Metropolitan Anthem of Tokyo (東京) - “Tōkyō-to Ka” (東京都歌)

Tokyo (officially the Tokyo Metropolis) is the de facto capital (No Japanese law has designated Tokyo as the Japanese capital.) and most populous prefecture of Japan. Located at the head of Tokyo Bay, the prefecture forms part of the Kantō region on the central Pacific coast of Japan’s main island of Honshu. She is the political and economic center of the country, the seat of the Emperor of Japan and the national government, and part of the Greater Tokyo Area, the most populous metropolitan area in the world.

Her “metropolitan anthem”, “Tōkyō-to Ka” (東京都歌, “Metropolitan Anthem of Tokyo”), was adopted in 1947. The lyrics are by Shigehisa Harada (with assistance from Sumako Fukao), and the music composed by Hiroshi Kasaya.