What makes a city a city? Is Tokyo a city? We look at some of the varying definitions and what constitutes a city in Japan. It might just surprise you to learn that Tokyo is actually not exactly a city – nor technically not the capital of Japan! Transcript https://nihongoproject.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/The-Geography-of-Tokyo.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | […]
Month: October 2020
Episode 2: The Geography of Tokyo – The日本語 Project Podcast [Transcript]
Introduction Faisal What is a city? The word “city” seems to be well understood by any person you ask, although what is really the definition of a “city”? Interestingly enough, there is not actually a single, internationally agreed upon definition of what constitutes a city. Even international organizations such as the United Nations cite that […]