Tokyo is Japan's capital and the country's largest city.
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.
Culture: Tokyo's specialties, traditional crafts.
Climate: Tokyo, being in a temperate zone, has a comparatively moderate and comfortable climate throughout the year.
SightSeeing: Observation spot. Art mueseum. |