Tokyo (prefecture)

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Quick Facts
Capital	Tokyo
Government	Japanese Prefecture
Currency	Japanese Yen (¥)
Area	2,187.66 km2
Population	13,185,502
Language	Japanese, English(No official language)
Religion	n/a
Electricity	100V/50 or 60Hz (U.S. plug, commonly 2-prong without ground)
Time Zone	UTC +9(No DST)

Tokyo Metropolis (東京都 Tōkyō-to; [4]), covers the city of Tokyo, a bulk of the plain of Kanto and a chain of islands extending thousands of kilometers south.

Special wards

The 23 special wards that make up central Tokyo are covered in the main Tokyo article.

Cities

Tokyo prefecture

The following are all suburban cities outside the city core, which are collectively known as the Tama Region (多摩地方 Tama-chihō) in Japanese.

• Chofu - home to Jindaiji Temple and the Jindai Botanical Gardens
• Fuchu (Tokyo) - Many shrines, temples, historical sites, ant relics. Okunitama shrine, Tama. river, Mt. Sengen, Tokyo horse race course, Suntory Brewery's Musashino plant, Wholesale market, Fuchu city museum park.
• Hachioji - offering Mt. Takao, one of best little escapes from Tokyo
• Inagi
• Koganei - Koganei Park, Edo-Tokyo Open Air Architectural Museum
• Komae
• Machida - a bustling youthful shopping town
• Mitaka - home of famed animator Hayao Miyazaki's "Mitaka Ghibli Forest Museum"
• Musashino - including Kichijoji, an arty suburb known for the cherry blossoms of Inokashira Park
• Kokubunji
• Okutama - a picturesque mountain town at the western end of the prefecture
• Tachikawa
• Kunitachi
• Tama - the self-proclaimed "Home of Hello Kitty" and her theme park, Sanrio Puroland

Islands

Izu Islands,Ogasawara Islands

Tokyo prefecture also includes a large number of small islands, some over 1,000 km from the mainland.

• Tokyo Islands
  • Izu Islands - a quick getaway from Tokyo, featuring volcanic hot springs and wild dolphins
  • Ogasawara Islands - if you really want to get away from it all (and have time to spare)

Get in

Tama region

• JR Chuo Line from Shinjuku or Tokyo to most places in the Tama region including: Kichijoji, Kokubunji, Tachikawa, Hachioji, and Okutama.
• Private Keio line to Southern Tama region to: Chofu, Fuchu, Tama zoo park, Hachioji, and Mt.Takao.

Islands

By plane

All Nippon Airways[5] offers daily flights from Haneda airport to Oshima (35min ¥13170), Miyakejima (45min ¥13170) and Hachijojima (50min ¥19870).

New Central AirService[6] operates three flights a day from Chofu airport to Oshima (35min ¥9500) , Kozushima (45min ¥15870), four flights a day to Niijima (40min ¥13700). To get Chofu airport, ride Keio line Local Service at Shinjuku and exit the train at Nishi-Chofu.

By Boat

• Tokai Kisen, [1].  edit

Tokyo - Yokohama - Oshima - Toshima - Niijima - Shikinejima - Kozushima

Tokyo - Yokohama - Miyakejima - Mikurashima - Hachijojima

Atami - Oshima - Toshima - Niijima - Shikinejima - Kozushima

• Ogasawara Kaiun, [2].  edit

Tokyo - Chichijima(Ogasawara islands)

Eat

The Michelin Guide gave more stars to Tokyo dining establishments than any other city in Japan.

Sleep

• Hotel Sunroute Higashi-Shinjuku, 7-27-9 Shinkuku, Shinjuku-Ku, ☎ 03-5292-3610, [3]. Department stores and fashion buildings surround this Shinjuku station hotel. The hotel features spacious accommodations, two restaurants, hotel discounts and is in a popular cultural area of Tokyo.  edit

Get out

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