Chukyo (the Symphony That Never Ends)

The "central capitol" of Japan is by far the largest metropolis in Shikaku-mon and one of the largest on any known timeline, with over 64 million inhabitants. Chukyo was once an alternate name for Nagoya, the city from which the Imperial Advisory Council controls Japan and the empire. However, after the completion of the "lightning rail" systems between Nagoya, Kyoto, and Osaka/Kobe, the whole became a single urban sprawl stretching across central Japan, with the Shining Mountain arcology complex on the northeast shore of Lake Biwa serving as a fourth center in the urban chain. "Chukyo" became the common name of the entire agglomeration in the 20th century, a custom legitimized when Nagoya's old name was officially restored. 
Chukyo is a hideous urban sea of concrete and wood. A few estates, often garden spots of great beauty, are maintained by the government or by the great families. Ordinary apartment buildings and the private homes of the wealthy exist in the shadow, often literal, of arcologies (gigantic single buildings which house up to a half-million inhabitants each). In recent decades, most residents have seized on virtual reality as an escape from the grimness of urban life, disappearing into fantasies of medieval samurai adventures in the vanished wilderness, romantic adventures among the 18th-century nobility, and epic battles between armadas of gleaming starships. 
Chukyo is the center of almost everything important in Japan, including politics, industry, education, and entertainment. However, the regimented routine of the average citizen never touches the towering offices or walled estates where the handful of Japanese elites determine every aspect of his existence.
Category:Cities
Category:Japan
Category:Chukyo
Category:The Symphony That Never Ends