【4K】Evening walk in rainy Ryogoku district, Sumida city,Tokyo
Not a vlog, no intrusive faces or talking, pure Japan only.
Ryogoku is famous for sumo. It's usual to meet rikishi walking around and even riding bicycle, but I did not meet any probably because of raining. Unfortunately Tokyo-Edo museum was closed for reconstruction.
Map
Time 10/14 at 5pm
Filmed in UltraHD 4K 60p with Lumix GH5 camera, 8-18 f2.8-4 lens and Beholder EC1 stabilizer.
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KETEMU MEMORIAL MUSEUM PARK DI TENGAH KOTA TOKYO - JAPAN BACKPACKER #35
Great Kanto Earthquake Memorial Museum
2 Chome-3-２５ Yokoami, Sumida-ku, Tōkyō-to 130-0015, Japan
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Authentic Kabuki with comentery Shinza the barber Chapter1 Scene of Eitai Bridge side
The palanquin carrying Okuma passes by the Eitai Bridge, and afterwards the Shinza and Chushichi are going down the road with an umbrella with rain. However, Shiho changed the attitude so far and tried to hurry up one's way, as if Chushichi got out of the thongs of the footwear. Chushichi who seems to wait for the thong from the squeeze, it is cursed that Shinza had taken out to make Okuma his own from the beginning. Lady seeds who knew that they were deceived will catch the Shinza, but they are hit hard with an umbrella, and when they are beaten with clogs they bleed off their forehead and fall. I left the Shinza as a shrike rash.
Although Tadorichi who was left alone chases after another, the house of the Shinza did not hear somewhere in Tomiyoshi cho. Chiyo regrets what he has done and attempts to throw himself from the Eitai Bridge to apologize to Okuma and always. It stopped it, it was Mr. Yata Taro Genichi of the ride town known also by Shirako shop.
Sumida River
Culture
The Noh play Sumida-gawa, which the British composer Benjamin Britten saw while visiting Japan in 1956, inspired him to compose Curlew River (1964), a dramatic work based on the story.
The kabuki play, Sumida-gawa — Gonichi no Omokage, is perhaps better known by the title Hokaibo, which is the name of the central character. This stage drama was written by Nakawa Shimesuke, and it was first produced in Osaka in 1784. The play continues to be included in kabuki repertoire in Japan; and it is also performed in the West. It was recreated by the Heisei Nakamura-za in the Lincoln Center Festival in New York in the summer of 2007, with Nakamura Kanzaburō XVIII leading the cast.[1]
The Sumida River Fireworks, which are recognized as one of the oldest and most famous firework displays in Japan, are launched from barges across the river, between Ryōgoku and Asakusa during Summer, a festival is also held at the same time.
Literature
The poet Matsuo Bashō lived by the Sumida River, alongside the famous banana tree (Japanese: bashō) from which he takes his nom de plume.[2]
The Sumida River appears in a haiku by Issa from 1820:
spring peace--
a mouse licking up
Sumida River
The Eitai-bashi (Eitai Bridge), dating from 1924, replaces a bridge built in 1696.
Surrounding Grounds Outside the Imperial Palace in Chiyoda, Tokyo, Japan
A short video of the surrounding grounds outside the Japanese Imperial Palace in Chiyoda, Tokyo, Japan.
【4K】Random walk from Ryogoku to SkyTree
Not a vlog, no intrusive faces or talking, pure Japan only.
I planned to film Edo Tokyo museum but unlike photos filming video is prohibited there. I had no idea what to do but planned live stream already. So I walked in random direction.
The first half is walking through common living districts and the second part is walking through a park I visited before towards SkyTree.
Map
Time 07/01 around 3:30pm
Filmed in UltraHD 4K 60p with Lumix GH5 camera, 8-18 f2.8-4 lens, Beholder EC1 stabilizer and Audio-Technica AT9946CM mic.
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Sumida River Tokyo | 隅田川
The Sumida River is a major river running about 27km through Japan's capital of Tokyo. Here we see the Sumida River near Ryogoku-bashi with the Tokyo Sky Tree and the Edo-Tokyo Museum in the background. Traffic on the river includes river boats, barges and jet skis, with Right Wing Sound Trucks running on the highway on the Ryogoku side of the river.
Japan Trip 2013 Part 4 - Summer Festival!
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A very very typical Japanese summer festival! XD
Brought me so much nostalgic memories of my young days :P
Sumida-ku City-Speech and some learning activities for the Foreign people living in the area.
Foreign residents,students,and visitors are studying the Japanese language and trying their very best to lead a deeper understanding of Japanese culture.
Utagawa: Masters of the Japanese Print 1770-1900
Utagawa: Masters of the Japanese Print, 1770--1900 presents more than seventy prints from the renowned Van Vleck collection of Japanese woodblock prints at the Chazen Museum of Art, University of Wisconsin--Madison and approximately twenty prints from the Brooklyn Museum. The Utagawa School, founded by Utagawa Toyoharu, dominated the Japanese print market in the nineteenth century and is responsible for more than half of all surviving ukiyo-e prints, or pictures of the floating world.
March 21--June 15, 2008
横網町公園 隅田川下町散歩 蔵前 横網町 本所 A stroll along the river in Tokyo suburbs
以前都営線の江戸川駅のポスターで見た墨田区の横網町公園に
行ってきました。そのあと隅田川沿いを散歩しましたが今回の眼目はこの横網町公園の訪問です。
平井の河津桜を撮影したあと、途中の蔵前から行けることを思い出して行ってきましたが
この平和そうな公園はかなり意外な由来を持つ公園です。
復興記念館の展示品を見ればわかることですがここは1923年の関東大震災で最も大きな死者を出した場所の名残です。
ここで38000人もの人が死んでいます。この狭い公園でです。東日本大震災は行方不明を合わせて２万人強でしたからそれをゆうに超えます。
この38000もの人たちは震災を逃れて避難してきた人たちです。つまり地震そのもので死んだわけではなく、これは東日本大震災の多くの地域と共通しています。
彼らはその後の火災で死んだのです。
避難してきた彼らは燃えやすいものを家財としてたくさん持ち込んでいた上に、震災の時、あまり知られていませんが台風が日本に来ており、その強い風にあおられて木造建築も多かったであろう当時の東京の火災はますます強まったのだそうです。最終的に彼らが避難の際に持ち込んだ布や、布団のような家財道具に日は燃え移り、狭いこの場所で４万近い人たちが隙間なくぎゅうぎゅう詰めになっていたこともあって避難民は皆焼け死んだということです。
驚かされるのは関東大震災では10万５千もの人が亡くなったそうですが、そのほとんど４０パーセント近い人たちがこの狭い公園で焼け死んでいるという事実です。
僕もこれは教科書にもなかなか載っていない事実で非常に驚きました。
東日本大震災でも思いましたが、今の日本というのは地震そのものには耐える力はあるようですが、副次的に起こる火災や津波のような悲劇により注意を向ける必要がある。
地震そのものでも死ぬ可能性は高いがその余波として起こる別な事象を生き延びなければ災害を生き抜くことは難しいということでしょう。
非常にショックを受けて、この事実を未来に残す手伝いがしたいと、このような動画を作りました。
もう一つ、ここは東京大空襲の死者を弔う場所であることも見落とせません。
とても感じのいい公園ですから是非訪れてみてほしいと思います。
千鳥ヶ淵や靖国神社もいいでしょうが、劣らぬ価値があります。真の歴史を伝えるものです。
After leaving Hiarai town in Edogawa ward,Tokyo
I visited Yokoamicho Koen Park in Sumida ward.
When I knew this park is not so before,about two weeks before when I stayed in Edogawa station on Keisei railway line and I saw a poster on the board and then I knew information about this park.
As you see in this movie,this park is now an ordinary park where lots of family come to play or for a walk.
I was surprised at the things displayed in the museum(memorial hall of Tokyo restoration) and I knew this park is the place where the largest number of people
died when Kanto great earthquake had occurred.
It is told that a number of the dead was about 38000 and a total number of the dead at Kanto Great earthquake was over105000,so about 40 percent of the dead died here.
The reason why such many people died here is great fire occurred after great earthquake.
Originally 38000 people were the ones who survived after earthquake and evacuated and then reached this park.
But unfortunately at the same time,great typhoon came to Japan then and it made the force of fire that broke out right after the earthquake and the fire expanded over large area in Tokyo and reached this park at last.
Addition to that,the people evacuated took their belongings and the materials of them were easy to be burnt like products of fabric or clothing.
This park is not so large,in other words,too small to accept all the people and as the result,there were not enough space between people who gathered to this park.
They were burnt and died due to such horrible circumstances.
I was so shocked and decided to make movie about this park and its memorial hall.
The memorial hall has been under construction and it seems impossible to enter.
I’m so sorry that this time I could not see and shoot the inside of the hall.
I hope people in Tokyo or Kanto area to go to this park and enter the museum
and to know about what Kanto Great earthquake was actually.
After that,I enjoyed strolling around Tokyo suburbs along Sumida river,it was so fun and the scenes of dusk was really good.
A color of the sky was wonderful.
BGM 日本ファルコム©
【 NIKON D5200 】 Kami-kiri EDO-TOKYO MUSEUM 【HAYSHIYA-HANA】
伝統芸能「紙切り」です。
下書きもなく一気に鋏を入れる様子は圧巻の一言です。
講師は林家花さんです。
This is a Japanese traditional arts Papercutting.
She cuts paper without a draft at a stretch.
The name of the lecturer is HAYASHIYA HANA.
Sumida-Ku Matsuri 15/09/2013
#1 Sumida ku Mkoujima（English）
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00:03:52 1 Etymology
00:05:05 2 History
00:05:14 2.1 Pre-1869 (Edo period)
00:07:28 2.2 1869–1943
00:08:36 2.3 1943–present
00:12:29 3 Geography
00:14:28 3.1 Special wards
00:16:19 3.2 Tama Area (Western Tokyo)
00:16:52 3.2.1 Cities
00:17:18 3.2.2 Nishi-Tama District
00:18:14 3.3 Islands
00:20:10 3.4 National parks
00:21:09 3.5 Seismicity
00:21:18 3.5.1 Common seismicity
00:22:13 3.5.2 Infrequent powerful quakes
00:22:58 3.6 Climate
00:25:53 4 Cityscape
00:27:03 5 Environment
00:28:38 6 Demographics
00:29:53 7 Economy
00:34:57 8 Transportation
00:37:33 9 Education
00:40:04 10 Culture
00:42:24 11 Sports
00:44:26 12 In popular culture
00:45:42 13 International relations
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Tokyo (東京, Tōkyō, ; Japanese: [toːkʲoː] (listen)), officially Tokyo Metropolis (東京都, Tōkyō-to), one of the 47 prefectures of Japan, has served as the Japanese capital since 1869. As of 2014, the Greater Tokyo Area ranked as the most populous metropolitan area in the world. The urban area houses the seat of the Emperor of Japan, of the Japanese government and of the National Diet. Tokyo forms part of the Kantō region on the southeastern side of Japan's main island, Honshu, and includes the Izu Islands and Ogasawara Islands. Tokyo was formerly named Edo when Shōgun Tokugawa Ieyasu made the city as his headquarters in 1603. It became the capital after Emperor Meiji moved his seat to the city from Kyoto in 1868; at that time Edo was renamed Tokyo. Tokyo Metropolis formed in 1943 from the merger of the former Tokyo Prefecture (東京府, Tōkyō-fu) and the city of Tokyo (東京市, Tōkyō-shi).
Tokyo is often referred to as a city but is officially known and governed as a metropolitan prefecture, which differs from and combines elements of a city and a prefecture, a characteristic unique to Tokyo.
The 23 Special Wards of Tokyo were formerly Tokyo City. On July 1, 1943, it merged with Tokyo Prefecture and became Tokyo Metropolis with an additional 26 municipalities in the western part of the prefecture, and the Izu islands and Ogasawara islands south of Tokyo. The population of the special wards is over 9 million people, with the total population of Tokyo Metropolis exceeding 13.8 million. The prefecture is part of the world's most populous metropolitan area called the Greater Tokyo Area with over 38 million people and the world's largest urban agglomeration economy. As of 2011, Tokyo hosted 51 of the Fortune Global 500 companies, the highest number of any city in the world at that time. Tokyo ranked third (twice) in the International Financial Centres Development Index. The city is home to various television networks such as Fuji TV, Tokyo MX, TV Tokyo, TV Asahi, Nippon Television, NHK and the Tokyo Broadcasting System.
Tokyo ranks first in the Global Economic Power Index and third in the Global Cities Index. The GaWC's 2008 inventory classified Tokyo as an alpha+ world city – and as of 2014 TripAdvisor's World City Survey ranked Tokyo first in its Best overall experience category (the city also ranked first in the following categories: helpfulness of locals, nightlife, shopping, local public transportation and cleanliness of streets). As of 2015 Tokyo ranked as the 11th-most expensive city for expatriates, according to the Mercer consulting firm, and also the world's 11th-most expensive city according to the Economist Intelligence Unit's cost-of-living survey. In 2015, Tokyo was named the Most Liveable City in the world by the magazine Monocle. The Michelin Guide has awarded Tokyo by far the most Michelin stars of any city in the world. Tokyo was ranked first out of all sixty cities in the 2017 Safe Cities Index. The QS Best Student Cities ranked Tokyo as the 3rd-best city in the world to be a university student in 2016 and 2nd in 2018.
Tokyo hosted the 1964 Summer Olympics, the 1979 G-7 summit ...
Japan Vlog 4, Tokyo Sky-tree!!!
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00:05:15 1 Etymology
00:06:49 2 History
00:06:58 2.1 Pre-1869 (Edo period)
00:09:57 2.2 1869–1943
00:11:27 2.3 1943–present
00:16:40 3 Geography
00:19:16 3.1 Special wards
00:21:42 3.2 Tama Area (Western Tokyo)
00:22:26 3.2.1 Cities
00:22:59 3.2.2 Nishi-Tama District
00:24:10 3.3 Islands
00:26:44 3.4 National parks
00:28:00 3.5 Seismicity
00:28:08 3.5.1 Common seismicity
00:29:21 3.5.2 Infrequent powerful quakes
00:30:18 3.6 Climate
00:34:16 4 Cityscape
00:35:47 5 Environment
00:37:53 6 Demographics
00:39:31 7 Economy
00:46:21 8 Transportation
00:49:48 9 Education
00:52:09 10 Culture
00:55:16 11 Sports
00:58:04 12 In popular culture
00:59:44 13 International relations
01:00:15 13.1 Sister cities, sister states, and friendship agreements
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I cannot teach anybody anything, I can only make them think.
- Socrates
SUMMARY
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Tokyo (東京, Tōkyō, English: , Japanese: [toːkʲoː] (listen); lit. Eastern Capital), officially Tokyo Metropolis (東京都, Tōkyō-to), one of the 47 prefectures of Japan, has served as the Japanese capital since 1869. As of 2014, the Greater Tokyo Area ranked as the most populous metropolitan area in the world. The urban area houses the seat of the Emperor of Japan, of the Japanese government and of the National Diet. Tokyo forms part of the Kantō region on the southeastern side of Japan's main island, Honshu, and includes the Izu Islands and Ogasawara Islands. Tokyo was formerly named Edo when Shōgun Tokugawa Ieyasu made the city his headquarters in 1603. It became the capital after Emperor Meiji moved his seat to the city from Kyoto in 1868; at that time Edo was renamed Tokyo. Tokyo Metropolis formed in 1943 from the merger of the former Tokyo Prefecture (東京府, Tōkyō-fu) and the city of Tokyo (東京市, Tōkyō-shi). Tokyo is often referred to as a city but is officially known and governed as a metropolitan prefecture, which differs from and combines elements of a city and a prefecture, a characteristic unique to Tokyo.
The 23 Special Wards of Tokyo were formerly Tokyo City. On July 1, 1943, it merged with Tokyo Prefecture and became Tokyo Metropolis with an additional 26 municipalities in the western part of the prefecture, and the Izu islands and Ogasawara islands south of Tokyo. The population of the special wards is over 9 million people, with the total population of Tokyo Metropolis exceeding 13.8 million. The prefecture is part of the world's most populous metropolitan area called the Greater Tokyo Area with over 38 million people and the world's largest urban agglomeration economy. As of 2011, Tokyo hosted 51 of the Fortune Global 500 companies, the highest number of any city in the world at that time. Tokyo ranked third (twice) in the International Financial Centres Development Index. The city is home to various television networks such as Fuji TV, Tokyo MX, TV Tokyo, TV Asahi, Nippon Television, NHK and the Tokyo Broadcasting System.
Tokyo ranks first in the Global Economic Power Index and third in the Global Cities Index. The GaWC's 2008 inventory classified Tokyo as an alpha+ world city – and as of 2014 TripAdvisor's World City Survey ranked Tokyo first in its Best overall experience category (the city also ranked first in the following categories: helpfulness of locals, nightlife, shopping, local public transportation and cleanliness of streets). As of 2015 Tokyo ranked as the 11th-most expensive city for expatriates, according to the Mercer consulting firm, and also the world's 11th-most expensive city according to the Economist Intelligence Unit's cost-of-living survey. In 2015, Tokyo was named the Most Liveable City in the world by the magazine Monocle. The Michelin Guide has awarded Tokyo by far the most Michelin stars of any city in the world. Tokyo was ranked first out of all sixty cit ...
2011年隅田川花火大会 江戸東京博物館前にて Full HD 1080p
2011年 8/27に行われた隅田川花火大会の映像です。
素敵な音楽と一緒に楽しんで頂けたら嬉しいです。
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The only true wisdom is in knowing you know nothing.
- Socrates
SUMMARY
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Tokyo (東京, Tōkyō, ; Japanese: [toːkʲoː] (listen)), officially Tokyo Metropolis (東京都, Tōkyō-to), one of the 47 prefectures of Japan, has served as the Japanese capital since 1869. As of 2014 the Greater Tokyo Area ranked as the most populous metropolitan area in the world. The urban area houses the seat of the Emperor of Japan, of the Japanese government and of the National Diet. Tokyo forms part of the Kantō region on the southeastern side of Japan's main island, Honshu, and includes the Izu Islands and Ogasawara Islands. Tokyo was formerly named Edo when Shōgun Tokugawa Ieyasu made the city as his headquarters in 1603. It became the capital after Emperor Meiji moved his seat to the city from Kyoto in 1868; at that time Edo was renamed Tokyo. Tokyo Metropolis formed in 1943 from the merger of the former Tokyo Prefecture (東京府, Tōkyō-fu) and the city of Tokyo (東京市, Tōkyō-shi).
Tokyo is often referred to as a city but is officially known and governed as a metropolitan prefecture, which differs from and combines elements of a city and a prefecture, a characteristic unique to Tokyo.
The 23 Special Wards of Tokyo were formerly Tokyo City. On July 1, 1943 it merged with Tokyo Prefecture and became Tokyo Metropolis with an additional 26 municipalities in the western part of the prefecture, and the Izu islands and Ogasawara islands south of Tokyo. The population of the special wards is over 9 million people, with the total population of Tokyo Metropolis exceeding 13.8 million. The prefecture is part of the world's most populous metropolitan area called the Greater Tokyo Area with over 38 million people and the world's largest urban agglomeration economy. As of 2011 Tokyo hosted 51 of the Fortune Global 500 companies, the highest number of any city in the world at that time. Tokyo ranked third (twice) in the International Financial Centres Development Index. The city is home to various television networks such as Fuji TV, Tokyo MX, TV Tokyo, TV Asahi, Nippon Television, NHK and the Tokyo Broadcasting System.
Tokyo ranks first in the Global Economic Power Index and third in the Global Cities Index. The GaWC's 2008 inventory classified Tokyo as an alpha+ world city – and as of 2014 TripAdvisor's World City Survey ranked Tokyo first in its Best overall experience category (the city also ranked first in the following categories: helpfulness of locals, nightlife, shopping, local public transportation and cleanliness of streets). As of 2015 Tokyo ranked as the 11th-most expensive city for expatriates, according to the Mercer consulting firm, and also the world's 11th-most expensive city according to the Economist Intelligence Unit's cost-of-living survey. In 2015, Tokyo was named the Most Liveable City in the world by the magazine Monocle. The Michelin Guide has awarded Tokyo by far the most Michelin stars of any city in the world. Tokyo was ranked first out of all sixty cities in the 2017 Safe Cities Index. The QS Best Student Cities ranked Tokyo as the 3rd-best city in the world to be a university student in 2016 and 2nd in 2018.
Tokyo hosted the 1964 Summer Olympics, the 1979 G-7 summit, the 1986 G-7 summit, and the 1993 G-7 summit, and will host the 2019 Rugby World Cup, the 2020 Summer Olympics and the 2020 Summer Paralympics.
Sumida River Sky Tree Night View (binaural audio)
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Sumida River Night Walk Towards Skytree
Part two of two
June 2018
Tokyo, Japan
８丁目-13-1 Minamisenju, 荒川区 Arakawa-ku, Tōkyō-to 116-0003, Japan
This video starts around the same area as the Metropolitan Shioiri Park part one video posted before. This was taken at night just outside of Metropolitan Shioiri Park walking towards Skytree.
This is about a fifteen minute walk from Ushida (Tobu Skytree Line) or Keisei Sekiya stations.
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00:04:10 1 Etymology
00:05:29 2 History
00:05:38 2.1 Pre-1869 (Edo period)
00:08:02 2.2 1869–1943
00:09:16 2.3 1943–present
00:13:29 3 Geography
00:15:37 3.1 Special wards
00:17:37 3.2 Tama Area (Western Tokyo)
00:18:15 3.2.1 Cities
00:18:43 3.2.2 Nishi-Tama District
00:19:44 3.3 Islands
00:21:48 3.4 National parks
00:22:51 3.5 Seismicity
00:23:00 3.5.1 Common seismicity
00:23:59 3.5.2 Infrequent powerful quakes
00:24:48 3.6 Climate
00:28:00 4 Cityscape
00:29:14 5 Environment
00:30:58 6 Demographics
00:32:20 7 Economy
00:37:48 8 Transportation
00:40:35 9 Education
00:43:22 10 Culture
00:45:52 11 Sports
00:48:03 12 In popular culture
00:49:26 13 International relations
00:49:52 13.1 Sister cities, sister states, and friendship agreements
Listening is a more natural way of learning, when compared to reading. Written language only began at around 3200 BC, but spoken language has existed long ago.
Learning by listening is a great way to:
- increases imagination and understanding
- improves your listening skills
- improves your own spoken accent
- learn while on the move
- reduce eye strain
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Speaking Rate: 0.87934487435504
Voice name: en-GB-Wavenet-B
I cannot teach anybody anything, I can only make them think.
- Socrates
SUMMARY
=======
Tokyo (東京, Tōkyō, ; Japanese: [toːkʲoː] (listen)), officially Tokyo Metropolis (東京都, Tōkyō-to), one of the 47 prefectures of Japan, has served as the Japanese capital since 1869. As of 2014, the Greater Tokyo Area ranked as the most populous metropolitan area in the world. The urban area houses the seat of the Emperor of Japan, of the Japanese government and of the National Diet. Tokyo forms part of the Kantō region on the southeastern side of Japan's main island, Honshu, and includes the Izu Islands and Ogasawara Islands. Tokyo was formerly named Edo when Shōgun Tokugawa Ieyasu made the city as his headquarters in 1603. It became the capital after Emperor Meiji moved his seat to the city from Kyoto in 1868; at that time Edo was renamed Tokyo. Tokyo Metropolis formed in 1943 from the merger of the former Tokyo Prefecture (東京府, Tōkyō-fu) and the city of Tokyo (東京市, Tōkyō-shi).
Tokyo is often referred to as a city but is officially known and governed as a metropolitan prefecture, which differs from and combines elements of a city and a prefecture, a characteristic unique to Tokyo.
The 23 Special Wards of Tokyo were formerly Tokyo City. On July 1, 1943, it merged with Tokyo Prefecture and became Tokyo Metropolis with an additional 26 municipalities in the western part of the prefecture, and the Izu islands and Ogasawara islands south of Tokyo. The population of the special wards is over 9 million people, with the total population of Tokyo Metropolis exceeding 13.8 million. The prefecture is part of the world's most populous metropolitan area called the Greater Tokyo Area with over 38 million people and the world's largest urban agglomeration economy. As of 2011, Tokyo hosted 51 of the Fortune Global 500 companies, the highest number of any city in the world at that time. Tokyo ranked third (twice) in the International Financial Centres Development Index. The city is home to various television networks such as Fuji TV, Tokyo MX, TV Tokyo, TV Asahi, Nippon Television, NHK and the Tokyo Broadcasting System.
Tokyo ranks first in the Global Economic Power Index and third in the Global Cities Index. The GaWC's 2008 inventory classified Tokyo as an alpha+ world city – and as of 2014 TripAdvisor's World City Survey ranked Tokyo first in its Best overall experience category (the city also ranked first in the following categories: helpfulness of locals, nightlife, shopping, local public transportation and cleanliness of streets). As of 2015 Tokyo ranked as the 11th-most expensive city for expatriates, according to the Mercer consulting firm, and also the world's 11th-most expensive city according to the Economist Intelligence Unit's cost-of-living survey. In 2015, Tokyo was named the Most Liveable City in the world by the magazine Monocle. The Michelin Guide has awarded Tokyo by far the most Michelin stars of any city in the world. Tokyo was ranked first out of all sixty cities in the 2017 Safe Cities Inde ...