101 Amazing Facts About Japan by Jack Goldstein

Author:Jack Goldstein
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Japan, fuji, travel, nippon, learn, facts, fun, trivia, quiz, education, bullet train, unusual, temple, tourist, tokyo, kyoto, fukushima, hiroshima, nagasaki, pearl harbour, wwii, ww2, technology, panasonic, sony
ISBN: 9781783332304
Publisher: Andrews UK Limited 2013
Published: 2013-09-04T00:00:00+00:00

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Tokyo

The word Tokyo translates as Eastern Capital.

The city is home to more than 13 million people.

Tokyo was originally called Edo, however it changed its name in 1868 when it became the capital of imperial Japan.

The crime rate in Tokyo is incredibly low, especially in crimes against tourists - it is therefore considered one of the world’s safest tourist destinations.

The city has more neon signs that anywhere else in the world!

The Tokyo stock exchange is the third largest in the world, only trailing behind world financial centres London and New York.

Tokyo’s Shinjuku Station is the busiest in the world, with three and a half million passengers per day. It also has the most number of exits of any station in the world - more than 200!

The city is one of the most fashionable in the world, alongside traditional seats of couture such as London, Paris and Milan. Much of the fashion stems from youth culture, and every couple of months the city plays host to the Harajuku Fashion Walk, when many people hold a kind of carnival which shows off their incredible and often unusual looks!

Tokyo is a great place for rich food-lovers to visit - it has more Michelin stars than any other city in the world!

Tokyo’s people are often quite superstitious, and most streets are supposedly home to at least one haunted house!

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