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The Flag of the Tokyo Metropolis (東京都旗, Tōkyō-to-ki) was adopted on October 1, 1964, under the Metropolitan Announcement No. 1042 (告示第1042号). It features a white Metropolitan Crest on center. The background color is Edo purple (江戸紫, Edo murasaki), which was popular in Edo, the name of Tokyo during the Edo period.
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[11] [12] Tokyo Station is the central hub for the Shinkansen, the country's high-speed railway network; and the city's Shinjuku Station is the world's busiest train station. Tokyo Skytree is the world's tallest tower. [13] The Tokyo Metro Ginza Line, which opened in 1927, is the oldest underground metro line in the Asia–Pacific region. [14]
It is part of the Greater Tokyo Area, the biggest metropolitan area in the world with 37.4 million people (2024). [245] Japan is an ethnically and culturally homogeneous society , [ 246 ] with the Japanese people forming 97.4% of the country's population. [ 247 ]
English: A map showing the flags of the world, in equirectangular projection. The countries shown are the members of the United Nations. Western Sahara is in light grey because it is considered to be a Non-Self-Governing Territory with no administration (), therefore there is no UN member state flag to represent that place.
The flag of Tokyo. White sun with 6 rays on dark purple colour field. The sun is stylized Kanji character of Tokyo-Nihon which represents developing capital city Tokyo. Dark purple has been popular colour in Tokyo from old days. Adopted 1 October 1964.
Flag Prefecture Geocode Date of adoption Description Aichi: JP-23: August 15, 1950: Stylised hiragana of the あ in あいち (Aichi). The emblem also expresses sunrise and wave to indicate Aichi's location facing the Pacific Ocean. Akita: JP-05: November 3, 1959: Aomori: JP-02: January 1, 1961: Stylised map of the prefecture. Chiba: JP-12 ...
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