
	www.bartleby.com /65/to/Tokyo.html (936 words)

	Tokyo - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Tokyo was already the nation's political, economic, and cultural center, and the emperor's residence made it a de facto imperial capital as well with the former Edo Castle becoming the Imperial Palace.
		Tokyo is also part of the Greater Tokyo Area, by far the world's most populous metropolitan region, which includes the surrounding prefectures of Kanagawa, Saitama, and Chiba.
		Tokyo has the largest metropolitan economy in the world: its nominal GDP of around $1.315 trillion is greater than that of Canada, South Korea and Mexico.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Tokyo (3684 words)

	Tokyo
		Tokyo, the nation’s capital, has a population of 7.9 million; Yokohama, Japan’s largest and busiest seaport has a population of 3.3 million; Kawasaki, a leading industrial city has a population of 1.2 million; and Chiba, a port and industrial city with.9 million residents.
		To the east of Central Tokyo are the industrial districts of Chiba Prefecture; to the north the suburbs of Saitama Prefecture; to the west the suburbs of the Tama District; and to the south along the western shore of Tokyo Bay the industrial city of Kawasaki and the port city of Yokohama.
		Tokyo, as a legal entity, was abolished in 1943 in a government reorganization that merged Central Tokyo’s 23 wards with 40 cities, towns, and villages in the Tama District west of Tokyo.
	www.mit.edu /afs/athena/course/11/11.hkstudio/www/tokyo.html (2215 words)

	Tokyo City Guide
		Tokyo, symbol of the Japanese success story, is a sprawling megalopolis on the Pacific coast of Honshu, the largest island of the Japanese archipelago.
		In 1590, the city was founded as Edo, the capital of the shoguns, the succession of hereditary absolute rulers of Japan and commander of the Japanese army.
		Following the fall of the shoguns in 1867 (and the restoration of the power of the Emperor), the city was renamed Tokyo, the Eastern Capital, heralding its rebirth as a dynamic modern city and the showpiece of a rapidly modernising country.
	www.tiscali.co.uk /travel/eworldguides/overview/tokyo_overview.html (311 words)

	City Profiles: Tokyo (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		In 1457, Edo Castle was constructed and in 1603 it became the seat of the Tokugawa Shogunate.
		By the early 1700's, the population of Tokyo was already estimated at 1.2 million, while the population of London and Paris was 650,000 and 500,000 respectively.
		Tokyo serves as a wholesaling and distribution centre for surrounding areas, and is also the chief financial centre of Japan.
	www0.un.org /cyberschoolbus/habitat/profiles/tokyo.asp (447 words)

	WetFeet.com > City Profile > Tokyo
		Tokyo is an assault on the senses, a colorful cartoon of a city.
		It is a city that worships the new.
		Tokyo, which means "eastern capital," was called Edo until 1868, when Japan's royal family moved to town and changed the city's name to reflect its new status.
	www.wetfeet.com /asp/cityprofiles_intro.asp?citypk=35 (685 words)

	Tokyo Skyscrapers, Architecture, Buildings, Real Estate, and Construction News
		Tokyo is centred around the huge Imperial Palace and gardens, and forms an enormous urban area with neighbouring city Yokohama and various smaller cities.
		Tokyo is not actually a city, but a special type of prefecture called a "to." The Meiji Restoration in the mid 19th century sparked the reorganization of Japan's provinces, and the city of Edo in the province of Musashi became the prefecture of Tokyo in 1871.
		Our definition of the city of Tokyo comprises the 23 special wards, which was the definition of the city of Tokyo until the formation of the Tokyo Metropolitan Government in 1943.
	www.emporis.com /en/wm/ci?id=100297 (413 words)

	Tokyo Japan Hotel and Travel Information – Tokyo Japan Hotel and Travel
		Tokyo Travel Guide - The city of Tokyo is home to over 32 million people that are proud to live and work in the city.
		That is because this city hosts some of the most wonderful festivals.There are a lot of festivals in Japan so be sure to find out which one will be happening while you are in the area.
		There are hot springs for you to relax in, in fact there are over 1,800 of these throughout the country and Japan's hot spring resorts, are known as onsens in Japanese, rank as one of the most enjoyable destinations for visitors.
	www.tokyocitytourist.com (355 words)

	Tokyo Travel Guide - Japan - Tokyo City Guide
		All this is achieved in a city that is home to 12 million people, amid the confusion of bumper-to-bumper traffic, flickering neon signs and a crush of humanity packing subways and sidewalks.
		In the crush and rush Tokyo remains, remarkably, one of the world’s safest cities with a low crime rate and local people who are only too willing to spare the time and effort to assist a stranger.
		With such a dense population, Tokyo is an urban maze of buildings that jostle for space in an unplanned jumble of grey concrete, which makes it ugly and drab.
	www.wordtravels.com /Cities/Japan/Tokyo (526 words)

	Tokyo City Sights
		Many of the stops on the city tour are easily accessible by subway and not many city sights should be considered mandatory.
		The real charm in Tokyo lies in the daily life of the Japanese, which is simply fascinating - whether it's watching fashionable Tokyo yuppies taking a lunch break in the pocket parks of the financial district with their bento boxes or observing the tired office workers crammed inside the subway trains after six.
		Constructed in 1958, Tokyo Tower is Japan's tallest structure at 333 meters and remains one of Tokyo's landmarks.
	www.worldroom.com /pages/wrntky/leisure/tky_sights.phtml (1404 words)

	Tokyo city guide, Japan - Time Out Travel (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		Tokyo is not one of the world’s great sightseeing cities.
		This is, after all, a city that was razed to the ground twice in the 20th century, once by earthquake and once by wartime bombing raids.
		Yet despite this, Tokyo still has the power to make you go ‘Wow!’ The sense that nothing here is permanent has produced a city that renews...
	www.timeout.com /travel/tokyo (196 words)

	Tokyo (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		The metropolis of Tokyo consists of 23 wards (ku) which comprise the core of the city, several more villages and cities in the West of 23-wards-Tokyo as well as a few islands in the Pacific Ocean.
		Tokyo and its surroundings were almost completely destroyed in the year 1923 when the
		Other ministries that are taking off in the Tokyo area are also gospel music, other forms of music ministry, prayer marches, English classes and of course the famous Wedding ministries as well.
	www.urban-ministries.net /Cities/Tokyo.htm (395 words)

	MoCo Tokyo - Modern contemporary design & architecture
		At MoCo Tokyo, we tend to feature places to see, accessories to use, and books or magazines to read, but if you happen to be here, why not tune in to New Design Paradise, a weekly TV show that features new and interesting creations, profiling a different designer each week.
		Tokyo's Mori Art Museum is currently featuring a fascinating tour of modern architecture with the exhibition "Archilab: New Experiments in Architecture, Art and the City" (until March 13).
		It's not in Tokyo, but the few hours by train that it will take you to get to the SANAA (Kazuyo Sejima and Ryue Nishizawa) designed 21st Century Museum of Contemporary Art in the city of Kanazawa will probably be an escape worth embarking on.
	mocoloco.com /tokyo (2304 words)

	Sister City Program
		The young athletes alternatively traveled to New York City and Tokyo to represent their cities in a series of baseball games.
		NYC Mayor Giuliani and Tokyo Governor Ishihara signed a Proclamation to officially reaffirm the Partnership, and forty years of Sisterhood was celebrated through numerous cultural events and creative exchanges.
		The Sister City Program continues to work closely with the Tokyo Metropolitan Government (TMG) through TMG's Office of International Relations in Tokyo and the Japanese Consulate in New York City to develop mutually beneficial programs and exchanges.
	www.nyc.gov /html/unccp/scp/html/sc/tokyo_history.shtml (314 words)

	Tokyo Map, Tokyo City Map, Map of Tokyo Japan
		Tokyo Map, Tokyo City Map, Map of Tokyo Japan
		However Compare Infobase Limited,its directors and employees do not own any responsibility for the correctness or authenticity of the same.
		To know more about Tokyo City, Click here
	www.mapsofworld.com /japan/tokyo-city-map.html (186 words)

	Tokyo City (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		What you’ll notice first about Tokyo City’s sushi is its presentation (picture-book pretty) and portions (very generous).
		Tokyo City also offers five special, more-expensive sushi dishes, which you can’t include in the sushi platter.
		Tokyo City, located at 90-92 Harvard Avenue, in Allston, is open Monday through Saturday, from 11:30 a.m.
	www.bostonphoenix.com /boston/food_drink/cheap/documents/02217729.htm (406 words)

	TOKYO DOME CITY WEB SITE \| Tokyo Dome
		Tokyo Dome is the franchise stadium for the Yomiuri Giants, hosting More than 60 games yearly.
		It is also one of the leading stadiums in the world, having hosted Japanese-American baseball games, and the first MLB opening match held outside America (Mets vs Cubs) in the year 2000.
		Tokyo Dome is the biggest concert venue in Japan.
	www.tokyo-dome.co.jp /e/dome (141 words)

	City Mayors: Tokyo election 2005
		City Mayors questions those who govern the world’s cities and invites comment by men and women who contribute to urban society and environment.
		One official told City Mayors that they had feared the turnout could be lower than the 41 per cent level registered in the 1997 assembly elections, the worst showing in the city since the war.
		The DJP’s ‘Tokyo Manifest 2005’ promises to exempt quake-proofing costs from fixed property taxes for all houses; to let 10 per cent of Tokyo's 2,000 elementary and junior high schools hire principals of their choice; and to cut the cost of waterworks management by 100 billion yen per year.
	www.citymayors.com /politics/tokyo_election05.html (2160 words)

	Tokyo - Wikitravel
		Tokyo's main international gateway is Narita Airport (成田空港 NRT), located in the town of Narita nearly 70 kilometers northeast of Tokyo and covered in a separate article.
		The easiest way from Haneda to the city is the Tokyo Monorail [1] (http://www.tokyo-monorail.co.jp/english/index.html) to Hamamatsucho, from where you can connect to almost anywhere in Tokyo on the JR Yamanote line.
		Tokyo has a vast array of sights, but the first items on the agenda of most visitors are the temples of Asakusa, the gardens of the Imperial Palace (in Chiyoda) and the Meiji Shrine (in Harajuku).
	wikitravel.org /en/Tokyo (5009 words)

	History :: Tokyo Essentials :: Tokyo Tourist Guide
		The cinders of the destroyed city were once again dumped in the canals, and fl markets sprang up all over the city.
		Tokyo of the new millennium is sometimes surprising.
		Visitors come expecting a city of the future and are often surprised to encounter aspects caught in the past.
	www.tokyoessentials.com /history.html (1548 words)

	Amazon.ca: Books: Tokyo City Atlas Bilingual Rev (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		The larger Tokyo Metropolitan Atlas by Shobunsha is also quite useful, covers more areas west and south of Tokyo proper, but is somewhat larger to carry, and doesn't have the detail in the "blow up" maps of popular areas in the city.
		This Tokyo (and Yokohama) atlas is a highly focussed explorer's guide to what is surely the most difficult-to-navigate metropolis on earth.
		Tokyo's system of three hyphenated numbers signifying the location of an address will strike the westerner as highly irrational, and is often an alientating concept for even the regular visitor.
	www.amazon.ca /exec/obidos/ASIN/4770023146 (565 words)

	Tokyo Travel Information \| Lonely Planet Destination Guide
		The sheer level of energy is the most striking aspect of Japan's capital city.
		Tokyo is a place where the urgent rhythms of consumer culture collide with the quieter moments that linger from older traditions.
		Tokyo has more vending machines than any other city in the world, with over 2.5 million selling drinks, and hundreds of thousands more selling cigarettes, batteries, rice, eggs, fishing equipment, and of course, pornography.
	www.lonelyplanet.com /worldguide/destinations/asia/japan/tokyo (279 words)

	Accessible Tokyo - English Top Page (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		It was established approximately 40 years ago, and has been cooperating with Japanese Red Cross Society or other organizations in their activities such as translations, meeting foreign visitors with disabilities at the airport and taking them around.
		The division in charge of "Accessible Tokyo" has been active for more than 25 years, collecting information about the accessibility of buildings and facilities, especially for people with disabilities.
		The latest issue, "Accessible Tokyo 2000", is now on distribution and its contents are carried on this web site under the cooperation of IBM Japan, Ltd., official sponsor of The Nagano Winter Paralympic Game.
	accessible.jp.org /tokyo/en (164 words)

	Pollen: Tokyo, A City of the Masked
		This spring Tokyo has become a city of the masked, united by a common enemy: pollen.
		The capital's hay fever sufferers - about one in four of the population - are as easy to spot as the cherry blossoms that paint parts of the city a pale shade of pink at this time of year.
		In Tokyo it is projected to be 13 times higher than last year, which was a relatively mild hay fever season.
	www.buzzle.com /editorials/4-15-2005-68616.asp (627 words)

	Tokyo Tourist Information - Japan, East Asia Provided By Columbus Travel Guides (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		From bowls of steaming ramen noodles to delicate slices of sashimi, chefs compete to offer the freshest produce, and presentation is elevated to an art form.
		The focus of Japan’s highly centralised government, business and financial institutions, Tokyo has been hard hit by the country’s continuing recession, bank collapses and financial scandals.
		Many certainties of the past appear to have been swept away, however, opinions differ widely as to the extent of the damage and what might lie ahead.
	www.cityguide.travel-guides.com /cities/tok/cityoverview.asp (650 words)

	The Japan Times Online (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		His book "Teito Tokyo Kakusareta Chikamono Himitsu" ("Imperial City Tokyo: Secret of a Hidden Underground Network"), published by Yosensha in late 2002, is already in its fifth edition.
		"Tokyo is said to have 12 subways and 250 km of tunneling.
		After "Teito Tokyo Kakusareta Chikamono no Himitsu" was published, a reader wrote to Shun saying he had worked on a new subway using a diamond cutter on old concrete -- concrete that was already there.
	www.japantimes.co.jp /cgi-bin/getarticle.pl5?fl20030301a1.htm (1021 words)

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