Tokyo

Tokyo 東京
— Metropolis —
東京都 · Tokyo Metropolis
From top left: Shinjuku, Tokyo Tower, Rainbow Bridge, Shibuya, National Diet Building
Seal Seal
Location of the Tokyo within Japan
Tokyo Location of the Tokyo within Japan
Coordinates: 35°42′2″N 139°42′54″E / 35.70056°N 139.715°E / 35.70056; 139.715
Country	Japan
Region	Kantō
Island	Honshū
Divisions	23 special wards, 26 cities, 1 district, & 4 subprefectures
Government
- Type	Metropolis
- Governor	Shintarō Ishihara
- Capital	Shinjuku
Area (ranked 45th)
- Total	2,187.08 km2 (844.4 sq mi)
Population (1st)[1]
- Total	12,790,000
- Density	5,847/km2 (15,143.7/sq mi)
- 23 Wards	8,653,000
	(January 1, 2009)
Time zone	Japan Standard Time (UTC+9)
ISO 3166-2	JP-13
Flower	Somei-Yoshino cherry blossom
Tree	Ginkgo tree (Ginkgo biloba)
Bird	Black-headed Gull (Larus ridibundus)
Website	metro.tokyo.jp(English)

Tokyo (東京, Tōkyō; "Eastern Capital"^?), officially Tokyo Metropolis (東京都, Tōkyō-to^?),^[2] is the capital and largest city of Japan, and is one of the 47 prefectures of Japan. It is located on the eastern side of the main island Honshū. Tokyo's government also administers the twenty-three special wards of Tokyo, each governed as a city, that cover the area that was once the city of Tokyo in the eastern part of the prefecture.

The population of the special wards is over 8 million people, with the total population of the prefecture exceeding 12 million. The prefecture is the center of the Greater Tokyo Area, the world's most populous metropolitan area with 35 to 39 million people (depending on definition) and the world's largest metropolitan economy with a GDP of US$1.479 trillion at purchasing power parity in 2008.^[3]

Tokyo was described by Saskia Sassen as one of the three "command centers" for the world economy, along with New York and London.^[4] This city is considered an alpha+ world city, listed by the GaWC's 2008 inventory^[5] and ranked fourth among global cities by Foreign Policy's 2008 Global Cities Index. In 2009 Tokyo was named the world's most expensive city for expatriate employees, according to the Mercer and Economist Intelligence Unit cost-of-living surveys ^[6] and named the third Most Liveable City and the World’s Most Livable Megalopolis by the magazine Monocle.^[7]

Tokyo is the seat of the Japanese government and the Imperial Palace, and the home of the Japanese Imperial Family

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Three ships of the United States Navy, including two battleships, have been named USS Washington in honor of the state. Previous ships had held that name in honor of George Washington.

State symbols

Reverse side of the Washington quarter

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The state song is "Washington, My Home," the state bird is the American Goldfinch, the state fruit is the apple, and the state vegetable is the Walla Walla sweet onion.^[48] The state dance, adopted in 1979, is the square dance. The state tree is the Western Hemlock. The state flower is the Coast Rhododendron. The state fish is the steelhead trout. The state folk song is "Roll On, Columbia, Roll On" by Woody Guthrie. The State Grass is bluebunch wheatgrass. The state insect is the Green Darner Dragonfly. The state gem is petrified wood. The state fossil is the Columbian Mammoth. The state marine mammal is the orca.^[49] The state land mammal is the Olympic Marmot. The state seal (featured in the state flag as well) was inspired by the unfinished portrait by Gilbert Stuart.^[50]