This interest is predominantly fueled by the extraordinary development of urban Japan. Research regarding Edo and Tōkyō is extremely extensive: For centuries, urban research in architecture, anthropology, sociology, geography, Japanese Studies and even humanities like philology and arts have produced an abundant amount of literature on this city. Thus, the birth of the modern world capital Tōkyō is laid out for the contemporary visitor that is keen to discover the history and evolution of the urban heritage of this modern world capital ready for staging the 2020 Olympic Games. The ascent of imperial Tōkyō is briefly depicted in the mirror of the introduction of Western architecture (1), the evolution of the inner-city transport system (2) and the organization of the urban space (3). The following guide offers a comprehensive explanation of the transformation the city undertook from the decline of Edo onwards. This essay provides a brief introduction to the history of a place at 35.6762° North, 139.6503° East. From Edo to Tokyo: Birth of a Global Capital
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