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Red-brick Tokyo Station and Marunouchi plaza surrounded by modern office buildings

Tokyo

Tokyo is Japan’s capital metropolis, shaped by the transformation of Edo, repeated rebuilding, layered neighborhoods, and global urban life.

Detailed colored pocket map of Edo published in 1824

Edo

Edo was the Tokugawa shogunate’s castle city and political center, renamed Tokyo in 1868 after centuries of urban growth.