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Edo

1450s establishments in Japan1457 establishments in Asia1868 disestablishments in JapanEdoEdo period
History of TokyoPopulated places established in the 1450s
Location TokyoJapan
Location TokyoJapan

Edo (Japanese: 江戸, lit. '"bay-entrance" or "estuary"'), also romanized as Jedo, Yedo or Yeddo, is the former name of Tokyo.Edo, formerly a jōkamachi (castle town) centered on Edo Castle located in Musashi Province, became the de facto capital of Japan from 1603 as the seat of the Tokugawa shogunate. Edo grew to become one of the largest cities in the world under the Tokugawa. After the Meiji Restoration in 1868 the Meiji government renamed Edo as Tokyo (東京, "Eastern Capital") and relocated the Emperor from the historic capital of Kyoto to the city. The era of Tokugawa rule in Japan from 1603 to 1868 is known eponymously as the Edo period.

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Edo
Chuo-dori Avenue, Chuo

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Chuo-dori Avenue
103-8230 Chuo
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