Tokyo (disambiguation)

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Tokyo may mean:

  • Tokyo, a metropolitan area with traditional city at its center and including parts of the surrounding prefectures and islands in the Pacific Ocan

City and Prefecture[change | change source]

The history of Tokyo includes

  • 1457-present: Tokyo
  • 1457-1869: historical Edo or Edō (江戸), see
  • 1869-1943: historical Tokyo Prefecture or Tokyo-fu (東京府), also known as Tōkei-fu
  • 1889-1943: historical Tokyo, Tokyo or Tokyo-shi (東京市), also known as "Tokyo City"
  • 1943-present: Tokyo Metropolis or Tokyo-to (東京都)
  • Traditional Tokyo or the Special wards of Tokyo are 23 cities occupying the place that was formerly the city of Tokyo

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