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Tokyo, Japan’s capital, is located in the southwest of the Kanto region on Honshu Island. It is a city full of more s world, with around 12 million inhabitants.

Since the Shogun Tokugawa Ieyasu established his government here in the early seventeenth century, the city began to develop around Edo Castle. Although much of the city was destroyed during the earthquake of 1923 and under the bombs of the Second World War, returned to restore.

Tokyo is not only the politicians and economic center of Japan, also offers a number of attractions that appeal to visitors as the districts of Ginza, Shinjuku, Asakusa, Shibuya, Akihabara and more.

Ginza is the most popular shopping complex in Tokyo. Here you can stroll among the most modern and expensive boutiques, plus a number of bars and restaurants and the famous skyscrapers of Sony, which offers the latest technological developments.

The Hama Rikyu Detached Palace Garden, south of central Tokyo, is a green area which occupies about 25 acres on an island. During the seventeenth century was the hunting ground of the Tokugawa shogunate and becomes a public park after the Second World War. As this is an island, so you can only access the park through Nanmon Bridge.

The Imperial Palace is the soul of Tokyo, located in the same area where the remains of the old Edo Castle. The current palace was built in 1888 and is the residence of the imperial family. The palace is surrounded by beautiful parks, such as Higashi Gyoen (Jardin d’Este), where the Castle of Edo, open to the public. On 2 January and 23 December, allows visitors to enter the inner garden, where you can see the imperial family, leaving the balcony to greet. Guided tours are available to the palace, which must solicitarsecon advance. In spring, the gardens are displayed in all its glory, with the cherry blossoms.

Source: www.viaje.jp/destinos/tokio/ciudad_de_tokio.html