TOKYO INTRODUCTION, Introduction

Hi, my name’s Scott, and I’m your personal guide. Along with MyWoWo, I’d like to welcome you to one of the Wonders of the World: Tokyo, the planet’s most populous metropolitan area.

Tokyo was already one of the largest cities in the world in the 18th century, when it was still known as Edo, meaning “estuary”, with a population of over one million.

Edo, which evolved from a fishing village into the most important political center of the Japanese Empire, changed its name to Tokyo, meaning “eastern capital”, in 1869, when the seventeen-year-old emperor, Meiji, decided to take up residence there.

Today the name Tokyo refers to a prefecture, established in 1943, comprising a series of towns and villages that make up Greater Tokyo, with a massive population of 37 million.

Despite its dense population, Tokyo is considered one of the most livable cities in the world because it is one of the most technologically advanced....