Tokyo wonderful
Tokyo (Japanese: 東京 means eastern capital) is the largest city in Japan, located on the eastern side of the largest of the four islands of Japan to the mainland - "Honshu" - and on the West Bank for "Tokyo Bay" and near the mouth of "Sumida" River. Japan's capital since 1868, is today the political, economic and cultural center of the country.
Occupies the city of Tokyo metropolitan area area of 600 km²; composed of 23 alive (in Japanese: 区 = ku), and a population in which 12 million people. If we take into account the urban conglomerates nearby, the Tokyo is the largest urban agglomeration in the world, extending the urban fabric where uninterrupted occupies an area of 10,000 km², and includes more than 30 million people, including many of the adjacent small towns and three cities large: "Yokohama", "Kawasaki" and "Chiba", located east of the whole "Tokyo".
Contents [hide]
1 history
1.1 antiquity
1.2 period shifts
1.3 modern period
2 City
2.1 Urbanism
2.2 heart of the city
2.3 modern biology
3 Communications
3.1 railways
3.2 wild lines
3.3 Airlines
4 economy
4.1 industries
4.2 port
4.3 Other Activities
5 Arts and Culture
5.1 Higher Education Institutes
5.2 Museums
5.3 festivals
5.4 Libraries
5.5 Entertainment
6 Sport
7 twinning
[Edit] History
[Edit] Antiquity
The settlement of the place occupied by the current city since "Jomon period", and then it became part of land ownership (of the emperor) during periods of "fire" and "Heian". The region fell during the Middle Ages in the hands of veterans coming from the neighboring eastern plains, these military government was established in the south, "Tokyo Bay": in a place called "Kamakura", it was at the end of the 12th century, and since that took the city her first name "Edo" which means "the Gulf port" (Tokyo Bay today).
[Edit] period shifts
The city became the capital of Japan since the beginning of the 17th century, and I knew during the prosperous era "Edo period", with a population of one million people reached in the next century (18 m). After the fall of Cogonyh system, and during the period of transformations (see: "Meiji Restoration") diminished the role of the city, in favor of "Kyoto" (capital of the empire). However, the court finally decided to transfer the capital to the "Edo", has been renamed to "Tokyo '(meaning east of the capital).
I took the city evolve and become one of the world's largest cities. During the beginnings of "Meiji period," I took the old city transformed, Vaandhant major companies, and the first universities in the country as the first known activities industries. Transform the appearance of the city in 1870, when held public lighting (The gas) in the streets, was the construction of the central station, the train to the city from which "Yokohama" It is there to other parts of the country. After the decimal (10 years) of time began tram lines invade the streets of the city, also embarked on the construction of new government buildings in "Kasumigaseki" neighborhood and the other to embrace the headquarters of large companies in "Maronoaoshi" neighborhood, completed most of these buildings with stone and according to Western charts, changed these transfers the face of the old city center, and then became its streets lit by electric lighting.
[Edit] Modern period
With the 20th century AD, "Tokyo" widened: be around Amrna dense texture, and took advantage of all the vacant spaces along the West Bank for "Tokyo Bay", and then took swallow new lands to the north and east. The city was destroyed several times: fires and earthquakes destroyed many of the neighborhoods, and then the great earthquake of 1923 came to more than half of the city's buildings. After-digit (20 years) caused air bombing campaigns during World War II in the deaths of more than 100,000 people and destroyed the entire fabric Omari over 100 km².
Has the rebuilding process at a rapid pace: axes new ways painted around the city; a special program for the construction of civil, governmental and administrative buildings, and the work was completed by 1964 with the start of the Olympic Games (in "Tokyo").
Hardly Business Workshops in "Tokyo" calm, because of shocks that have inflicted serious damage to its buildings, do not live more buildings for more than one generation of time. Began the old wooden houses, which used to be almost rebuilt every 20 years, vanishing, leaving their place to modern buildings, completed to withstand powerful earthquakes. I took the new buildings with modern architectural style takes its place in modern biology, these buildings defy Baaloha towering natural hazards, earthquakes, and some residents objected to the city because it obscured their vision of "Mount Fuji" sacred.
[Edit] City
[Edit] Urbanism
Tokyo is usually not renewed, and almost works which do not expire. Where officials did not adopt any of the urban plans, so it seems a diverse urban fabric, the city and show more grouping of small villages maintain their respective unique cryptographic, including a giant modern city. The major streets, which charted in the years 1950-1960 AD and modern buildings and the city's main interface, as is the old neighborhoods and small buildings, consisting of floor or two floors, temples, shrines and wooden buildings scattered across it. City offers its visitors a sight problem and is inconsistent mostly, where they coexist various architectural styles, materials and construction methods Almentoah. Unlike some Maiatkdh, parks and green spaces in "Tokyo" large and spacious, both in the city center or on the banks, "Sumida" River.
Skyscrapers in Shinjuku
[Edit] heart of the city
Alambrtora palace was occupied by the city, "Edo" is old, and this area is considered the heart of the historic city. Where abundant green spaces and brings the establishment of the headquarters of the imperial family in the middle, and attend the public to visit the place. To the south and west sides of lies "Kasumigaseki" district, which collects most of the official government bodies: Parliament, the residence of the Prime Minister, ministers and the Supreme Court.
To the east of the Imperial Palace located neighborhood "Maronoaucci", one of the major business centers in the city -ualblad-, which are located the headquarters of many of the major banking institutions. Followed to the east, "Ginza" neighborhood famous old was this neighborhood gathering place for wholesalers coming from the "Osaka", and today is the place preferred shopping for the people of the city, dotted with major shops, restaurants, cinemas and theaters, and is prevented vehicular traffic in it Sunday to limited traffic in the streets to pedestrians only.
After "Ginza" and to the north and east and the columns along "Sumida" River, stretching the old city neighborhoods (trachea), the neighborhood "Asakusa" Popular, which is famous for its narrow streets and winding and spread through shops artisans located, are active in this neighborhood manufactures trade for traditional, as is the Temple "Sinso" (or "Sinso G"), which is dedicated to the personal "Kannon," goddess of Mercy in Buddhism (according to Japanese tradition).
[Edit] modern biology
Modern biology has been building around the historic center of the city, formed mostly of residential and commercial complexes, and be together poles to collar rail line ("Samada San") Ocean City center:
"Akihabara" congregate in this neighborhood, hundreds of electrical and electronic equipment stores,
"Ueno" of residential neighborhoods and the university, located in the middle of a large park, where major museums are located in Tokyo,
"Aakepokoro": residential neighborhood, where there are the largest shopping mall in the world,
"Shinjuku": a new urban centers, which are located many of the skyscrapers, major companies and malls, supermarkets, hotels, restaurants, and one hardly differentiate between a vibrant and its days, to Hautea.
The most important of the other neighborhoods, "Harajaco", "Shibuya" and "Shinagawa." Exist after these neighborhoods and suburbs where urbanization varies texture.
[Edit] Transportation
[Edit] railway lines
Metro Station (subway) in Ginza (Tokyo).
"Tokyo" has become since the "Meiji period," the center of railway lines in the country (the first line was extended in 1871 between the "Tokyo" and "Yokohama"), and reached the capital, almost all Japanese regions. The most important stations in the city: Tokyo (main station), "Ueno," "Aakepokoro", "Shinjuku" and "Shibuya", these stations connecting the city outskirts and form a belt (gasket) urban around, making it easier to access. These stations receive nearly two million (2) passengers daily. Used "commuter rail" to connect the cities located in the large urban for "Tokyo" assembly (major Tokyo) city center, extending these lines to 100 km² distance from the heart of the city. Some lines, which are addressed to a considerable distance is supported Pal "high-speed train" and the so-called "Shinkansen".
There are two companies that run in the Tokyo subway network is the Tokyo Metro and the Office of the transfer of the province of Tokyo.
[Edit] land lines
Saw the "Meiji period", the construction of the first public land lines in the capital. Trams remained until the sixties (20th century AD), the most important means of transport in the city. Later replaced by bus lines (bus) and the metro (subway) these lines. Since starting in the early construction of "Meiji period" line networks continued expansion and development, but the earthquake that hit the capital in 1923 and then the events of World War II, the great devastation inflicted. The government embarked on the establishment of new networks between the years 1950-1960 AD. The construction of several highways outstanding (on bridges), starts from the heart of the city towards the surrounding suburbs. However, despite the efforts that have been made recently to update these facilities, transportation remains a problem list, and suffer "Tokyo" of traffic congestion, the other major urban agglomerations in the world style.
[Edit] Airlines
"Tokyo" have two major airports in Japan: "Haneda Airport", located east of the city, serves domestic flights, and then "Narita International Airport", was Avtatha in 1978, is located east of Tokyo and is a distance of about 55 km.
[Edit] Economy
Bank of Japan.
[Edit] industries
Constitute "Tokyo" and collects Urban Financial pole, industrial and commercial to Japan. Industrial activities which vary: converting food, textile and clothing, heavy industry, high-tech (electronics, optics, imaging) machines, mechanical structures, automobiles, chemicals and others.
[Edit] port
The "Tokyo" port of relatively recent origin, and the city, "Yokohama" continued the Japan's biggest ports and even forties (from the 20th century) to play the role of the main port of the capital. Bay City is characterized by low level of the bottom, has had to shift a considerable amount of soil until he became possible in the second half of the 20th century, the establishment of new construction in the "Kawasaki", "Tokyo" and "Chiba". Is increasing day by day and the volume of shipments of cargo managed by the port, and most of them take part, to the domestic market. Of the most important products that are traded: food ration directed to the capital markets, especially fish ("Tsukiji" market).
[Edit] Other Activities
Many other activities are concentrated in the "Tokyo". Located where most government bodies, major local administrations, most banks largest Japanese companies and the headquarters. "Tokyo" occupies the first place in Japan in terms of the volume of trade exchanges, internal and external ones alike. Is an international financial center, and is considered "the Tokyo Stock Exchange," the second-largest stock exchange in the world after New York.
[Edit] Arts and Culture
[Edit] Higher Education Institutes
"Tokyo" occupies the first place at the national level in the fields of: research, education, and culture. The city has more than one-third (1/3) university institutes and carries about 45% of the total students in the country in which their studies. From hundreds of public and private universities that receive Japanese young people, some of them have a long history, as "the University of Tokyo sheet" (Japanese: 東京 大学 = Tōkyō Daigaku) and abbreviated Japanese name to "Todaúa" (東 大 = Tōdai) and founded in 1877, in addition to private universities, "Keio University" (founded 1868) and "Waseda University" (founded in 1882).
[Edit] Museums
"Tokyo" has a number of public and private museums. Embraces "Ueno" park several of them:
"Tokyo National Museum" (Tokyo kokuritsu hakubutsukan): the biggest museums in Japan, ensures masterpieces from other historical eras, it is estimated the number of exhibits B80.000,
Gallery "Horiuja" artistic treasures (Horyuji homotsukan): presents a rare antiques dating back to the 7th and 8th centuries AD,
"Old City Museum of tradition" (Shitamachi fuzoku shiryokan): It was the rebuilding of a street in the old neighborhood "traditional Asakusa"
"The National Museum of Western Art" (Kokuritsu seiyo bijutsukan): displays the work of some of the great artists of the likes of: "Renoir", "Manet", "Cezanne", "Auguste Rodin" and others.
The park also includes a "National Museum of Science" (Kokuritsu kagaku hakubutsukan): and "public zoo."
Among other many museums located in the "Tokyo": "The National Museum of Modern Art" (Tokyo kokuritsu kindai bijutsukan), Museum "Hatake-Yama" (Hatakeyama kinenkan), and displays paintings, ceramics and collectibles variety dedicated to the "ritual of tea", "folk Crafts Museum" (Nippon mingeikan), and displays a set of Staples back to "Edo period" placed in a house built in a traditional style, "Ota Museum" (Ota kinen bijutsukan), allocated to the Fee (print boldface) and finally a museum of "Sumo "(Sumo hakubutsukan).
[Edit] Festivals
"Tokyo" from the famous cultural and artistic Ptazahradtha global cities. The city has a lot of theaters, is displayed traditional theatrical cut of Japanese heritage, famous for "Shibuya" neighborhood Bmsarh "Nu", theaters abound as the "Kabuki" in "Ginza" neighborhood. Besides the National Theatre presented pieces of modern art theater. The city is famous teams orchestra, offering performances of contemporary and classical music, traditional and international. Basic festivals in Tokyo annually are Sano Festival, which takes place at Hie Shrine, the Sanja Matsuri, which is held at the shrine of Asakusa, and Kanda Matsuri.
[Edit] Libraries
Known for two of the city's neighborhoods heavily libraries (those that specializes in trade books) where: "Jeenbosco" and "Takadanopaba." National Library of Parliament near the Imperial Palace is located, as its environs National Archives building.
[Edit] Entertainment
Taking place annually on the last Saturday of July launch fireworks on the Sumida River, where he will attend the celebration of millions of visitors. In the spring, people go to see Alsackora (Cherry Blossom) in many of the parks, such as Ueno Park, Inokashira Park, or Shinjuku Gewen garden.
[Edit] Sport
There are clubs for baseball in Tokyo is a daily-Uri Jians (Tokyo Dome), and the Yakult Swallows (Meiji Jingu Stadium). The main office of the Sumo Japanese in Tokyo is also located in Ryōgoku Kokugikan where three duels take place annually for the Sumo. There are football teams FC Tokyo and Tokyo Verdy. Aloolbyh Tokyo hosted the Games in 1964, is currently seeking to get a chance to host the 2016 Olympic Games.
[Edit] twinning
Beijing, China.
Cairo, Egypt.
Paris, France.
New York, United States.
Jakarta, Indonesia.
Moscow, Russia.
Berlin, Germany.
Seoul, South Korea.
Sao Paulo, Brazil.
Rome, Italy.
New South Wales, Australia.
Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
Tokyo (Japanese: 東京 means eastern capital) is the largest city in Japan, located on the eastern side of the largest of the four islands of Japan to the mainland - "Honshu" - and on the West Bank for "Tokyo Bay" and near the mouth of "Sumida" River. Japan's capital since 1868, is today the political, economic and cultural center of the country.
Occupies the city of Tokyo metropolitan area area of 600 km²; composed of 23 alive (in Japanese: 区 = ku), and a population in which 12 million people. If we take into account the urban conglomerates nearby, the Tokyo is the largest urban agglomeration in the world, extending the urban fabric where uninterrupted occupies an area of 10,000 km², and includes more than 30 million people, including many of the adjacent small towns and three cities large: "Yokohama", "Kawasaki" and "Chiba", located east of the whole "Tokyo".
Contents [hide]
1 history
1.1 antiquity
1.2 period shifts
1.3 modern period
2 City
2.1 Urbanism
2.2 heart of the city
2.3 modern biology
3 Communications
3.1 railways
3.2 wild lines
3.3 Airlines
4 economy
4.1 industries
4.2 port
4.3 Other Activities
5 Arts and Culture
5.1 Higher Education Institutes
5.2 Museums
5.3 festivals
5.4 Libraries
5.5 Entertainment
6 Sport
7 twinning
[Edit] History
[Edit] Antiquity
The settlement of the place occupied by the current city since "Jomon period", and then it became part of land ownership (of the emperor) during periods of "fire" and "Heian". The region fell during the Middle Ages in the hands of veterans coming from the neighboring eastern plains, these military government was established in the south, "Tokyo Bay": in a place called "Kamakura", it was at the end of the 12th century, and since that took the city her first name "Edo" which means "the Gulf port" (Tokyo Bay today).
[Edit] period shifts
The city became the capital of Japan since the beginning of the 17th century, and I knew during the prosperous era "Edo period", with a population of one million people reached in the next century (18 m). After the fall of Cogonyh system, and during the period of transformations (see: "Meiji Restoration") diminished the role of the city, in favor of "Kyoto" (capital of the empire). However, the court finally decided to transfer the capital to the "Edo", has been renamed to "Tokyo '(meaning east of the capital).
I took the city evolve and become one of the world's largest cities. During the beginnings of "Meiji period," I took the old city transformed, Vaandhant major companies, and the first universities in the country as the first known activities industries. Transform the appearance of the city in 1870, when held public lighting (The gas) in the streets, was the construction of the central station, the train to the city from which "Yokohama" It is there to other parts of the country. After the decimal (10 years) of time began tram lines invade the streets of the city, also embarked on the construction of new government buildings in "Kasumigaseki" neighborhood and the other to embrace the headquarters of large companies in "Maronoaoshi" neighborhood, completed most of these buildings with stone and according to Western charts, changed these transfers the face of the old city center, and then became its streets lit by electric lighting.
[Edit] Modern period
With the 20th century AD, "Tokyo" widened: be around Amrna dense texture, and took advantage of all the vacant spaces along the West Bank for "Tokyo Bay", and then took swallow new lands to the north and east. The city was destroyed several times: fires and earthquakes destroyed many of the neighborhoods, and then the great earthquake of 1923 came to more than half of the city's buildings. After-digit (20 years) caused air bombing campaigns during World War II in the deaths of more than 100,000 people and destroyed the entire fabric Omari over 100 km².
Has the rebuilding process at a rapid pace: axes new ways painted around the city; a special program for the construction of civil, governmental and administrative buildings, and the work was completed by 1964 with the start of the Olympic Games (in "Tokyo").
Hardly Business Workshops in "Tokyo" calm, because of shocks that have inflicted serious damage to its buildings, do not live more buildings for more than one generation of time. Began the old wooden houses, which used to be almost rebuilt every 20 years, vanishing, leaving their place to modern buildings, completed to withstand powerful earthquakes. I took the new buildings with modern architectural style takes its place in modern biology, these buildings defy Baaloha towering natural hazards, earthquakes, and some residents objected to the city because it obscured their vision of "Mount Fuji" sacred.
[Edit] City
[Edit] Urbanism
Tokyo is usually not renewed, and almost works which do not expire. Where officials did not adopt any of the urban plans, so it seems a diverse urban fabric, the city and show more grouping of small villages maintain their respective unique cryptographic, including a giant modern city. The major streets, which charted in the years 1950-1960 AD and modern buildings and the city's main interface, as is the old neighborhoods and small buildings, consisting of floor or two floors, temples, shrines and wooden buildings scattered across it. City offers its visitors a sight problem and is inconsistent mostly, where they coexist various architectural styles, materials and construction methods Almentoah. Unlike some Maiatkdh, parks and green spaces in "Tokyo" large and spacious, both in the city center or on the banks, "Sumida" River.
Skyscrapers in Shinjuku
[Edit] heart of the city
Alambrtora palace was occupied by the city, "Edo" is old, and this area is considered the heart of the historic city. Where abundant green spaces and brings the establishment of the headquarters of the imperial family in the middle, and attend the public to visit the place. To the south and west sides of lies "Kasumigaseki" district, which collects most of the official government bodies: Parliament, the residence of the Prime Minister, ministers and the Supreme Court.
To the east of the Imperial Palace located neighborhood "Maronoaucci", one of the major business centers in the city -ualblad-, which are located the headquarters of many of the major banking institutions. Followed to the east, "Ginza" neighborhood famous old was this neighborhood gathering place for wholesalers coming from the "Osaka", and today is the place preferred shopping for the people of the city, dotted with major shops, restaurants, cinemas and theaters, and is prevented vehicular traffic in it Sunday to limited traffic in the streets to pedestrians only.
After "Ginza" and to the north and east and the columns along "Sumida" River, stretching the old city neighborhoods (trachea), the neighborhood "Asakusa" Popular, which is famous for its narrow streets and winding and spread through shops artisans located, are active in this neighborhood manufactures trade for traditional, as is the Temple "Sinso" (or "Sinso G"), which is dedicated to the personal "Kannon," goddess of Mercy in Buddhism (according to Japanese tradition).
[Edit] modern biology
Modern biology has been building around the historic center of the city, formed mostly of residential and commercial complexes, and be together poles to collar rail line ("Samada San") Ocean City center:
"Akihabara" congregate in this neighborhood, hundreds of electrical and electronic equipment stores,
"Ueno" of residential neighborhoods and the university, located in the middle of a large park, where major museums are located in Tokyo,
"Aakepokoro": residential neighborhood, where there are the largest shopping mall in the world,
"Shinjuku": a new urban centers, which are located many of the skyscrapers, major companies and malls, supermarkets, hotels, restaurants, and one hardly differentiate between a vibrant and its days, to Hautea.
The most important of the other neighborhoods, "Harajaco", "Shibuya" and "Shinagawa." Exist after these neighborhoods and suburbs where urbanization varies texture.
[Edit] Transportation
[Edit] railway lines
Metro Station (subway) in Ginza (Tokyo).
"Tokyo" has become since the "Meiji period," the center of railway lines in the country (the first line was extended in 1871 between the "Tokyo" and "Yokohama"), and reached the capital, almost all Japanese regions. The most important stations in the city: Tokyo (main station), "Ueno," "Aakepokoro", "Shinjuku" and "Shibuya", these stations connecting the city outskirts and form a belt (gasket) urban around, making it easier to access. These stations receive nearly two million (2) passengers daily. Used "commuter rail" to connect the cities located in the large urban for "Tokyo" assembly (major Tokyo) city center, extending these lines to 100 km² distance from the heart of the city. Some lines, which are addressed to a considerable distance is supported Pal "high-speed train" and the so-called "Shinkansen".
There are two companies that run in the Tokyo subway network is the Tokyo Metro and the Office of the transfer of the province of Tokyo.
[Edit] land lines
Saw the "Meiji period", the construction of the first public land lines in the capital. Trams remained until the sixties (20th century AD), the most important means of transport in the city. Later replaced by bus lines (bus) and the metro (subway) these lines. Since starting in the early construction of "Meiji period" line networks continued expansion and development, but the earthquake that hit the capital in 1923 and then the events of World War II, the great devastation inflicted. The government embarked on the establishment of new networks between the years 1950-1960 AD. The construction of several highways outstanding (on bridges), starts from the heart of the city towards the surrounding suburbs. However, despite the efforts that have been made recently to update these facilities, transportation remains a problem list, and suffer "Tokyo" of traffic congestion, the other major urban agglomerations in the world style.
[Edit] Airlines
"Tokyo" have two major airports in Japan: "Haneda Airport", located east of the city, serves domestic flights, and then "Narita International Airport", was Avtatha in 1978, is located east of Tokyo and is a distance of about 55 km.
[Edit] Economy
Bank of Japan.
[Edit] industries
Constitute "Tokyo" and collects Urban Financial pole, industrial and commercial to Japan. Industrial activities which vary: converting food, textile and clothing, heavy industry, high-tech (electronics, optics, imaging) machines, mechanical structures, automobiles, chemicals and others.
[Edit] port
The "Tokyo" port of relatively recent origin, and the city, "Yokohama" continued the Japan's biggest ports and even forties (from the 20th century) to play the role of the main port of the capital. Bay City is characterized by low level of the bottom, has had to shift a considerable amount of soil until he became possible in the second half of the 20th century, the establishment of new construction in the "Kawasaki", "Tokyo" and "Chiba". Is increasing day by day and the volume of shipments of cargo managed by the port, and most of them take part, to the domestic market. Of the most important products that are traded: food ration directed to the capital markets, especially fish ("Tsukiji" market).
[Edit] Other Activities
Many other activities are concentrated in the "Tokyo". Located where most government bodies, major local administrations, most banks largest Japanese companies and the headquarters. "Tokyo" occupies the first place in Japan in terms of the volume of trade exchanges, internal and external ones alike. Is an international financial center, and is considered "the Tokyo Stock Exchange," the second-largest stock exchange in the world after New York.
[Edit] Arts and Culture
[Edit] Higher Education Institutes
"Tokyo" occupies the first place at the national level in the fields of: research, education, and culture. The city has more than one-third (1/3) university institutes and carries about 45% of the total students in the country in which their studies. From hundreds of public and private universities that receive Japanese young people, some of them have a long history, as "the University of Tokyo sheet" (Japanese: 東京 大学 = Tōkyō Daigaku) and abbreviated Japanese name to "Todaúa" (東 大 = Tōdai) and founded in 1877, in addition to private universities, "Keio University" (founded 1868) and "Waseda University" (founded in 1882).
[Edit] Museums
"Tokyo" has a number of public and private museums. Embraces "Ueno" park several of them:
"Tokyo National Museum" (Tokyo kokuritsu hakubutsukan): the biggest museums in Japan, ensures masterpieces from other historical eras, it is estimated the number of exhibits B80.000,
Gallery "Horiuja" artistic treasures (Horyuji homotsukan): presents a rare antiques dating back to the 7th and 8th centuries AD,
"Old City Museum of tradition" (Shitamachi fuzoku shiryokan): It was the rebuilding of a street in the old neighborhood "traditional Asakusa"
"The National Museum of Western Art" (Kokuritsu seiyo bijutsukan): displays the work of some of the great artists of the likes of: "Renoir", "Manet", "Cezanne", "Auguste Rodin" and others.
The park also includes a "National Museum of Science" (Kokuritsu kagaku hakubutsukan): and "public zoo."
Among other many museums located in the "Tokyo": "The National Museum of Modern Art" (Tokyo kokuritsu kindai bijutsukan), Museum "Hatake-Yama" (Hatakeyama kinenkan), and displays paintings, ceramics and collectibles variety dedicated to the "ritual of tea", "folk Crafts Museum" (Nippon mingeikan), and displays a set of Staples back to "Edo period" placed in a house built in a traditional style, "Ota Museum" (Ota kinen bijutsukan), allocated to the Fee (print boldface) and finally a museum of "Sumo "(Sumo hakubutsukan).
[Edit] Festivals
"Tokyo" from the famous cultural and artistic Ptazahradtha global cities. The city has a lot of theaters, is displayed traditional theatrical cut of Japanese heritage, famous for "Shibuya" neighborhood Bmsarh "Nu", theaters abound as the "Kabuki" in "Ginza" neighborhood. Besides the National Theatre presented pieces of modern art theater. The city is famous teams orchestra, offering performances of contemporary and classical music, traditional and international. Basic festivals in Tokyo annually are Sano Festival, which takes place at Hie Shrine, the Sanja Matsuri, which is held at the shrine of Asakusa, and Kanda Matsuri.
[Edit] Libraries
Known for two of the city's neighborhoods heavily libraries (those that specializes in trade books) where: "Jeenbosco" and "Takadanopaba." National Library of Parliament near the Imperial Palace is located, as its environs National Archives building.
[Edit] Entertainment
Taking place annually on the last Saturday of July launch fireworks on the Sumida River, where he will attend the celebration of millions of visitors. In the spring, people go to see Alsackora (Cherry Blossom) in many of the parks, such as Ueno Park, Inokashira Park, or Shinjuku Gewen garden.
[Edit] Sport
There are clubs for baseball in Tokyo is a daily-Uri Jians (Tokyo Dome), and the Yakult Swallows (Meiji Jingu Stadium). The main office of the Sumo Japanese in Tokyo is also located in Ryōgoku Kokugikan where three duels take place annually for the Sumo. There are football teams FC Tokyo and Tokyo Verdy. Aloolbyh Tokyo hosted the Games in 1964, is currently seeking to get a chance to host the 2016 Olympic Games.
[Edit] twinning
Beijing, China.
Cairo, Egypt.
Paris, France.
New York, United States.
Jakarta, Indonesia.
Moscow, Russia.
Berlin, Germany.
Seoul, South Korea.
Sao Paulo, Brazil.
Rome, Italy.
New South Wales, Australia.
Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
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