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What does Tokyo mean in Japanese?

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∙ 16y ago
Updated: 9/2/2023

Tokyo (東京; 東 - east, 京 - capital) means "the eastern capital". A funny thing is that the kanji for 東京都 (Tokyo-to, or the Tokyo District) can be misread as Higashi-Kyoto (東・京都), which would mean East Kyoto (Kyoto is the previous capital of Japan).

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