sentences:  Tokyo is referred to as , which is often translated as "metropolis".The Japanese government translates as "Tokyo Metropolis" in almost all cases, and the government is officially called the "Tokyo Metropolitan Government".Following the capitulation of shogunate Edo in 1868, "Tōkyō-fu" (an urban prefecture like Kyoto and Osaka) was set up and encompassed the former city area of Edo under the Fuhanken sanchisei.