How large is Tokyo? | Biggest city in the world
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- Let's take a look at how large Tokyo actually is.
Tokyo is said to be the "largest city" in the world. But what does that mean? And is there actually a city called Tokyo?
This video will give you the numbers and put them into perspective by comparing Tokyo with other large cities, and even countries of the world.
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how large is Tokyo? Answer: Large.
Hardik Trivedi You Don't Say?!
if u mean Tokyo itself, it's not large at all. Now what we say Tokyo it refers to great Tokyo region. it's a megacity consists of several cities together. it's not one city so it doesn't count.
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@@desperadoshao9733 Including Yokohama?
@@desperadoshao9733 you couls say the same thing about any other city. No city in Europe comes close to Tokyo proper population of 13 million or even 9 million if you just count the 23 special wards. thats still bigger than NYC and Hong Kong.
Tokyo is the greatest city :D
You don't really need to zoom in so much to see Tokyo on a map. I mean, it's a huge city patch on an island.
Aqim Julayhi
Even then, if you look at Japan from Earth in daytime, you might think a lot of the grey patches are mountains but no, that’s civilization. Everything. If the mountains weren’t there, Japan could be a theoretical megalopolis city state.
I have been to Tokyo twice in 2003 and again in 2011. Really enjoyed my time there. Beautiful city, despite the number of people.
I want to go to Tokyo just to sit on the train all day and drink beer!
Pick one 😂
Chris L I don't think I want to be on a public train with people drinking alcoholic beverages.
You are wrong. It is possible. Drinking in public is allowed and you can spend whole day in riding metro on one ticket.
That sounds like a stupid and boring thing to do. Sitting on a train all day drinking beer? Ridiculous.
追い出される事は無いだろうけど、周りの人から変な目で見られると思います…
It will not be kicked out, but I think it can be seen with strange eyes from people around...
Tokyo has much more than 1 village.
You're right, I didn't count the villages and cities on the islands: 5 cities and 8 towns is correct.
Rambalac! Best videos of Tokyo!
This is exactly what I was looking for. Thank you!
I have lived in Japan From 1998-2006 So I know this much Tokyo is City and Japan Is the Country is the Most Disciplined in the World ... Nihon And Tokyo is amazing with that Population Traffics are so often as it should be ...People's Respect for one another is by the best in my eyes ....
Those Horrible past gave the most Disciplined, Least Corrupted, Generous People of The World ...
その年の神様のために私を日本に住まわせてくれてありがとう 🇯🇵
Thanks for this video, so helpful
Nicely done!
That's very helpful and clear good video 👍
Tokyo has two villege, Hinohara-villege and Ogasawara-villege.
Ogasawara Village is a group of islands located in the south of Honshu. It is registered as a World Natural Heritage site.
That helped me a lot! THANK YOUU
U find out something new every day and it's a nice feeling
Please continue making videos about these amazing Japanese cities!
Great video
MinerzBox I'm glad you liked it!
I loved this video!!!
Thanks! I will publish another one about Wagyu in the same style tomorrow or on Friday.
Wonderful video and young man!
Haha, thanks!
I LIKED IT VERY MUCH KEEP ON GOING MAN I LOVED IT MAKE SOME OTHER VIDEOS ABOUT JAPAN
Thanks, will do.
Great informative video I will look forward to seeing more.
I'm planning a trip to Tokyo when I have a holiday on the July. Greetings from Finland's own "megacity" in Helsinki.
Awesome, I hope you'll enjoy it!
good video, smart
Great video. Next time, make a video about islands of Tokyo
Great suggestion Ken!
Nice video!
Maybe you can add the islands later.
I'm glad you like it.
I can't edit the video once it is uploaded, so I would have to do a re-upload. Or are you thinking about a separate video about the islands?
Nice video.
Thanks Fredy, highly appreciated!
Japanese Journey , you are welcome . Can you make a vidio about the tecnology in Japan?
wow 😨 that’s kinda mind blowing hha
I trade furniture and usually refuse to buy screen dividers, but the one you have with the built in shelves makes me want to change my mind.
That's such a good idea :O
It's also exponentially more expensive than the normal screen dividers the shop I bought it at offers.
It's a really nice one. Not too ornate and that's what people want atm. If you went for some horrific faux silk one with some massive historical scene on it then it'd be cheaper.
It's a good choice :)
Cannot wait to visit one day. Even if I spend a week, it'll barely scratch the surface.
I love your video :):):).
Lots of information and you are good at how to attract viewers :)
Thanks for the kind comment Fikri!
you have half the population of Australia in that space lol
Actually close to double the population Naomi.
More than the whole population of Canada.
australia is about 25million, which is less than the Tokyo area........
I went to Tokyo last year. It definitely is huge and an amazing place to visit. The figure i had was 37 Million for the Metropolitan area. Not the Capital territory but the generally accepted urban area, regardless of political boundaries. The urban area is larger than the special wards, hence the figure of 37 Million.
There isn't really anywhere else that quite compares to Tokyo in terms of the density in relation to the size. Everywhere you look in Tokyo is a dense urban environment, except parks. It is described as ten large cities rolled into one and that sounds about right to me.
New York has more flattened land but in general they are houses that are at a considerable distance surrounded by trees which from the space for only grass to even so they are not compressed and it does not have a small Downtown like in Tokyo so it looks a lot concrete from the air in Tokyo due to its lack of space
beautiful city, but unfortunately inhabited by bad people who lies to foreigners and pretend to be good persons. they're xenophobic. their prices of services are too expensive too, their appartments are too small . their streets are too labyrinthic . they doesn't want foreigners.
good video. just realized how big tokyo is
There are many regions in China that exceed 100 million all in the area the size of Tokyo, the difference is that these places are gradually being connected and densified. So I can imagine in a decade or so, Tokyo will be surpassed by at least 3 cities in China and they are in Shenzhen HongKong area, Shanghai area and Beijing. So watch this space. Oh and Seoul Korea isn't far behind either.
I definitely think so too and many of the other comments agree.
Marco Polo lol there region's, not a metropolitan area of a city
Metropolitan area, look it up, these cities are overlapping one another as they grow and merge. Tokyo started off the same way.
Agree. like Japan, China's capital is also so large and it's almost overlapping with neighboring Tianjin. And I heard the Chinese govt planned to make them both as one city in the near future.
Ofcourse they are. China always want to be the no.1 at everything. The downside is, would Shanghai be a liveable city. Congestion and pollution is already bad as it is. Tokyo evolved over time and Japan have a habit of keeping their cities clean so having a densly populated area doesn't cause them much, if any, problems. I doubt Shanghai could pull it off like Tokyo.
The way Tokyo is Built is very Impressive and Interesting.
I've always been fascinated by Japan and their culture. And I've always wanted to visit Tokyo ever since I can remember. Now, my goal is to be there in 2020. I have considered it as my future city. Anyway, I LOVE your video and I can't wait to see more. New subs here. :-)
Thanks for the great comment! I hope you'll be able to make it until 2020 and that you'll enjoy my future videos.
why would you wanna live in such hugely overcrowded city
Tokyo is preparing for 2020 Olympics so all metro will be easy for English speakers,... I think that you will not have too many problems, especially if you follow the basic rules of Tokyo urban life.
I went there for 6 weeks this past summer. Now I want to go back more than anything in the world. But don't go during the Olympics, its gonna be an overcrowded touristy awful mess everywhere. You won't be able to go anywhere or enjoy anything. Go during the fall or something.
2:30 wow 43 million.....
Thank you. I never knew this about Tokyo. My neighbor is an artline pilot who flies from JFK to Tokyo, non stop.
Thank you.
The subway photo near the end... are they all of the subway lines? I always felt like it would be impossible to put all the lines on a single map.
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Johanna Loos Germany.
Japanese Journey not 30 000km², but 7800km² for Big Tokyo
LaGirolle Girvrée thanks for your comment. Maybe you looked at a different definition?
In terms of population, Tokyo is the 10th biggest city in the world. Chongqing is the largest and the second largest is Shanghai.
Tokyo proper city no largest city
very informative video
I'm glad you liked it.
great intro
A non japanese guy speaking english with a japanese accent.. ok..
bumblebeeeoptimus Rather Austrian than Japanese
This is not even close to a japanese accent, it's german/austrian.
lol, I'm from austrian too. Its pretty easy to pronounce japanese if your mother language is german.
He’s a fkin white male!!! Lol 😂
Are you really that fucking stupid? That's a Northern European accent, most likely German.
miaow
it is so simple and made it easy to understand the aspect of the city..but YOU could have compared with SIZE N POPULATION with NEXT 5 LARGEST CITY of the WORLD...it WOULD have been better...STILL GOOD JOB
it feels like coruscant planet 3:00
東京は素晴らしい街です。いくつもの大都市で構成されていて日本の経済のほとんど、そして人が集まっています。長い歴史のある日本の中では歴史の浅い街ではありますが、世界の中でも最大都市となっています。ぜひコロナ後は東京に来てください。また東京の人口は1400万人で、東京大都市圏の人口は3,780万人です。
Hey, cool channel :)
Could you please make a video about how it's like being a programmer in Japan?
ありがとう！
Thank you Daniel!
I'm not working for a Japanese company, so that probably wouldn't be of much value. If I ever do, I will.
Hey, thank you for your reply!
Actually it's even more valuable to me, since I'd prefer working for a foreign company :)
How did you get the relocation to Japan? Do you work with Japanese people? Did you have to perfect your Japanese?
It's all very interesting to me since I'm planning on doing something similar.
Thanks !~
I see. I'm self employed and work for foreign clients, usually from Germany, with non-Japanese people. My wife is Japanese and after living in Germany with me for some time, we decided we should live in Japan for a bit too. And I still have to perfect my Japanese ;)
Japanese Journey Wow, what a cool story. So happy for you :)
Being self employed sounds very challenging, especially in Japan.
I really enjoyed the method of presentation. Wow! The Tokyo subway map at the end tied it all together.
I'm in my city in Canada. So far this evening a bobcat, two coyotes and a deer have walked through our property. An owl is hooting.
I now appreciate my city more than ever.
Sounds great!
You are living in a village.🤣🤣
Will you ever talk about the wards just as Jay Foreman talked about London's 32 boroughs?
Accurate realistic information about one of the world's largest cities.
What are the two red books behind you? I can see Genki, Intermediate Japanese and 501 Verbs, but not sure what the red books are.
German versions of RTK 1 & 2.
Amazing video, very well thought out and edited. London is 40 from east to west if you was to travel in a straight line. but it looks so small compared to tokyo.
Tal -ha thanks, I'm glad it's so well received.
Depending on where you measure east to west, the straight line in Tokyo is 130-150 km.
Japanese Journey no problem. i just read my comment, what i was saying 40 miles which is around 64km. Man Tokyo is a big place !
@@JapaneseJourney I'm mind blown, takes me 2 hours driving at 120km/h for a distance of just 135km where I'm from
It means that Tokyo is the largest city in the world
Yess
good
Very large
Excuse me, but what do you mean your home in Japan? Your accent sounds like you are from Germany am I correct? And I am from San Francisco, California but in a small town that is 30 minutes north of San Francisco which is called Novato, and I also grew up with Japanese cultural interests before I came to Japan two months ago. I give my life to the people of Japan who worked so hard to make Japan a better place for the whole world to accept. And I accept Japan as an independent Asian country as it is today!
What I mean is: I live in Japan, that's where my home is.
Cheers and thanks for the long comment.
You're right about where he's from
Thanks for the video, it was good but some constructive criticism; when you showed Tokyo compared to other cities you didn't show where the actual cities are. You showed two squares that were at the same zoom level but I had no idea where the actual cities were. That comparison made it look like they were all the same size.
Also, you forgot to mention that although Tokyo may be bigger, Kansai is cooler ;)
Thanks for the feedback. I agree, it would have been nicer to see some kind of outline. Next time then.
I've been to Kansai only twice so far, but am at least once per month in Tokyo, so I can't really tell. Sitting next to the dotonbori canal in the evening after a hot day and lots of walking, with friends, food and beer was definitely nice though.
I actually haven't ever been to Tokyo, but I was in Kansai for 6 years and I just enjoyed the cities rivalry, I'm sure it's great up there! =)
Maybe I'll do a "How large is Osaka?" in the future.
I've been to Tokyo again today. Compared to rural Nagano city it's such a big difference: People everywhere!
You have to look at the white area
For some it was easy, especially if you're familiar with the area
Tokyo has 38 million people not 15 million
Thanks for your comment Henry. To have a fact based discussion, please share your sources.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_metropolitan_areas_by_population
this isn't the only source I found that said more than 30 million I also found a 33 million and 35 million list, I know that Wikipedia isn't the most accurate source, I but I've heard it from other sources too I just can't remember what they are.
Thanks for sharing. Have you seen all of the video?
Henry Nark We are actually talking about the Metropolitan Tokyo.... it has many Cities including the capital Tokyo making it Metropolitan..... there are many Metropolitan Cities in Asia including Metro Manila that has more than 10 million population but the main city of Manila only has more than 1 million population... same goes to Tokyo.... hope this help... sorry for my bad english
he was talking about just the TOKYO Metropolis, not including the prefecture and other merging cities
Hmm, so only slightly larger population per area than Wyoming USA. ;)
I enjoyed this video. Nicely done. :D
Thanks man, I'm glad you liked it.
Jacksonville, Florida, USA is a city that is over 2,000 square kilometres.
Sitka, Alaska, USA is a city-borough that is over 12,000 square kilometres.
La Tuque, Quebec, Canada is a ville that is over 28,000 square kilometres.
Hulunbuir, Inner Mongolia, China is a city that is over 260,000 square kilometres.
loputosu that's just large and empty 😂
WOW 😳 Tokyo 44 millions people
Here in Sweden its 10 mil Citizens / 450 000 km^2
Wow, I never been to Tokyo so I cant imagine having to take a 100mph train to and from work and home like that, seems really interesting but very exhausting, especially considering that I don't speak Japanese so I feel like if I were to ask someone for directions or even vacation there I would get lost in a heartbeat SMH XD
住むならそこそこ大きくて家賃相場も東京よりは安い名古屋をお勧めします。
If you live, I recommend Nagoya, which is so big and the rent price is cheaper than Tokyo.
38 million in Tokyo .little less than..population of Poland lol...damn that's crazy
Its Like New York City and Metro Manila The Philippines , in terms Of SkyCrapers And All Aspect of a Large Cities.
Tokyo is awesome, and I like Toronto
I've never been there but it looks pretty nice.
I live in Gunma prefecture and recently learned that Tokyo is a very big city in the world.
Most widespread number i see, is 38million. Seems to be the urbanized area, or simply put, the urban city. is it?
look at it on google maps it’s huge!
You should take a look in São Paulo - Brazil
Rafael Coleto By land mass or population?
subway looks massive.
Tokyo is so large that actually Japan's population is smaller than it
New York is small!!!
Godzilla (or some other Kaiju): *It's free real estate*
Tokyo is so large that they need to split it in smaller cities
Never heard a TH-camr say "maybe" subscribe lol
What part Tokyo is Shinjuku in
That is large. Can you use a helicopter ore drone fore a next Tokyo video and compare it with Sao Paolo 🇧🇷 Brazil.
Richest city on the world: Tokyo metropolis
You forgot the islands that Tokyo holds.
Tokyo is certainly a very big city. However, there are considerable differences in the population between Tokyo and other regions. From Japanese people in Tokyo.
he's like another Arnold schwarzenegger
Not the first time I'm hearing this..
I'd love to visit japan but i probably never will
Such a wonderful place that i will never see because i'm a sack of garbage that can't even get out of bed lol
I live in ireland which if you don't know, is a western european island with an incredibly rich history and culture
All the same, japan just seems like such a clean, polite and advanced place
Going there would be like stepping into a ridge racer game from something like mud runner lol
Pearl Delta mega city and yangtze delta mega city are fare bigger and populated.
Tokyo is Okiiiiiiii!
the maps were pretty useless. why not overlay the various city maps over tokyo. 7 or 8 years ago i found a map overlay feature on the web and i showed how small manhattan was when overlayed on london. i think this would be way more useful than your entire video.
Link?
Thanks for your comment! I think this would have been a good addition. Do you mind sharing the link?
mapfrappe.com/
I have a wish to see a Tokyo sin's my childhood
please come to tokyo in 2020！
オリンピック来てね！
来る。
Davao city in the Philippines is 2,444 km². It's larger than Tokyo which is 2,192 km² only
1:39 did I hear saitama from one punch man
He's named after the prefecture
I doubt i will be able to live there TOO HUGE, i would like to see nature you know !n NYC is huge but it's islands
Parks?
Its Like New York City and Metro Manila.
Badman nah-Mia🐱ow.👈👀
How big in land size.
大阪出身やけど東京てそんなに凄い街やったんか笑
GDPが60年連続で世界1位ですよ！
国単位で見ても16位という変態都市です
いろは 街だけでってこと？
_こうへい 東京都だけで、です
大阪も凄いですよ、Top10には入っているはずです
its justlike metro manila
I like to know how the police and fire deparment work in a large city like Tokyo??
I thought Mexico City, Sao Paulo, or Manilla were one of the biggest cities. 50 Million people though. That's a lot. I guessing there's something else bigger in the middle area of Asia Mumbai, Calcutta, or something in Southern China.
Jakarta is big