Tokyo, the current capital of Japan, used to be called "Edo."
Tokyo is the capital of Japan.Specifically, the name means "Eastern Capital" in Japanese. Its official name is actually "Tokyo Metropolis." It is located on the eastern portion of the main Japanese island of Honshū. But the metropolis also spills over onto the nearby Izu and Ogasawara Islands.
Kyoto.
During the Heian Period the capital city was Heian-kyo (nowadays it's Kyoto). This period was named after the capital city.
Tokyo meaning 'the eastern capital' in japanese I believe the Island would be Japan, Tokyo is the capital of said island.
Capital city in the early AD 700s built by Japanese emperors. Was the center of government and religion. Buddhist temples, Shinto shrines, large public squares.
Sapporo is the capital city of the northern Japanese prefecture, Hokkaido. The city's name is an alternate spelling of the Ainu (native Japanese) language "sat poro pet", and can be translated as "great dry river".
it's the old name for the capital city of japan, before it was changed to Kyoto, witch loosely translates to Government Capital. Tokyo is actually an anagram of Kyoto, specifying that it is an 'eastern' capital.
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Heian-kyo
The Japanese imitated the Chinese in their new capital at Nara. Nara can be found in the Kansai region of Japan.
Somei-Yoshino, or the cherry blossom, is the official flower of Tokyo, the largest city and capital of the Japanese archipelago.Specifically, the Latin name is Prunus serrulata. The Japanese name for the tree is Sakura. This tree flowers, but does not produce fruit.