Tokyo

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Tokyo, officially Tokyo Metropolis, is one of the 47 prefectures of Japan and is located on the eastern side of the main island Honshū. The twenty-three special wards of Tokyo, each governed as a city, cover the area that was once the city of Tokyo in the eastern part of the prefecture, totaling over 8 million people. The population of the prefecture exceeds 12 million. The prefecture is the center of the Greater Tokyo Area, the world's most populous metropolitan area with 35-39 million people and the world's largest metropolitan economy with a GDP of US$1.191 trillion at purchasing power parity in 2005.

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  • Krystian Zimerman

    Thu, May 13, 3 a.m.
    Musashino Civic Cultural Hall, Musashino 13

  • RubyKaigi 2010

    Thu, Aug 26, 8 a.m.
    Epochal Tsukuba (Tsukuba International Congress Center), Tsukuba 08
    RubyKaigi is the premier annual Ruby conference in Japan, the home of the Ruby programming language. RubyKaigi 2010 will be held at the same venue as RubyKaigi .

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  • Tokyo - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

    Tokyo (東京, Tōkyō), officially Tokyo Metropolis (東京都, Tōkyō-to), is one of the 47 prefectures of Japan and is located on the eastern side of the main ... en.wikipedia.org

  • Tokyo - City Guide

    Tokyo is also one of Japan's 47 prefectures, but is called a metropolis (to) rather than a prefecture (ken). The metropolis of Tokyo consists of 23 city ... www.japan-guide.com

  • Tokyo Tourism Info

    Includes travel, shopping, amusement, and hot springs information. Provided by the Tokyo Metropolitan Government. www.tourism.metro.tokyo.jp

  • Tokyo travel guide - Wikitravel

    Open source travel guide to Tokyo, featuring up-to-date information on attractions, hotels, restaurants, nightlife, travel tips and more. wikitravel.org