Local time
Sun, 10:57 AM GMT+9Asia/TokyoCityCapital
Tokyo
35.69° N, 139.75° E
- Population
- 35,676,000
- Natural Earth
- Population rank
- 1 of 69
- Rank by Natural Earth population among the 69 cities of Japan in Terratlasia that have a population figure. Terratlasia does not list every city of Japan, so this is not a national ranking.
- Time zone
- Asia/Tokyo
Traveler brief
Only what this atlas can source — no hours, prices, visas or safety advice.
Practical bearings for Tokyo, from the same records as the rest of this page.
No places in Tokyo have been recorded yet. The map and the country page still carry its context.
Overview
Name
Originally known as Edo, meaning "estuary" because of its location on a bay, it was renamed Tokyo in 1868. Tokyo means "eastern capital," contrasting with Kyoto, the previous capital to the west.
Source: CIA World Factbook · 2026-02-01 · text generated from this source, approved by a person