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Tokyo Quotes

Reflections on Japan's sprawling capital city

These quotes capture Tokyo from different vantage points, including the perspective of those who grew up in its surrounding countryside. Readers may also enjoy our city quotes collection.

Last Updated on May 30, 2021

Evaluate
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Nov 07, 2020

But Italy is not an intellectual country. On the subway in Tokyo everybody reads. In Italy, they don't. Don't evaluate Italy from the fact that it produced Raphael and Michelangelo.

Quotes by Umberto Eco

North
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Nov 07, 2020

I grew up in the countryside in Saitama prefecture, north of Tokyo.

Quotes by Nobu Matsuhisa

Go
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Nov 07, 2020

I grew up in the countryside and wanted to go to Tokyo. I had Tokyo complex.

Quotes by Makoto Shinkai

Long
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Nov 07, 2020

The Metropolis should have been aborted long before it became New York, London or Tokyo.

Quotes by John Kenneth Galbraith

Him
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Nov 07, 2020

I met John Lennon and he was with his wife in Tokyo. I met him there.

Quotes by Bryan Ferry

Favorite
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Nov 07, 2020

I love Japan, and Tokyo is my favorite city.

Quotes by Barry Eisler

Rest
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Nov 07, 2020

After the atomic bombs were dropped, the war ended and we went into Tokyo Bay with the rest of the fleet, the Missouri and the rest of them, while they signed the terms of surrender that ended the war.

Quotes by Barney Ross

Eating
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Nov 07, 2020

I love eating in San Francisco, Chiang Dao, China, Tokyo, Hanoi.

Quotes by Andrew Zimmern

Nov 07, 2020

I don't do the same food in Tokyo that I do in Vegas and vice versa. If I did that, two weeks later I would have no customers.

Quotes by Alain Ducasse

Several speakers compare Tokyo to other great metropolises, weighing its scale and character against cities abroad. For related places, see our country quotes page.

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