TOKYO-YOKOHAMA

Tokyo is the capital and largest city of Japan. Formerly known as Edo, its metropolitan area is the most populous in the world.

Located at the head of Tokyo Bay, the prefecture forms part of the Kantō region on the central coast of Honshu, Japan’s largest island. The city serves as Japan’s economic center and is the seat of both the Japanese government and the Emperor of Japan. Originally a fishing village named Edo, the city became politically prominent in 1603, when it became the seat of the Tokugawa shogunate. By the mid-18th century, Edo was one of the most populous cities in the world with a population of over one million people.

Yokohama is the second-largest city in Japan by population and the most populous municipality of Japan. It is the capital city and the most populous city in Kanagawa Prefecture. It lies south of Tokyo, in the Kantō region of the main island of Honshu. Yokohama is also the major economic, cultural, and commercial hub of the Greater Tokyo Area along the Keihin Industrial Zone.

Yokohama developed rapidly as Japan’s prominent port city following the end of Japan’s relative isolation in the mid-19th century and is today one of its major ports.