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  Tokyo - Biocrawler   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
There is no city named "Tokyo." Tokyo is actually designated as a "metropolis" (都 -to), similar to a prefecture (県 -ken), consisting of 23 special wards (区 -ku), 26 cities (市 -shi), 5 towns (町 -cho or machi), and 8 villages (村 -son or mura) each having a local government.
Tokyo is also part of the Greater Tokyo Area by far the world's most populous metropolitan area that includes the surrounding prefectures of Kanagawa, Saitama and Chiba.
Railway and subway lines are highly integrated; commuter trains from the suburbs continue directly into the subway network on many lines, often emerging on the other side of the city to serve another company's surface line.
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 Tokyo Kyuko Electric Railway - Encyclopedia, History, Geography and Biography   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
The (TYO: 9005, is a major private railway operator in the Greater Tokyo Area of Japan.
It was formed on September 2, 1922 as the, and was later known as the before gaining its current name in 1943.
The also owns two railroad companies (Ueda Kotsu, Izukyu Railway), several bus companies, a major upscale department store chain in Japan and overseas, and Tokyu Hands stores (except for the two locations in Nagoya, which are owned by Sanko Creative Life, Inc., and operated under license).
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 Tokyo - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
Nevertheless, Tokyo continues to draw people from across Japan and other countries; a substantial portion of the population is not native to the region, and Tokyo is still a place to meet people from all over the country and the world.
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.
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Public transport within Tokyo is dominated by an extensive network of clean and efficient—if occasionally very crowded—trains and Metros run by a variety of operators, with buses, monorails and trams playing a secondary role.
Tokyo International Airport (Haneda) in Ota, Tokyo is the primary field for domestic flights.
Railway and Metro lines are highly integrated; commuter trains from the suburbs continue directly into the Metro network on many lines, often emerging on the other side of the city to serve another company's surface line at major stations.
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 Tokyo - find information about Tokyo at BigServing.com   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
Tokyo (Japanese: ??,, "eastern capital") is one of the 47 prefectures of Japan and includes the highly urbanized downtown area formerly known as the city of Tokyo which is the heart of the Greater Tokyo Area.
Tokyo includes lakes, rivers, dams, farms, remote islands, and national parks, in addition to its famous neon jungle, skyscrapers and crowded subways.
Tokyo was rated by the Economist Intelligence Unit as the most expensive (highest cost-of-living) city in the world for 14 years in a row ending in 2006.
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 Japanese Railways Page
Tokyo is the largest metropolitan area in the world with population of 30 million, and has an extensive network of trains.
One of the notable aspects in Tokyo's trains different from other countries is that many passengers (regardless of sex or age) are sleeping in the train.
Tokyo has complex rail networks, but many of those lines aim at commuters moving between suburbs and business centers, which is not so convenient for sightseeing and shopping purpose for visitors from outside Tokyo.
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 ooBdoo   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
The name "Shibuya" is also used to refer to the central business district of Shibuya Ward, which surrounds Shibuya Station, one of Tokyo's busiest railway stations.
Following the opening of the Yamanote Line in 1885, Shibuya began to emerge as a railway terminal for southwest Tokyo, and eventually as a major commercial and entertainment center.
Shibuya was incorporated as a village in 1889, as a town in 1909, as a ward of Tokyo City in 1932, and as a ward of Tokyo Metropolis in 1943.
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 math lessons - Tokyo
Tokyo's postwar urban sprawl and manmade islands like Odaiba in Tokyo Bay are clearly visible in this satellite photo taken by NASA's Landsat 7.
Tokyo's outlying islands extend as far as 1,000 km from central Tokyo.
The Ginza area of Tokyo, once the world's most expensive shopping area during the economic bubble of the 1980s, is still home to exclusive department stores.
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 Travel Japan : Tokyo : Transportation
Public transportation within Tokyo is dominated by an extensive network of clean and efficient, if occasionally very crowded trains and subways run by a variety of operators, with buses, monorails and trams playing a secondary role.
Tokyo International Airport in Ota Ward (Haneda) — Mainly for domestic flights.
Most lines in Tokyo are privately owned and operated, with the exception of Toei Subway (run directly by the metropolitan government).
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 Transportation
Tokyo offers a variety of transportation means, from trains, buses, monorails to water buses and ships.
Approximately 90 percent of Tokyo's taxies are medium-size taxies.
The Narita International Airport, which is the entrance for air traffic to Japan, and Haneda Airport, the center for internal flights, are accessible from the city center by various means.
www.tourism.metro.tokyo.jp /english/basic/basic07.html   (994 words)

  
 Tokyo Kyuko Electric Railway - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
), is a major private railway operator in the Greater Tokyo Area of Japan.
It was formed on September 2, 1922 as the Meguro-Kamata Electric Railway (目黒蒲田電鉄, Meguro Kamata Dentetsu
), and was later known as the Tokyo-Yokohama Electric Railway (東京横浜電鉄, Tōkyō Yokohama Dentetsu
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Tokyo_Kyuko_Electric_Railway   (320 words)

  
 Japan: $2.9 billion for passenger rail - Brief Article Railway Age - Find Articles   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
Japan's major private passenger railway operators are investing $2.9 billion this year--about 6% less than last year, but still significant given there are no large-scale new projects planned besides introduction of a nationwide automated fare collection system.
Tokyo Electric Railway is investing $900 million in projects to enable through-running on TRTA lines and improve capacity on the Oimachi and Denentoshi lines.
Keio Teito Electric Railway, which increased investment from $185 million in 1999 to $317 million this year, is concentrating on such passenger service improvements as barrier-free access.
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 India, Indian States, India States, Indian hotels, Indian News and Indian Tourism, India Travel   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
While the nexus is in the central part of Tokyo, every part of the Greater Tokyo Area has rail, road, air, or sea transportation services.
Rail is the primary mode of transportation in Tokyo, so much so that many Japanese politicans argued the uselessness of highways and airports.
Tokyo has the most extensive urban railway network in the world, and an equally extensive network of surface lines.
www.jharkhandin.org /wiki-Transportation_in_Greater_Tokyo   (1751 words)

  
 From Subway Tokyo Yokohama   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
Tokyo has an outstanding subway system, and the world's first public monorail...
Tokyo Waterfront Area Rapid Transit, a subway linking Shinkiba to Tokyo Teleport (phase I: 4,9 km), and...
Located on the western coast of Tokyo Bay directly south of Tokyo, Yokohama () is the second largest city in Japan and one of the cities most used to seeing foreigners.
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 PASMO Encyclopedia Article @ iBusinessPeddler.com (i Business Peddler)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
Most railway operators will introduce the system simultaneously when PASMO starts.
Tokyo Metropolitan Bureau of Transportation (Toei Bus, Toei Streetcar)
Tokyo Waterfront Area Rapid Transit now issue both PASSNET and Suica, but they will only issue Suica in future.
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 PASMO Encyclopedia Article @ iBizMarquee.com (i Biz Marquee)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
The system will offer interoperability with the JR Suica system, as well as integrate private bus companies into the existing Passnet network.
It is also expected to be available as a service for mobile phone users with handsets equipped with FeliCa chips.
It is unclear when Kanto Railway and Maihama Resort Line will introduce the system.
www.ibizmarquee.com /encyclopedia/PASMO   (525 words)

  
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The Tokyo Kyuko Electric Railway (東京急行電鉄 Tōkyō Kyūkō Dentetsu), better known as Tokyu (東急), is a major private railway operator in the capitol tokyu hotel capital tokyu hotel Greater Tokyo Area of Japan.
It was formed on September 2, 1922 as the Meguro-Kamata Electric Railway (目黒蒲田電鉄), and was later known as the Tokyo-Yokohama haneda excel hotel tokyu Electric Railway (東京横浜電鉄) before gaining its current name in 1943.
From 1944 to 1948, it also owned the companies now known as the Keihin Kyuko Electric Railway, Keio Electric osaka tokyu hotel Railway, and Odakyu Electric Railway.
www.taxgloss.com /Tax-Department_Stores_N_-_T-/Tokyu.html   (336 words)

  
 Discover the Wisdom of Mankind on Tokyo   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
There have been various plans proposed for transferring national government functions from Tokyo to secondary capitals in other regions of Japan, in order to slow down rapid development in Tokyo and revitalize economically lagging areas of the country.
Tokyo has the largest metropolitan economy in the world: its nominal GDP of around $1.315 trillion is greater than the 8th largest national economy in the world.
Tokyo headquarters of the Jodo Shinshu Nishi Honganji Buddhist sect.
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 Hotel Yokohama
According to the official report by the Clark County Fire Department, the cause of the fire was an improperly grounded electrical wire.
It is Japan's largest incorporated city and largest seaport, and a commercial hub of the Greater Tokyo Area.
Japan's first railway was constructed in 1872 to connect Yokohama to Tokyo, allowing ''zaibatsu'' firms to use the port for importing raw materials bound for factories in the growing Keihin Industrial Area.
www.artistbooking.com /trips/99/hotel-yokohama.html   (816 words)

  
 Tokyo Kyuko Electric Railway
The Tokyo Kyuko Electric Railway (東京急行電鉄 Tokyo Kyuko Dentetsu), better known as Tokyu, is a major private railway operator in Tokyo, Japan.
I sort of thought that it was something that was more fiction than reality...but the trains are a place where the rules of Japanese society are suspended and the real demons come out.
While there is an official locality named Akihabara nearby, part of Taito-ku, the area known as Akihabara (including the JR railway station of the same name) to most people is actually Soto-Kanda, a part of Chiyoda-ku.
www.japan-101.com /travel/tokyo_kyuko_electric_railway.htm   (429 words)

  
 Meguro, Tokyo:   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
Meguro (目黒区 -ku) is one of the 23 special wards of Tokyo, Japan.
Note: Tokyo Gakugei University and Tokyo Metropolitan University were formerly in Meguro.
Public high schools are operated by the Tokyo Metropolitan Government Board of Education.
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The statue of Hachiko is a favorite meeting spot in Tokyo.
Very popular among young people, especially teens, it is famous as the origin of the kogal subculture.
Tokyo Metro Line 13 (not yet open in Shibuya): Shin Sendagaya, Meiji Jingu-mae, Shibuya Stations
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 Smartcard Encyclopedia Article @ CheapMedsAreUs.com (Cheap Meds Are Us)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
When inserted into a reader, the chip makes contact with electrical connectors that can read information from the chip and write information back.
JR East, JR Bus Kanto, Saitama New Urban Transit, Sendai Airport Transit, Tokyo Monorail, and Tokyo Waterfront Area Rapid Transit
Information about the inner workings of this algorithm can be obtained if the precise time and electrical current required for certain encryption or decryption operations is measured.
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 yokohama_station   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
Tokyu Electric Railway and the Yokohama High-Speed Rail Company share the same underground station located in the 5th underground level of Yokohama Station, to the west of the JR platforms.
Sagami Railway is an above ground structure to the west of the main station, connected to the Sotetsu Department Store.
February 5, 1930 Keihin Electric Rail (presently the Keikyu Main Line) was connected to the station.
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 Tokyo Kyuko Electric Railway - Gurupedia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
The Tokyo Kyuko Electric Railway (東京急行電鉄 Tōkyō Kyūkō Dentetsu), better known as Tokyu, is a major private railway operator in Tokyo, Japan.
It was formed on September 2, 1922 as the Meguro-Kamata Electric Railway, and was later known as the Tokyo-Yokohama Electric Railway before gaining its current name in 1943.
From 1944 to 1948, it also owned the companies now known as the Keihin Kyuko Electric Railway,
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 Travel Japan : Tokyo : Shibuya
Shibuya is one of the 23 special wards of Tokyo, Japan.
As of 2005, the ward has an estimated population of 195,877 and a density of 12960 persons per km².
Shibuya is served by the following railway lines:
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 Japan Travel - Travel by Train & Rail in Japan
Tokaido Shinkansen - railway line between Tokyo and Shin-Osaka
Ueno Station - main railway station in Tokyo
Tokyo Monorail - connecting Tokyo International Airport to Hamamatsucho Station
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 List of lightrail transit systems infoTurkish.com Herşey Hakkında Türkçe Bilgi
Tokyo - Toden Arakawa Line (tramway) operated by Tokyo Metropolitan Bureau of Transportation, Tokyu Setagaya Line (tramway consist of private right of way) operated by Tokyo Kyuko Electric Railway
The Cambridge Horse Railroad was the first street railway in Boston, opened in 1856.
In 1897 the Tremont Street Subway was built downtown to take streetcars off the street; this subway is still used by today's Green Line.
www.infoturkish.com /Turkey/List-of-lightrail-transit-systems.html   (3320 words)

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