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Line 1: − + + − − Tokyo, often thought of as a single city, is the heart of the world's most heavily populated region. However, Tokyo is really a metropolitan region, a network of many cities and communities, sprawling outwards across the [[Kanto]] region of [[Honshu]] island. The population was 12,659,000 in 2006,<ref>''Japan Statistical Yearbook'': '[http://www.stat.go.jp/data/nenkan/zuhyou/y0203000.xls Population by Prefecture 1920-2006]'. Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications. .xls document.</ref> with millions more within the [[Greater Tokyo Area]].<ref>''United Nations'': '[http://esa.un.org/unup/index.asp?panel=2 World Urbanization Prospects: The 2007 Revision Population Database]'. ''Select 'Japan' in the right hand column and click 'Display'.''</ref><ref>The 'Greater Tokyo Area' has several definitions and therefore names in [[Japanese language|Japanese]]. A common designation is 'One Metropolis, Three Prefectures' (一都三県 ''Itto Sanken'') - i.e. Tokyo, [[Chiba prefecture|Chiba]], [[Kanagawa prefecture|Kanagawa]] and [[Saitama prefecture|Saitama]].</ref> − − Literally meaning 'East Capital', Tokyo has been Japan's ''de facto'' capital only since 1868, at a time when the country was ending hundreds of years of self-imposed isolation. Its original name was Edo (江戸), meaning 'estuary'; the city grew in power and prestige over the centuries, eventually becoming the capital on the move of the Emperer Meiji (明治天皇 ''Meiji-tennoo'') from [[Kyoto]]. − − The Tokyo Area, including Chiba, Kanagawa, and Saitama, is the most populous metropolitan area in the world with a population of over 35 million people. Tokyo is also the most expensive city in the world. − − The United States Army Japan is stationed at Camp Zama, 25 miles southwest of Tokyo. −
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'''Tokyo''' (東京, “eastern capital”) is the capital of and the biggest city in [[Japan]]. This port city is located in the middle of [[Honshu]] Island's east coast (Honshu is the largest of the four main islands of the Japanese [[archipelago]]).
'''Tokyo''' (東京, “eastern capital”) is the capital of [[Japan]] since 1868, and its economic, political, educational and cultural center. It is in the center of the island of [[Honshu]]
[[archipelago]]).
[[Image:Tokyo.jpg|thumb|430px]]
[[Image:Tokyo.jpg|thumb|430px]]
[[Image:Tokyo 2.jpg|thumb|300px|Tokyo by night]]
[[Image:Tokyo 2.jpg|thumb|300px|Tokyo by night]]