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Tokyo. Tokyo to lift restrictions on toxic puffer fish One of Tokyo's top chefs is warning that the Japanese government is risking deadly consequences with its move to de-regulate the serving of a poisonous puffer fish. - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
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Tokyo
Tokyo
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Tokyo
Greater Tokyo is the world's most populous metropolitan area and is the center of Japanese culture, finance, and government.
A bustling cosmopolitan city, Tokyo is also a major transportation hub and a world economic and industrial center.
The city boasts a large number of world-class institutions of higher education, the highest concentration of universities in Japan.
Tokyo was known as Edo until 1868, when the Japanese imperial family was moved there from Kyoto.
About Tokyo
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Metropolitan Tokyo is generally defined as the four prefectures of Tokyo, Saitaima, Kanagawa, and Chiba, while the city of Tokyo proper usually refers to the 23 wards in Tokyo prefecture itself.
The metropolitan area includes the major cities of Yokohama (the second largest city in Japan), Kawasaki, and Chiba, as well as rural mountain regions west of the city, the Izu Islands outside Tokyo Bay, and the Bonin Islands to the southeast in the Pacific Ocean.
Tokyo is located on the Pacific on the eastern coast of Honshu, the largest of the four main islands comprising Japan.
About Tokyo
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Tsukiji Fish Market
Places to go in TokyoMeiji Shrine
Yoyogi Park
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Shinjuku Gyoen National Garden
Places to go in TokyoKaraoke
Sumo
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Sukiyaki is prepared right at the table by cooking thinly sliced beef together with vegetables, tofu and vermicelli.
Traditional Dishes of Tokyo
Tempura is food deep-fried in vegetable oil after being coated with a mixture of egg, water and wheat flour. Among the ingredients used are prawns, fish in season and vegetables.
Sushi is a small piece of raw seafood placed on a ball of vinegared rice. The most common ingredients are tuna, squid and prawns. Cucumber, pickled radish and sweet egg omelet are also served.
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Sashimi is sliced raw fish eaten with soy sauce.
Traditional Dishes of Tokyo
Kaiseki ryori is regarded as Japan's most exquisite culinary refinement. Consisting mainly of vegetables and fish with a seasoning base of seaweed and mushrooms, the dishes are characterized by their refined savor.
Yakitori is made up of small pieces of chicken meat, liver and vegetables skewered on a bamboo stick and grilled over hot coals.
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Tokyo’s FestivalsAsakusa Samba Carnival Fukagawa Hachiman Matsuri
Koenji Awa Odori Tokyo Bay Fireworks