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Tokyo

noun

The capital and largest city of Japan; the economic and cultural center of Japan. Synonyms: capital of Japan, Edo, Japanese capital, Tokio, Yeddo, Yedo.

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"Tokyo" Quotes from Famous Books

... and are climbing up a long, long flight of steps to a Shinto temple not far from Tokyo, the capital town of Japan. Very many of the Japs are Buddhists, but it is a strange sort of Buddhism, not pure like that of the Burmans, and is mixed up with another religion called Shinto, and many of the people are Shintoists altogether. This religion is vague ...

— Round the Wonderful World • G. E. Mitton

Words linked to "Tokyo" : national capital, Nippon, japan, Nihon, Honshu, Hondo