During the period of statehood formation, the emperors frequently transferred the capital of the country from one settlement to another. So, in 593 the main city of Japan was the village of Asuka in the current Nara prefecture, in 668 the capital moved to Otsu, in 672 to Fujiwara, and in 710 again to the territory of Nara, in Heiju. In 794 by the decree of the Emperor Kama, the main city of the country is Heian, later called Kyoto. This ancient capital of Japan maintained its high status until 1869

At the same time there were so-called shogunate capitals, one of which (the Tokugawa shogunate) since 1603 was the city of Edo. It was there, in fact, the government of the country was based. And as a result of the revolution of the Bosnian Civil War, the Meiji Restoration was accomplished - a formal restoration of the imperial power. The new residence of the ruler of Japan in 1869 was Edo, called Tokyo, which means "Eastern capital". This was Tokyo, which received the status of a metropolitan district in 1943.

And one more city is often called the ancient capital of Japan. It is the historical economic and cultural-scientific center of the country - Osaka. Officially the capital of the city has never been