Asian Megacities - Tokyo by AJCarriero https://padlet.com/105332/ce8ylj3zqr6w Information on the city of Tokyo - Aaron Carriero en-us 2016-08-16 01:05:15 UTC 2024-10-15 23:09:32 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet-assets.s3.amazonaws.com/icons/Growing.png Location  105332 https://padlet.com/105332/ce8ylj3zqr6w/wish/118360081 The city of Tokyo is located toward the centre of Japan on the coast ]]> 2016-08-16 01:24:05 UTC https://padlet.com/105332/ce8ylj3zqr6w/wish/118360081 Population 105332 https://padlet.com/105332/ce8ylj3zqr6w/wish/118360394 On July 31st 2016, Tokyo held a population count of:
13.

]]> 2016-08-16 01:26:37 UTC https://padlet.com/105332/ce8ylj3zqr6w/wish/118360394 About 105332 https://padlet.com/105332/ce8ylj3zqr6w/wish/118361006 Tokyo is one of the biggest cities in the world. This major city has many major landmarks and all sorts of shops, accommodation, zoos and job opportunities. It is the capital of Japan making it a major location for tourism. The major city is known for its many skyscraper decorations like neon lights, which completely light the city. 
 
]]> 2016-08-16 01:30:30 UTC https://padlet.com/105332/ce8ylj3zqr6w/wish/118361006 Economy 105332 https://padlet.com/105332/ce8ylj3zqr6w/wish/118361664 Tokyo has been labelled to be Japans leading industrial centre with different types of electronic equipment, lighting and book printing. It also has been thought to be Japan’s head in management and the centre of finance in Japan
 
]]> 2016-08-16 01:36:58 UTC https://padlet.com/105332/ce8ylj3zqr6w/wish/118361664 Did You Know? 105332 https://padlet.com/105332/ce8ylj3zqr6w/wish/118361781 Tokyo is extremely known for its immense amount of neon lights, which illuminate the city completely ]]> 2016-08-16 01:38:16 UTC https://padlet.com/105332/ce8ylj3zqr6w/wish/118361781 Tourism  105332 https://padlet.com/105332/ce8ylj3zqr6w/wish/118361803 One of the main aspects of Tokyo is its vast amount of tourism. It was said that in 2006, 4.81 foreign tourists visited Tokyo with 420 million Japanese ]]> 2016-08-16 01:38:33 UTC https://padlet.com/105332/ce8ylj3zqr6w/wish/118361803 Languages  105332 https://padlet.com/105332/ce8ylj3zqr6w/wish/118677910 The primary language in Tokyo is obviously Japanese although the rest of the population speaks all different languages much like the Melbourne CBD ]]> 2016-08-18 01:09:05 UTC https://padlet.com/105332/ce8ylj3zqr6w/wish/118677910 Culture 105332 https://padlet.com/105332/ce8ylj3zqr6w/wish/118678870 Tokyo has also been labelled as the cultural centre of Japan. It holds many different festivals and different cultural arts such as 
- Kabuki: Drama performances
- Origami: Creating artwork by folding paper 
- Ikebana: Arranging of flowers
- Ukiyo-e: Craft, Woodblock printing, Pottery and dolls
- Bunraku: Puppet performances 
Tokyo holds an immense amount of different festivals throughout the year which fills the Japanese calendar with
 ]]> 2016-08-18 01:23:39 UTC https://padlet.com/105332/ce8ylj3zqr6w/wish/118678870 Problems 105332 https://padlet.com/105332/ce8ylj3zqr6w/wish/118682038 The main problems faced in Tokyo are mainly the massive demand on water, food, electricity and gas and the amount of waste lying around on the city streets.  

The solution to this problem could be to send a lot more rubbish disposal teams into the city. The solution to the demand on water and food could be to start enforcing water saving and wastage on food]]> 2016-08-18 01:55:00 UTC https://padlet.com/105332/ce8ylj3zqr6w/wish/118682038 Religion 105332 https://padlet.com/105332/ce8ylj3zqr6w/wish/119277463 The primary religions in Japan are Shintoism and Buddhism. Shintoism is the native religion of Japan and many Japanese people marry under shinto ceremonies. Shintoism is worshipping their passed ancestors or heroes. Most of the population in Tokyo follow the shinto religion although the majority of them consider themselves followers of both religions. ]]> 2016-08-23 01:02:18 UTC https://padlet.com/105332/ce8ylj3zqr6w/wish/119277463 Bibliography 105332 https://padlet.com/105332/ce8ylj3zqr6w/wish/119277850 http://www.city-data.com/world-cities/Tokyo-Economy.html
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tokyo
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tourism_in_Tokyo
http://tokyo-tokyo.com/tokyo_culture.htm
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Religion_in_Japan

]]> 2016-08-23 01:06:37 UTC https://padlet.com/105332/ce8ylj3zqr6w/wish/119277850 How has Tokyo Changed?  105332 https://padlet.com/105332/ce8ylj3zqr6w/wish/119278648 Many lifestyles of the Tokyo population has changed since 100 years ago. Another massive change was in fact the name of the city. Many years ago, before the ]]> 2016-08-23 01:16:36 UTC https://padlet.com/105332/ce8ylj3zqr6w/wish/119278648