Tokyo

Tokyo was originally known as Edo, meaning "estuary". Its name was changed to the current when it became the imperial capital in 1868, in line with the East Asian tradition to include the word "capital" in the name of the capital. During the early Meiji period, the city was also called "Tokei" a pronounced alternative to the same Chinese characters representing "Tokyo".

His formal foundation was in 1457 when a Uesugi clan member built the Castle of Edo. He established the government in Edo in 1603 and it opened the Edo Period.

Edo grew and by the eighteenth century became one of the most populous cities in the world.

After going through various disasters and changes, the emperor around 1868 moved from Edo Castle to Japan's Imperial Palace and established the name of Edo to Tokyo, the Eastern capital.

Currently Tokyo is known as the capital and one of the 47 Japanese prefectures. Situated on Honshu, having about 10% of the population. It is considered to be the most populous urban area and the largest and most important financial center in the world.

Technically Tokyo is not a city but a metropolis, similar to a Japanese city and consists of 23 districts, 26 cities primary, 5 secondary cities and 8 different villages. Each has a government that operates at the regional level.

It is estimated that the population of Tokyo increased by 2.5 million during the day due to students and workers from neighboring municipalities, who go to Tokyo to study and work.

Tokyo is the main political center, financial, educational, commercial and cultural Japan. Thus, Tokyo has the highest concentration of head offices of commercial enterprises, higher education institutions, theaters and other commercial and cultural establishments in the country. It has a public transport system highly developed, with numerous lines of trains, subways and buses as well as the Tokyo International Airport

Tokyo Places to travel

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Meiji Jingu

Address: 1-1 Kamizono-cho, Tokyo, 13 151-0053, Japan, JP
Tel: +81 033 379 5511

Built more than 100 years to pay homage to Emperor Meiji and Empress Shoken, the sanctuary is a point of peace in Tokyo with a sensational garden ranked seventh most visited tourist spot in the world.

Sensoji

Address: 2 Chome-3-1 Asakusa, Taito, Tokyo 111-0032, Japão

Tel: +81 3-3842-0181

Inauguration: 645 a.d.

The temple is the oldest of the Japanese capital and was dedicated to the Bodhisattva Kannon, an icon of the Buddhist religion and owns more than 30,000,000 visitors, ranked as eighth most visited tourist spot in the world.

Tokyo Tower

Address: 4-2-8 Shiba-Koen, Tokyo, 13 105-0011, Japan, JP
Tel: +81 033 433 5111
Tokyo Tower stands at an impressive 333 metres / 1,093 feet, 13 metres / 43 feet higher than the Eiffel Tower. With an amazing view of the city, the Tower became one of the most visited spots

Hanazono Jinja

Address: 5-17-3 Shinjuku, Tokyo, Japan, JP
Tel: +81 033 209 5265

One of the deities of the shrine is Yamato-takeru-no-Mikoto. Many people will visit this site, because they believe it brings good luck for business

Kaminarimon (Kaminari Gate)

Address: Kaminarimon, Taito-ku, Tokyo, 111-0034, Japan, JP
Kaminarimon is the first and most impressive of two large gates, which lead to Sensoji Temple. This striking landmark gate was constructed over 1,000 years ago, and has since become the symbol of Asakusa.

Tokyo Imperial Palace is the main residence of the Emperor of Japan. Except on Jan 2 (New Year’s Greeting) and Dec 23 (Emperor’s Birthday), the palace buildings and inner gardens are not open to the public .

Only on both specific dates, visitors are able to enter the inner palace grounds and see the members of the Imperial Family, who make several public appearances on a balcony.

The Imperial Palace East Gardens , are a part of the inner palace area and are open to the public.

Opening Hours : Daily except Monday & Friday 09:00am – 4:00pm ( Summer opens until 5.00pm )

By Subway : Tokyo Metro : Marunouchi Line – Tokyo Station

Tokyo Metro : Tozai, Chiyoda, Marunouchi, Hanzomon Line – Ōtemachi Station (exit C10 – closer to East Garden)

Toei Subway : Mita Line – Ōtemachi Station (exit C10 – closer to East Garden)

Tsukiji Market , is the biggest wholesale fish and seafood market in the world. It handles more than 400 different types of seafood from cheap seaweed to the most expensive caviar, and from tiny sardines to 300 kg tuna and controversial whale species.

The most interesting part is the Tuna Auction. It is limited to 120 visitors per day. Viewing tickets are issued on a first come, first serve basis beginning at 4:30 AM at the market’s Fish Information Center, located next to the Kachidoki entrance. (Not the main entrance)

The first 60 ticket holders are able to view the auction from 5:25 AM until 5:50 AM, while the other 60 ticket holders can view the remainder of the auction from 5:50 AM until 6:15 AM.

Opening Hours : Daily except Sunday & alternate Wednesday: 04:00am – 11:00am

By Subway : Tokyo Metro : Hibiya Line – Tsukiji Station

Tokyo Skytree

One of Tokyo’s newest landmark & attraction, the 634 meter Tokyo Skytree is the tallest tower in Japan. The tower is the primary television and radio broadcast site for Kanto region.

The Tokyo Skytree is its two observation decks Tembo Deck & Tembo Gallery which offer spectacular views of Tokyo city skyline. On the base of Tokyo Skytree host a large shopping complex with aquarium.

Opening Hours : Daily 08:00am – 10:00pm

By Subway : Tokyo Metro Hanzomon Line & Toei Subway Asakusa Line : Oshiage Station

Akihabara is the largest town collecting all kinds of electronic appliances and devices in the world. The products at the very top of technology are always abundantly available here.

Over here, staffs master 20 languages of the world. Communication here can be going on smoothly without any problems. Customers can easily purchase the overseas model products.

Opening Hours : Daily 11:00am – 9:00pm

By Subway :

Tokyo Metro : Hibiya Line – Akihabara Station

The Ginza is considered the high fashion center of the city and contains many upscale shops and restaurants.

It is one of the most expensive real estate in the world. During weekend, the street will be closed to motor traffic during the day hence becoming a Pedestrians’ Paradise.

Opening Hours : Daily 10:00am – 10:00pm

By Subway : Tokyo Metro : Marunouchi, Ginza & Hibiya Line – Ginza Station

Kabukichō ( is an entertainment and red-light district in in north east Shinjuku beyond Yasukuni-dōri Avenue.

It is very famous for hostess bars, host bars, love hotels, shops, restaurants, and nightclubs, and is often called the “Sleepless Town” .

The district’s name comes from late-1940s plans to build a kabuki theater: although the theater was never built due to financial difficulties, the name stuck.

Opening Hours : Daily 7:00pm – 3:00am

By Subway : Tokyo Metro : Marunouchi Line – Shinjuku Station

Toei Subway : Oedo & Shinjuku Line – Shinjuku Station

Tradicional Japanese Sports

Sumo: Sumo is a traditional combative Japanese sport that is well known throughout the world. Most rikishi (Sumo wrestlers) are professional competitors weighing 100 to 200 kg.

Rules are simple compared to western-style wrestling: two competitors wearing mawashi (silk belts) fight in a ring 4.5m in diameter and placed on a square mound. When any part of a competitor’s body, except the sole of the feet, touches the ground or goes out of the ring, he loses the bout.

The professional sumo tournaments take place six times a year for 15 days each in January, May and September at Ryogoku Kokugikan in Tokyo, March in Osaka, July in Nagoya and December in Fukuoka.

Kendo:Kendo is Japanese-style fencing, which originated from kenjutsu, the most important martial art of the samurai. In the match, the competitor wears special protective gear and strikes at the opponent’s head, chest or hand with a bamboo sword.

Judo:Judo is well known throughout the world as a Japanese combative sport. The basic principle of Judo is a self-defense technique that makes use of the opponent's force. The player wears a coloured obi (belt), to show his or her level of ability, with white being for beginners and black for advanced.

Karate:Karate is a combative sport that came from China through Ryukyu Kingdom (present day Okinawa). The competitors of the match do not wear any kind of protection and use only their hands and fists. Compared to other combative sports, karate is a more practical martial art.

Aikido:The basic principle of Aikido is “Do not fight force with force”.

It is a sport that only practice forms for the sake of forms and is therefore not so rough as Judo or Karate. Aikido is excellent as mental training or as a fitness sport, and has become especially popular with women and senior citizens.

Typical Foods of Tokyo

Tokyo currently boasts a wide variety of cuisines from countries all around the world. Tokyo has it all, from global cuisine to fad foods, from rare finds to simple eats, and from relatively cheap meals to extremely expensive haute cuisine. Tokyo, or Edo, as it was formerly called, is constantly brimming with new styles of cuisine and foreign foods, yet Tokyo is still firmly rooted in the food culture developed a long time ago when it was still referred to as Edo. Much of Tokyo's cuisine doesn't so much represent old style Japanese food as much as it represents a cuisine loved by all Japanese people. In Tokyo, food culture can best be described as a mix of both old and new cuisines.

Edomae-Zushi

Originally referred to sushi prepared with fish caught in Tokyo Bay, but now refers to sushi cuisine focusing on nigiri-zushi as well as sushi using carefully prepared ingredients.

Kabayaki

Kabayaki is a dish made with unagi. Unagi can be eaten all throughout Japan, but the Edo style involves cutting open the eel from its back, removing its head, bones, and organs, then steaming it.

Tempura

Tempura refers to fish, vegetables, etc., dipped in batter and fried. Edomae tempura refers to seafood caught in Tokyo Bay, such as Japanese tiger prawns, conger eels, squid, etc.

Moti

The moti is a sweet of rice, is prepared with a speffical rice.

THE WEATHER AND POLLUTION

Tokyo has a humid subtropical climate. June to August, we can see the summer that is very hot due to a low humidity but, while winters that is on December to February can get fairly cold. August is the warmest month of the year with averages 27°C and January is the coolest month reaching 6°C and snowing so much, but it’s common there and for them. The summers can be rainy and Tokyo's rainy season usually lasts from early June to late July. Even with the rain, (that is not constant) Tokyo still gets plenty of sun in this period. The best time to visit Tokyo is in the shoulder seasons of spring and autumn.

During the winter, air pollution in Japan is particularly bad since the polluted air comes not only from industrial and vehicle emissions within Japan, but also from polluted air masses that are derived from China. During the winter, cold, dry air moves in from China as well as from Siberia and passes over the warm and humid Sea of Japan. As a consequence, the western side of Japan receives much higher precipitation (i.e. snowfall) totals than the eastern coastline.

Furthermore, the majority of the western side of Japan receives large amounts of wet deposition acidic compounds (i.e. acidic precipitation). In fact, the worst region in Japan for acidic precipitation occurs along the central western coastline around the Toyoma and Niigata Prefectures.

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