Edo

Edo (), also romanized as Jedo, Yedo or Yeddo, is the former name of Tokyo.

thumb|Cherry Blossom Time in Nakanochō of Yoshiwara by Utagawa Hiroshige, woodblock print, depicting the main street lined with tea houses, 1848-1849. thumb|Yoshiwara Night Scene, ukiyo-e painting by [[Katsushika Ōi]] thumb|Women of the Yoshiwara, photograph during the Meiji period is a red-light district in Tokyo, Japan. Established in 1617, Yoshiwara was one of three licensed and well-known famous created during the early 17th century by the Tokugawa shogunate, alongside Shimabara in Kyoto in 1640 and Shinmachi in Osaka.

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Earthquake in Japan

canal in Tokyo, Japan

Temple of Confucius in tokyo

frequent fires in the Japanese city

thumb|A yakatabune near Odaiba thumb|The inside of a yakatabune A is a kind of privately owned Japanese boat that has been in use since the Heian period. Private boats of the shōgun from the Heian through the Edo periods were very lavishly decorated. Inside, a yakatabune has tatami mats and Japanese low tables that resemble an upper-class Japanese home; in fact, it means "home-style boat", and were basically for entertaining guests in the old days.

Historic site in Edo, Japan

Areas of Tokyo