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establishes What sort of a place is Tokyo? Tokyo 1868◀ the Shogunate place is Tokyo? Edo renamed government in Edo Tokyo ▶1882 The Ueno Zoo opens Where is 1903◀ Tokyo? Tokyo’s first streetcar (Shimbashi - ) starts operation ▶1925 Tokyo is The Yamanote rail here line starts operation 1931◀ Haneda Airport opens ▶1958 Tokyo Tower completed 1964◀ (height 333 m) Population 13.6 million (10.7% of ’s population) Tokyo Olympic and Paralympic 480,000 (the highest nationwide), with foreign Games are held No. of foreign residents residents accounting for 3.5% of the population Shinkansen bullet train ▶2012 Tokyo Skytree completed starts operation Number of local governments 62 (23 wards, 26 cities, 5 towns, 8 villages) (height 634m) Area 2,190 km2 (0.6% of Japan’s total area) 2020◀ Tokyo Olympic and 35 250 Paralympic Games will （℃） Average Average Average highs temperature lows Precipitation （mm） 30 be held 200 25 20 150 Your guide, Climate Profile 15 100 Gibo-chan Born in Nihonbashi, raised in Ryogoku 10 (official mascot of Birthday: March 28 Hobby: Carrying festival shrines 50 Metropolitan Edo-Tokyo Favorite food: Ningyo-yaki, Goal: To make a lot of friends! Museum) 5 〈 〉 Dorayaki 0 0 *Metropolitan Edo-Tokyo Museum: Jan Feb Mar Apr May June July Aug Sept Oct Nov Dec http://www.edo-tokyo-museum.or.jp/en/ (see page 41) Average age 45 *As of November 2016 Tokyo bird: Tokyo flower: Tokyo tree: Yurikamome I’m Gibo-chan. It’s my Tokyo crest Tokyo symbol Somei-yoshino Ginkgo biloba black-headed job to introduce the cherry blossom gull at Metropolitan Edo-Tokyo Museum in Ryogoku!

3 4 The east side of the ward area is where you find the The east side of Tama has many The east The east shitamachi district and its verdant parks side of side of Tokyo on the ward nostalgic streets Tama What sort of a place is Tokyo? the map area Yakata-bune (Pleasure boat)

【Showa Kinen Park】 【Mt. Takao】

23Wards The east side The east side The west side Asakusa: Senso-ji Temple of the ward area Okutama-machi of Tama of the ward area

Ome City Higashi Mizuho- murayama Adachi-ku machi Kiyose City City -ku Hamura Kita-ku Higashi Hinode-machi City Musashi Higashikurume yamato murayama City -ku City -ku Arakawa-ku City Fussa City Nishitokyo Kodaira -ku -mura Akiruno City City Tachikawa City Sumida-ku Nakano-ku City Bunkyo-ku Akishima Kokubunji Musashino City Taito-ku City City Koganei -ku City -ku Chiyoda-ku Edogawa-ku Kunitachi Mitaka City City Fuchu -ku Koto-ku Hachioji City Chuo-ku Hino City City The west side of Chofu City Minato-ku The west -ku Tama side of Tama still has a Komae -ku City City City Tama lot of beautiful The west side The west side of the nature of Tama The west Shinagawa-ku side of ward area is bustling the ward with people and has Machida area towering skyscrapers City Ota-ku Shinjuku Gyoen National Garden Tokyo’s On Tokyo’s islands, you islands can enjoy marine sports in pristine surroundings Tokyo’s islands

Oshima-machi

Toshima-mura

Hinohara-mura Niijima-mura

Kozushima-mura

Miyake-mura Shinjuku: Skyscraper area

Mikurajima-mura

Hachijo-machi

Aogashima-mura

Lake Okutama Ogasawara-mura

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● Tokyo rail map ●Tickets and smartcards

Japanese trains are safe and run precisely on time. To use the train, purchase a ticket at the station or use a smartcard What sort of a place is Tokyo? (Suica, PASMO, etc.). You can use these cards when you ride the bus, too. A 500-yen deposit is required when purchasing a smartcard.

[Advantages of smartcards] ❶By charging your smartcard, you can use it in place of a ticket to pay for your fare. ❷You can transfer smoothly to other railway company lines. ❸ You can use the card at convenience stores or vending machines in the place of cash.

Touch your smart card against the card reader of the ticket gate to pass through !

● Suica ● PASMO You can buy this card at JR East ticket vending You can buy this card at the ticket vending machines or JR ticket offices (Midori-no- machines or commuter ticket sales counters of madoguchi). private railway lines. (Photo courtesy of JR East) (PASMO is a registered trademark of PASMO Corporation)

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