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Tokyo is the capital city of Japan. It is also the largest city, located on Honshu island. Tokyo is mostly famous for its sushi, mountains and its earthquakes. The population of Tokyo today is estimated 13.77 million in all the 46 wards.

Graph of population of Tokyo over the years
The reason why the population grew quickly was because of immigration and people moving into Japan.

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The history or origins of Tokyo is over 400 years old. Firstly named Edo, it started to develop after the Tokugawa Shogunate was established by Tokugawa Leyasu in1603. Because of Japan's politics and culture, Edo became a thriving city with over a million people by 1750. During this time, the Emperor stayed in Kyoto, the capital of the nation. Later in 1868, the Emperor moved to Edo, renamed Tokyo. Then, Tokyo became the capital city of Japan

Timeline

1603- Tokugawa Leyasu established Shogunate Government
1657- Massive fires in Edo kills 100,000 people
1721- First population census conducted
1867- Tokugawa Shogunate returns governing power to Emperor
1872- First railway opens between Tokyo and Yokohama
1882- First zoo opens in Ueno
1904- Japanese war begins
1920- Japan becomes an original member of the League of Nations
1956- Japan joins United Nations
1964- Tokyo Olympic Games
2012- Tokyo Gate Bridge and Tokyo Skytree opens

Streets of Tokyo

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Tokyo is located in the Kanto region roughly in the centre of the Japanese archipelago. It is surrounded by the Edogawa and Tamagawa River, mountains and many prefectures. The three prefectures, Saitama, Chiba and Kanagawa have about 30% of Japan's population.

Tokyo is located in the Kanto region, roughly in the centre of the Japanese archipelago. It is surrounded by the Edogawa and Tamagawa River and mountains

Map of whole Tokyo area

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Japan is famous for its best food. Some of the amazing foods are fresh fish, sushi, okonomiyaki and sashimi. It's staple diet is mainly rice and miso soup

Some other foods consist of tempura, edamame, yakitori, mochi and ramen.

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Japan has seen some of the worst natural disasters in history. Some of them include tsunamis, floods, volcanic eruptions, earthquakes, typhoons and cyclones.
Tsunamis are the aftereffect  of an earthquake. They are caused by earthquakes moves the ocean floor. In 1993 a tsunami was caused by an earthquake. 202 people were killed and more were injured.
In 1923 Japan witnessed the most devastating earthquake. It wreaked havoc in the cities of Yokohama and Tokyo, killing over 100,000 people. Approximately 500,000 houses were destroyed.

Tokyo after the earthquake in 1923

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In Japan there is a tsunami prevention that warns people if a tsunami is coming. There are underwater pressure sensors that trigger alarms when it detects a tsunami. On mainland people are warned early so they have time to evacuate.

Diagram of tsunami forming

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https://youtu.be/p59pbpwoRJwhttps://youtu.be/p59pbpwoRJw

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http://www.metro.tokyo.jp/ENGLISH/ABOUT/HISTORY/history01.htm

http://populationof2017.com/population-of-tokyo-2017.html

http://www.skwirk.com/p-c_s-1_u-57_t-94_c-624/natural-disasters/nsw/hsie/study-of-a-cultural-group-japan/geography

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/asia/japan/9920042/Tsunami-two-years-on-Japan-finally-gets-warning-system-that-would-have-saved-hundreds-of-lives.html