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 With a population of about 12 million, Tokyo, the capital of Japan, is one of the largest cities in the world and the most populous of Japan's 47 prefectures. Its long history of prosperity started with the establishment of the shogunate by Tokugawa Ieyasu in 1603. At that time, Tokyo was called Edo, which by the 18th century had grown to a huge city of over a million people. It is now Japan's center for political, economic, cultural, and various other activities as well as for the dissemination of information.
It is located in about the middle of the Japanese archipelago and in the southern part of the Kanto area.
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Municipality of Tokyo: total area 2187 km2. The metropolis occupies only 0.6% of Japan's land area, the third smallest of the 47 administrative divisions of the country. |
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Population: 12.29 million (Japan approx. 120 million) |
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Tokyo, being in a temperate zone, has a comparatively moderate and comfortable climate throughout the year. In summer it is hot, humid, and is often hit by typhoons, while long dry spells of fine weather continue in winter. The rainy season lasts from late June until mid-July. During this season it rains almost every day and the humidity gets very high. When the rainy season is over, the real summer comes. The Ogasawara Islands, in particular, being 1000 km away from Tokyo and in the semitropical zone, enjoy eternal summer.
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 Autumn is from September to November. In September there are still hot and humid days when the daytime temperature rises above 30C°. Sometimes typhoons hit Tokyo in October, but in general, the temperature and humidity gradually fall with more and more examples of pleasant weather known as "glorious autumnal days". |
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