Tokyo Metropolis Overview and Map
Tokyo Metropolis, Japan: Overview and Maps
Tokyo (東京, Tōkyō), officially Tokyo Metropolis (東京都, Tōkyō-to), is one of the 47 prefectures of Japan and is located on the eastern side of the main island Honshū. The twenty-three special wards of Tokyo, each governed as a city, cover the area that was once the city of Tokyo in the eastern part of the prefecture, totaling over 8 million people. The population of the prefecture exceeds 12 million. The prefecture is the center of the Greater Tokyo Area, the world’s most populous metropolitan area with 35 million people and the world’s largest metropolitan economy with a GDP of US$1.191 trillion at purchasing power parity in 2005.
Tokyo was described by Saskia Sassen as one of the three “command centers” for the world economy, along with London and New York City. This city is considered an alpha+ world city, listed by the GaWC’s 2008 inventory and ranked fourth among global cities by Foreign Policy’s 2008 Global Cities Index. In 2009 Tokyo was named the world’s most expensive city for expatriate employees, according to the mercer Human Resource Consulting and Economist Intelligence Unit cost-of-living surveys and named the third Most Liveable City and the World’s Most Livable Megalopolis by international lifestyle magazine Monocle.
Tokyo is the seat of the Japanese government and the Imperial Palace, and the home of the Japanese Imperial Family.
Tokyo Metropolis, Japan: Map
Map of Tokyo Metropolis, Japan
Tokyo Metropolis, Japan: Google Map
Waseda University Tokyo Private institution
Waseda Next 125 Transforming to Become the Global “WASEDA”
Waseda University aims to uphold the independence of learning, and to promote the practical utilization of knowledge and good citizenship.
To uphold the independence of learning, Waseda University shall strive to emphasize freedom of research and investigation, and to encourage original and creative studies, thereby contributing to the advancement of knowledge.
To promote the practical utilization of knowledge, Waseda University shall endeavor to foster ways and means of utilizing knowledge side by side with the carrying on of academic research and learning, thereby contributing to the progress of civilization.
To promote good citizenship, Waseda University shall stress the building up of character which enables one to respect individuality, to enlighten oneself and one’s family, to promote the welfare of state and society and to extend one’s influence and activity to the world at large. This declaration was made public by the founder at the 30th Anniversary Convocation held in 1913.
Sado Japanese Tea Ceremony
There are several schools of Sado, or Japanese tea ceremony, also known as Chanoyu. Tea, in this case O-cha (green tea), is as integral to culture in Japan as coffee is in the US (more so, in fact) or ‘a cuppa’ is in the UK. Also, its health benefits are widely touted and generally accepted worldwide. And study of the tea ceremony is still considered part of the ‘proper’ education of any aspiring young ‘lady’. All these factors ensure that this ancient art form thrives even in modern-day Japan.
The earliest rituals involving tea came to Japan as a part of Buddhist meditation in the 6th century. Later, in the Kamakura Period (1185-1333), a Japanese priest named Eisai introduced tea seeds which became the source of much of the tea grown in Japan today. A century later the priest Eizon and the monk Ikkyu further promoted the tea ceremony. Shuko, a pupil of Ikkyu, became tea master to the Shogun Ashikaga Yoshimasa at whose villa (now known as Ginkakuji or the ‘Temple of the Siver Pavillion’ in Kyoto) the first purpose made tea room in Japan was built. Read more
Izu Islands Diving with Dolphins
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Special to The Japan Times
It’s Saturday morning and I’m sitting on the beach, struggling to strap on a pair of oversize flippers. When they are securely in place, I waddle down to the water’s edge and gingerly step into the sparkling, crystal ocean lapping Miyake Island.
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March of time: A shrine lies half buried by a lava flow from one of the many volcanic eruptions that occur on Miyake Island.
“Ready to go?” asks Shuichi Taguchi, the owner of Dolphin Club TAG and my instructor for the day. Snorkeling gear in place, he and assistant guide Motomichi Takahashi lead our small group out of the protected shallows of the cove near Miyake’s ferry port. We glide over pockets of spongy coral, where electric -blue fish dart in and out of crevices in which occasional spiny sea urchins are to be seen. On the ocean floor, a bloated sea slug makes slow progress toward safety in a forest of leafy seaweed that looks like something I ate at last night’s dinner.
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