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Turns out they didn't, quite. Tōkyō is East Capital, the Tō is 'East'; Kyōto is Capital City, the To being 'City'. Kyō is the same in each.
by mistermark 3y ago
Turns out they didn't, quite. Tōkyō is East Capital, the Tō is 'East'; Kyōto is Capital City, the To being 'City'. Kyō is the same in each.
- glandium 3y agoWhat they did, though, is change Tokyo from a fu (符) to a to (都). Tokyo is the only to, and there wasn't one before, they came up with it for Tokyo. There were other fus, but there are only two left nowadays: Kyoto-fu and Ōsaka-fu. Why do I mention this? Because Tokyo-to is written 東京都. Kyoto is written 京都. Remember that 東 means East. And yes, there are places in the east of Kyoto that carry the name 東京都 (higashi-Kyoto, higashi being another reading of the character 東). This has to be a troll.