royal capital; imperial capital
town; city; municipal; urban
Metropolis (of Tokyo); (Tokyo) Metropolitan District; counter for cities and towns; capital
(national) capital (city); metropolis
city; Tokyo Metropolitan Assembly
university town; college town
within the (Tokyo) metropolitan area
Holy City (e.g. Jerusalem, Mecca)
Tokyo Metropolis (prefecture); Tokyo metropolitan area
the Eastern Capital (now Tokyo); Yedo; Edo
city centre (esp. of Tokyo); heart of a city; downtown area
urban area; urban district
provincial city; provincial town; suburban city; regional towns and cities
city of temptation; wicked city; sin city
metropolitan governor; governor of Tokyo
free city (of Germany); commune (of medieval Europe)
city built around beautiful rivers and lakes; city of water (e.g. Venice)
ancient city; former capital
abandoned city; deserted city
Nara; Kōfuku-ji (Buddhist temple in Nara)
relocation of the capital; transfer of the capital
resident of Tokyo; citizen of Tokyo; Tokyoite
Tokyo Metropolitan Government (Office)
Greater Tokyo Metropolitan area; metropolitan area (of a capital)
fortified city; walled city
artificial island city; floating city
state capital; provincial capital; county town
inner-city area; city center
city planning; urban planning; town planning
Shuto Expressway (network of toll expressways in the Kanto region)
satellite city; satellite town
ordinance-designated city
Kyoto Prefecture (Kinki area)
metropolitan; managed by the Tokyo Metropolitan Government
old capital; former capital
prefectures (of Japan); largest administrative divisions of Japan: Tokyo-to, Osaka-fu, Kyoto-fu, Hokkaido and the remaining prefectures
great city; large city; metropolis
megalopolis; megacity; supercity
port city; harbour city; harbor city
commune (of medieval Europe); autonomous city
in the capital; in Tokyo; Western Tokyo; areas of Tokyo outside the 23 wards, esp. the Tama area
metropolitan tramway; tram operated by the metropolitan government (esp. Tokyo)
Tokyo Metropolitan Assembly
industrial (manufacturing, factory) town or city
central city; major city (in a region)
urbanization; urbanisation
university town; college town
residents of the capital; townsfolk
three large cities (esp. Edo, Kyoto, and Osaka during the Edo period)
subcenter (of a large city); subcentre; urban subcenter
urban area; metropolitan area; metropolitan region
(under) metropolitan government management
greater metropolitan area; megalopolis; conurbation
holy city; city developed around a church, temple, shrine, etc. (e.g. Ise, Mecca, Vatican)
Keito; mythological celestial body and/or evil spirit (asura) said to cause eclipses
main city (of a district, province, etc.); major city
city bank; metropolitan bank
Tokyo Metropolitan Government
ordinance-designated city (administrative division for cities with a population of over 500,000)
the whole metropolis; the whole capital; all of Tokyo; the whole of Tokyo
Protectorate General (Han and Tang-period Chinese office)
boom town; emerging city; new town
Little Kyoto; small town with historical features reminiscent of Kyoto
everywhere in the capital (e.g. Tokyo); everyone in the capital
stupa; dagoba; wooden grave tablet
city dweller; townspeople
metropolitan bylaw; metropolitan ordinance
temporary capital; provisional capital
city gas; mains gas; gas supplied to buildings via pipes
metropolitan government (of Tokyo)
the three most important cities (esp. in ref. to Tokyo, Osaka, Nagoya)
open city; defenseless city
megacity; city with over a million people
city bank; metropolitan bank
Kyoto Gozan; the five most important Rinzai temples of Kyoto
A Tale of Two Cities (1859 novel by Charles Dickens)
Kyoto Shimbun (Japanese newspaper)
urban transport; urban transit
urban park; city park; municipal park
Tokyo Metropolitan Government Office building
urban engineering; municipal engineering
neighboring towns; neighbouring towns
prefectures (of Japan, excl. Hokkaido)
medieval city (in Europe)
urbanization; urbanisation
National Intercity Nonpro Baseball Championship Series
Tokyo Metropolitan Assembly elections
Russian capital (i.e. Moscow)
medium-sized city; mid-size city
Kyoto Municipal Museum of Art
cityscape; urban landscape
return of government (to Kyoto); making former capital (esp. Kyoto) the capital again
six sects of Buddhism brought to Japan during the Nara period (Sanlun, Satyasiddhi, Faxiang, Abhidharmakosha, Vinaya, and Huayan)
one metropolis and three prefectures (i.e. the Tokyo area: Tokyo, Kanagawa, Chiba and Saitama)
Osaka Metropolis Plan; proposed change of Osaka Prefecture from an urban prefecture to a metropolitan prefecture (like Tokyo) which would result in the abolition of Osaka City
Kyoto National Museum of Modern Arts; National Museum of Modern Art, Kyoto
capital of Hokkaido (i.e. Sapporo)
prefectures (of Japan, excl. Kyoto, Osaka and Hokkaido); Tokyo and other prefectures
Protector General (Tang-period Chinese official); travelling inspector of the provincial governments (Nara and Heian-period position)
Tokyo near-field earthquake; large-scale earthquake expected to directly hit the Kanto area sometime in the future; also refers to the 1855 and 1894 Edo/Tokyo earthquakes
Tokyo near-field earthquake; large-scale earthquake expected to directly hit the Kanto area sometime in the future; also refers to the 1855 and 1894 Edo/Tokyo earthquakes
research and university town
urban mine; discarded items which can be used as a source of resources
provincial capital (of China)
one metropolis (Tokyo), one "circuit" (Hokkaido), two urban prefectures (Osaka and Kyoto) and 43 prefectures proper; prefectures of Japan
Kyoto Prefectural University
Kyoto Institute of Technology
all prefectures (of Japan)
Tokyo Tama Intercity Monorail
city-planning area; urban planning area; urban zoning district
Tusita heaven (one of the six heavens of the desire realm); Tushita
Tusita (heaven, pure land)
Kyoto Notre Dame University
Kyoto University of Art and Design
Tokyo Metropolitan Assembly elections
Kyoto Animation Co., Ltd.
Tokyo metropolitan residents' tax
government of Tokyo Metropolis
metropolitan tax (of Tokyo)
Kyoto shogi (modern variant of shogi played on a 5x5 board)
secondary capital city (of historical China)
Kyoto University Faculty of Integrated Human Studies
Tokyo Metropolitan University (abbr)
Kyoto Tachibana Women's University
urbanite; city kid; person born and raised in the city
Kyoto Koka Women's University
The Kyoto College of Graduate Studies for Informatics
Japan Society for Urbanology
Tokyo Metropolitan University
Kyoto University of Foreign Studies
Kyoto Bunkyo University; KBU
Kyoto University of Advanced Science
Kyoto Tachibana University
Kyoto University of Education
Tokyo Citizens' Day (October 1)
Advanced Institute of Industrial Technology
Capital Normal University
Kyoto University of the Arts
Kyoto City University of Arts
Tokyo City University; TCU
Kyoto Pharmaceutical University
the seven great temples of Nara (Daian-ji, Gango-ji, Horyu-ji, Kofuku-ji, Saidai-ji, Todai-ji, Yakushi-ji)
Tokyo Metropolitan Institute of Technology
Kyoto Prefectural University of Medicine
Hiroshima Cosmopolitan University
Kyoto Gakuen Junior High School
Kyoto University of Arts and Crafts
Kyoto College of Medical Science
Urban Rennaissance Agency; UR
Center for Southeast Asian Studies, Kyoto University; CSEAS
Disaster Prevention Research Institute Kyoto University; DPRI
outside (the metropolis of) Tokyo
prefectural senior high school (in Tokyo Metropolitan Area); public senior high school (in Tokyo Metropolitan Area)
Tokyo Metropolitan Res. Lab. of Public Health
Urban Life Research Institute
Tomin First no Kai (regional political party in Tokyo)
Urban Developers' Association of Japan
University Hospital, Kyoto Prefectural University of Medicine
Hokkaido Association for Urban Studies
Tokyo Metropolitan Koishikawa High School
Tokyo Tomin Bank, Limited
Kyoto Prefectural Insho-domoto Museum of Fire Arts
city at risk of disappearing (because of decreasing population)
Tokyo Metropolitan Institute for Educational Research and In-Service Training
civic function; urban function
Tokyo Nohgei Agricultural High School
Metropolitan Expressway Public Corporation
Tokyo Metropolitan Suginami Technical High School
Tokyo Metropolitan Library
Tokyo Metropolitan Katsushika Commercial senior High School
Tokyo Metropolitan Industrial Technology Research Institute; IRI
city built according to the principles of fengshui
Kyoto Hokuto Shinkin Bank
prefectures (of Japan, excl. Osaka and Kyoto)
Metropolitan Electric Railway
being owned by the Tokyo metropolitan government
Protectorate General to Pacify the North (Tang-period Chinese office established in Inner Mongolia in 669 CE)
Traditional Arts School of Kyoto; TASK
Tomin First no Kai (regional political party in Tokyo)
Protectorate General to Pacify the East (Tang-period Chinese office established in Pyongyang in 668 CE)
Protectorate General to Pacify the West (Tang-period Chinese office established in Xinjiang in 640 CE)
Protectorate General of Annam (Han-period Chinese office established in Hanoi in 622 CE)
Censorate (Ming and Qing dynasty surveillance agency)
urban farming; urban agriculture
Housing and Urban Development Corporation
Urban Development Corporation
Okinawa Urban Monorail; Yui Rail
quasi-city planning area; zoning district in which special permission from the local governor or mayor is required for large-scale construction
Prefectural Labour Standards Office
Protectorate General of the Central Asian Nomadic Lands (Chinese office established in Inner Mongolia in 650 CE)
municipal waste from which valuable raw materials can be extracted; (lit.) urban oil field
Protectorate General of Beiting (Tang-period Chinese office established in Xinjiang in 702 CE)
Protectorate General of the Western Regions (Han-period Chinese office established in East Turkestan in 60 BCE)