Shutoken

首都圏 (Shutoken) is a Japanese noun meaning “Greater Tokyo Metropolitan area, metropolitan area (of a capital)”.

Meanings

  1. nounGreater Tokyo Metropolitan area
  2. nounmetropolitan area (of a capital)

Examples

  • There's a fuel shortage even in the Tokyo area.

Sentences from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR).

Kanji in 首都圏

neckmetropolissphere

Related words

neckcapital (esp. Kyoto, Japan's former capital)Kyoto (city, prefecture)oncecircumstancesrelocation of the capitalsurrender (to the authorities)within the (Tokyo) metropolitan areacitythe Eastern Capital (now Tokyo)townwrist