Tokyo was originally a small fishing village named Edo

Tokyo (?? Tokyo?, "Eastern Capital") (Japanese: [to?kjo?], English /'to?ki.o?/), officially Tokyo Metropolis (??? Tokyo-to?),[4] is one of the 47 prefectures of Japan.[5] Tokyo is the capital of Japan, the center of the Greater Tokyo Area, and the largest metropolitan area in the world.[6] It is the seat of the Japanese government and the Imperial Palace, and the home of the Japanese Imperial Family. Tokyo is in the Kanto region on the southeastern side of the main island Honshu and includes the Izu Islands and Ogasawara Islands.[7] Tokyo Metropolis was formed in 1943 from the merger of the former...

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