Capital | Tokyo |
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Area |
Kanto |
Size | 2,190.90 sqkm |
Population | 13,392,417 estimated 2015 |
Tokyo is the capital of Japan and has the largest population.
More than 10% of the whole entire population of Japanese living resides in Tokyo.
Tokyo is facing Tokyo Bay, and has consists of 23 wards, 26 cities, 5 towns and 8 villages along with several islands located in the Pacific Ocean.
Tokyo is served by two international airports.
The more convenient is the Tokyo International Airport in Haneda (HND) off Tokyo Bay which has grown in popularity recently, but many people also travel through uses Narita International Airport (NRT) which is located in Chiba prefecture and is about an hour away from central Tokyo.
Tokyo has many large train stations, such as Tokyo, Ueno, Shinagawa, Shibuya, Shinjuku, and Ikebukuro.
Shinjuku is actually the busiest station in the entire world with several million commuters passing through it every day (2nd is Ikebukuro).
Tokyo is the central city for a broad range of industries including banking/finance, real estate, information technology, and advertising.