Tokyo

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

Etymology

This section requires expansion Tokyo (東京), Edo (江戸)

Principles

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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

Níðhöggr perched upon the Tokyo Sky Tower during the invasion.

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.

Coronzon Arc

Main article: Coronzon Arc

During the evacuation of Academy City, numerous evacuation routes took residents out through Tokyo and Tokyo Bay, with a number of evacuees staying nearby in the Tokyo area.

Souyaku Toaru Majutsu no Index

Operation Handcuffs Arc

Main article: Operation Handcuffs Arc

After the events surrounding Operation Handcuffs on December 25th, Kihara Noukan reunited with Aleister Crowley in Shinjuku, near Academy City's East Gate.

Los Angeles Arc

Main article: Los Angeles Arc

On December 26th, following the existence of the Sisters being revealed to the world, someone in Japan distributed instructions over the internet for a 3D mask anyone could make with cardboard and a printer, resulting in Shibuya and Roppongi being flooded by boys and girls wearing the same face.

New Year's Eve Arc

Main article: New Year's Eve Arc

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The group walking in Shibuya.

On the morning of December 31st, Kamijou Touma visited Shibuya for a part-time job to earn enough money to survive, accompanied by Kumokawa Seria, Index and Othinus, ending up doing food deliveries until 1PM.

In the afternoon, Aradia made another attempt on Touma's life (following the one in School District 11) which was again thwarted by the Bologna Succubus and Good Old Mary, with at least one building's windows shattered by Aradia shooting at the Succubus fleeing with Touma through the air and panic resulting from Aradia's grease-based search spell sweeping Shibuya as she sought to find the two, who had taken refuge in the Miyashita Ark shopping mall, though Aradia also made sure to do some good deeds for people in Shibuya to offset and reap the feedback for her spells. Around the same time, Aleister Crowley and Kihara Noukan visited the Miyashita Ark for their own purposes.

After sunset, Shibuya was thrown into chaos again as people in Shibuya, who had been converted into Aradia's new coven of witches or incited by the Bologna Succubus's magic into a mob of 'witch hunters', clashed en masse. This would eventually be quelled after Touma defeated Aradia, in time for the fireworks and countdown heralding the new year.

New Year's Arc

Main article: New Year's Arc

On January 1st, after Touma's group had returned to Academy City, Aleister Crowley's group were present in Shinjuku, on top of one of the taller buildings and with a view into part of Academy City. The next day, the group made their way into Academy City.

Locations

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

Name	Type	Location	Details
Ariake	District	Kōtō
Church of Orsola	Churches and Cathedrals		Located near Academy City.
Dōgenzaka		Shibuya
Harajuku		Shibuya	Touma and Kumokawa's group passed through Harazuku on their way to Shibuya. A big shrine is located near Harazuku.
Ichigaya	Area	Shinjuku	A fishing pond is located in the area.
Kabukichō	Entertainment District	Shinjuku	The overall cityscape is identical to the one in "Like a Dragon".
Miyashita Ark		Shibuya	A recently opened shopping mall on the site of a former park. A popular restaurant in the mall acts as camouflage for a stash managed by a group of wandering treasure keepers, hidden in the kitchen. It has been speculated that the group might have been behind the opening of the shopping mall itself.
Nishikasai	District	Edogawa	Uiharu Kazari's hometown.
Parallel Sweets Park	Amusement and Leisure		A large snack-theme amusement park. Located near Academy City and Twilight Theater.
Roppongi	District	Minato
Sendagaya	Area	Shibuya
Shibuya	Special Ward		One of the bombed places in the Alpha World.
Shinbashi	District	Minato
Shinjuku	Special Ward
Shibuya Scramble Crossing	Scramble crossing	Shibuya
Shibuya Scramble Squiz		Shibuya	A skyscraper complex connected to Shibuya Station. The 46th floor has a special observation deck with a view of the city and around late December was hosting a temporary botanical garden.
Shinjuku Station	Railway Station	Shinjuku and Shibuya	The familiar TV studio is located in the east entrance.
Shiodome	Area	Minato
Spain Zaka		Shibuya
Takadanobaba	Neighborhood	Shinjuku
Tokyo Bay	Bay	Coasts of Tokyo, Kanagawa, and Chiba Prefecture
Tokyo Station	Railway Station	Chiyoda
Tokyo Sky Tower	Skyscraper	Sumida	A new Japanese broadcasting tower over 600 meters tall.
Toyosu Seafood Market	Market	Kōtō
Twilight Theater	Amusement and Leisure	Eastern Tokyo	Located 3km away from Academy City.
Yotsuya	Neighborhood	Shinjuku

Gallery

Shibuya, Tokyo, as depicted in Souyaku Toaru Majutsu no Index Volume 6

Trivia

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• Many individuals and companies involved in the production of the Toaru series are based in Tokyo.
  • ASCII Media Works is a Japanese publisher and brand company of Kadokawa Future Publishing headquartered in Nishi-Shinjuku, Shinjuku, Tokyo, Japan. It is known for its Dengeki brand magazines and book imprints which include such well-known magazines as Dengeki Daioh, along with the company's main light novel publishing imprint Dengeki Bunko.
  • J.C.Staff is a Japanese animation studio, which produces the Toaru Majutsu no Index, Toaru Kagaku no Railgun, and Toaru Kagaku no Accelerator anime series. Its headquarters is located in Musashino, Tokyo, Japan. The name of Musashino Milk is derived from Musashino City where J.C.Staff is located.
  • Monthly Shōnen Gangan is a monthly Japanese Shōnen manga magazine published by Square Enix. Its headquarters is located in Tokyo.
  • Miki Kazuma's company, Straight Edge, is also located in Tokyo.
• Many scenes of Academy City from the anime are taken from Tama City and from Tachikawa City, both of which are in the Tokyo prefecture.
• There have been a number of collaboration events between the Toaru series and various areas within Tokyo.
  • Toaru Jichitai no Promotion (とある自治体の地域振興（プロモーション）, Toaru Jichitai no Promotion^?), also known as Tachikawa as Gakuen-Toshi? is an annual promotional event that has been held in Tachikawa, Tokyo in every first weekend of November since 2011.
  • For the seventh project of the Kamachi Kazuma 10th Year Anniversary Celebration, Toaru Kagaku no Railgun had a collaboration with Tokyo Verdy football team. It is a special jersey line with the given names of the main cast of Railgun on the back. The jersey comes in the official colors of Tokyo Verdy and have the names 3510 MIKOTO, 965 KUROKO, 087 KAZARI, 310 RUIKO, with the in-series mascot Gekota on the back.
  • Toaru Kagaku no Railgun T Special Event ~Daihaseisai in ABEMA~ is a promotional event that was broadcast in AbemaTV on October 18th 2020. Fifteen voice artists of Toaru Kagaku no Railgun T participated in the event in AbemaTV, Shibuya, Tokyo.
  • The Toaru Majutsu to Kagaku no Expo was held from November 3rd 2018 to November 25th 2018 in Seibushibuyaten Movidakan Department Store, Shibuya, Tokyo.

External Links

• Tokyo (Wikipedia article)