The capital of Japan, Tokyo - administrative, financial, cultural, industrial and political center of the country. Tokyo is located in the southeastern part of Honshu Island in the bay of Tokyo Bay of the Pacific Ocean, on the plain of Kanto. There are 13, 23 million people living on an area of ​​2188 km2

The capital of Edo (later Tokyo) was in 1868. Before that, the country changed many capitals, as each emperor moved the capital at his own discretion. Its current name was given to the city in 1896, from the Japanese it is translated as "Eastern capital". Originally the name sounded like Toke, and before that the city was called Edo