Tokyo

**Tokyo** (東京, *Tōkyō*?) is the capital city of Japan, and the site of Academy City.

## Principles

Tokyo is the capital and largest city of Japan, and a prefecture itself. Officially the **Tokyo Metropolis** (東京都, *Tōkyō-to*?), it is comprised of many municipalities; cities, towns, villages, and the 23 **special wards** (特別区, *Tokubetsu-ku*?), that used to make up the City of Tokyo before it was merged with the prefecture. It is located at the head of Tokyo Bay and forms part of Japan's Kanto region.

Tokyo is Japan's economic and political center, as well as the seat of its emperor and national government.

Roughly a third of the Tokyo area is taken up by the independent city-state and scientific institution known as Academy City, located in Western Tokyo.

## Background

Tokyo was initially a small fishing village known as Edo, in the former Musashi Province, with developments after its original founding, but grew significantly after Tokugawa Ieyasu made it the center of his ruling when he became shogun in 1603. In the subsequent Edo period, Edo was the seat of the Tokugawa shogunate and a key political and cultural center though not the imperial capital, with the emperor of Japan still residing in Kyoto. In 1869, the young Emperor Meiji moved to Edo, which was accordingly renamed Tokyo (Eastern Capital), with the city of Tokyo being officially established in 1889. In 1943, the city was merged with the prefecture, with the area formerly occupied by Tokyo City becoming the 23 special wards. Tokyo sustained extensive damage during World War II.

After his supposed death on December 1st 1947 and being saved by Heaven Canceller, Aleister Crowley secretly came to Japan to make his comeback, influenced by the doctor who supported and transported him when he was near-death, as well as his memories from his previous visit, and having lost interest in Paris and Sicily. It was only a few years since World War II and the country had not yet recovered, the reconstruction period giving Aleister the opportunity to purchase a parcel of land in western Tokyo and construct a scientific and academic institution in the name of educational and technological recovery, creating Academy City. Academy City would become an independent city-state within western Tokyo, occupying an area roughly one third the size of Tokyo.

## Chronology

### Toaru Majutsu no Index

#### Orsola Aquinas Rescue Arc

*Main article: Orsola Aquinas Rescue Arc*
The events and battles surrounding Orsola Aquinas on September 8th and 9th, took place in several locations in Eastern Tokyo, including the Parallel Sweets Park, Twilight Theater, and the incomplete Church of Orsola.

### Shinyaku Toaru Majutsu no Index

#### Magic God Othinus Arc

*Main article: Magic God Othinus Arc*

Tokyo was the site of an invasion by GREMLIN, in order to hamper their enemies' attempts to stop them from completing Gungnir, with the group's Sargasso base being located in Tokyo Bay.

In the phase-shifted Alpha World created by Othinus, Tokyo was invaded and heavily damaged by the international coalition seeking to kill Kamijou Touma, with 70% of its 23 special wards destroyed, and some of the events experienced by Touma took place in Shibuya.

Kumokawa Maria was in a Tokyo hospital, along with Freyja (mother and child), around the time of the events in Denmark and the coalition broadcast near the end of them.

## Locations

The locations listed below are locations which have been featured or referenced in some form within the series.