Worlds Biggest Cities

Tokyo - About Tokyo
Tokyo was originally known as Edo, meaning estuary.[2] Its name was changed to Tokyo (Tōkyō: tō (east) + kyō (capital)) when it became the imperial capital in 1868.[2] During the early Meiji period, the city was also called “Tōkei”, an alternative pronunciation for the same Chinese characters representing “Tokyo”. Some surviving official [...]