Tokyo

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Japan

Vibe in one line

Hyper-dense fever dream that’s somehow the most orderly chaos on Earth.

Rough population size

Roughly 14M in the 23 wards; around 37M in the greater metro.

Transit / getting around

Transit system is a literal boss battle of complexity but runs like a perfectly timed speedrun; walking is endless micro-neighborhood discovery.

My take

If you like cities as systems, this is the final level. Every time I read about Tokyo I want to print transit maps and hang them like posters above my bed, which is a normal thing that normal people do.