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Which part of Japan is the shortest of teachers?
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G Cthulhu



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PostPosted: Wed Dec 10, 2008 11:48 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
Apsara wrote:
If that statistic is for Tokyo prefecture then it could be a bit misleading. Tokyo is a long, thin prefecture ranging from very mountainous and rural in the west to very densely populated in the east.

If you find a job/school nearby or don't mind the commute then you can live in the less populated areas of either western Tokyo prefecture, or Saitama, Chiba or Kanagawa prefectures just to the north and south.



Que?

I thought Tokyo (it's not a prefecture - what is it? fu? ku? to? ghods know; can't remember offhand) was entirely confined to the kanto plain? It's Saitama, Gunma, Chiba etc that bound it and contain the mountain bits, no?

(Sorry, no real point to this post - just wondering if I'd missed a bit!)
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Brooks



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PostPosted: Wed Dec 10, 2008 11:59 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
Aspara is right. Tokyo includes places like Ome, Kodaira, Machida, etc.
Maybe the population density is really high in the 23 wards but out in Ome and other parts of western Tokyo it is not.
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Apsara



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PostPosted: Thu Dec 11, 2008 8:21 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
Tokyo is a "to", which translates into "prefecture" in English as far as I know. Osaka-fu is Osaka prefecture- I don't think we have a separate word in English.

If you think Tokyo has no mountains you need to take the Chuo Line out a bit further to Takao, Ome or Okutama- well known for their hiking and still inside the borders of Tokyo. There are even villages out there it gets so rural.
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