Tokyo by Sofia

What are some interesting facts about Tokyo?

BeforeTokyo was called Edo. In 1868 the name Edo was change to Tokyo. In kabuki men do the women`s job because long ago women were not allowd to be on stage. Tokyo started out as a small fishing village. It was rebuilt after the 1923 Kanto earthquake and again after the bombing of World War ll! Ieyasu Takagawa built the great Edo castle and that`s how it became a city. About 10,000,000 peoples jams Tokyo`s trains each day. "Pushers" shove 300 people into a car disighined for 100. When Tokyo was called Edo the capital of Japan was Kyoto. Tokyo has lots of tall buildings and modern free ways and factories and busy shopping centers.

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