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Historic Tokyo is split up into 23 different wards, smaller cities that are independently administered, which have an estimated population of 9,262,046 as of 2016.
After the historic city was officially dissolved in 1943 the city merged with the prefecture and extends way beyond the original boundaries making it one of the biggest urban cities in the world.
The estimated population of the Tokyo metropolis area is 13 million people.
Largest city in Japan and home to 25% of the population.
1.5 times larger than the world's second largest metropolitan area, Seoul.

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Major commuter city-- many of the people in the city at any one time don't actually live in the city itself.
The population of the city decreases in the night time according to the Tokyo Metropolitan Government.
By most measures, Tokyo is the richest city in the world: total GDP in 2007 was $1.9 billion which is over $300 million higher than New York City.
68.2% of Toyko residents are aged 15-64 as of 2010.
Life expectancy: about 79 years old for men and about 86 years old for women.

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All houses have to be earthquake-ready.
There have been 86 earthquakes in Tokyo in the past year.
Many people live in high-rise houses.
Most people live in basic condos and apartments.
Many places in Tokyo have a completely different look on the inside and many places that look unappealing on the outside or are on a higher floor of a building in the city are actually the best places to go (ex. page 75 of Kitchen).

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Page 8 "My apartment building and the one where the Tanabes apartment lived were separated by Chuo Park." pg. 8

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Where Mikage and the Tanabe's live.
One of the 23 wards in Tokyo.
Busiest train station in the world.
One of Japan's most important and administrative centers.
11 of Japan's 41 tallest buildings are located here.
Kitchen was originally published in 1988 which was just after the city had 7 of it's most famous skyscrapers built.
After the 8.9 magnitude earthquake in 2011, the skyscrapers in Shinjuku swayed and bent but did not fall, in a way this symbolizes the country's resilience in the face of adversity.

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Population Review, 20 Oct. 2017.

Shinjuku Then and Now. 7 Oct. 2015.