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Definition of Capital of Japan
1. Noun. The capital and largest city of Japan; the economic and cultural center of Japan.
Generic synonyms: National Capital
Group relationships: Hondo, Honshu, Japan, Nihon, Nippon
Lexicographical Neighbors of Capital Of Japan
Literary usage of Capital of Japan
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Queer Things about Japan by Douglas Brooke Wheelton Sladen (1903)
"Kyoro, the ancient capital of Japan. was mercifully deserted by its Emperor before
he began to Westernise time national institutions. ..."
2. The Capital of the Tycoon: A Narrative of a Three Years' Residence in Japan by Rutherford Alcock (1863)
"... in this capital of Japan, to prevent men of tl rank of officers going about
the streets furiously drun with two deadly weapons at their side ? ..."
3. The Boy Travellers in the Far East: Adventures of Two Youths in a Journey to by Thomas Wallace Knox (1880)
"SIGHTS IN THE EASTERN capital of Japan. r|X) see the whole of Tokio is a matter
of no small moment, as the area -L of the city is very great. ..."
4. Herpetology of Japan and Adjacent Territory by Leonhard Hess Stejneger (1907)
"TOKYO; capital of Japan. TORI SHIMA; small, volcanic island, lying due west of
Tokuno shima, of the Amami- o-shiina subgroup, but geologically reckoned to ..."
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