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Tokyo City Data

Indicator Figure Source and Notes
Admissions: Cinema (Per year) 18,270,000 Japan Community Cinema Center "Film Exhibition Yearbook 2020" — Japan Community Cinema Center "Film Exhibition Yearbook 2020"
Admissions: Main film festival (Per year) 888,406 33rd Tokyo International Film Festival Official Website — Tokyo International Film Festival including online attendance
Admissions: Theatre (Per year) 2,672,080 Live Entertainment Research Committee — White Paper on Live Entertainment 2020
Art Galleries 416 Bijutsu-Nenkansha - Art Annual 2021
Attendance (Estimated): Carnival/festival 2,010,000 Taito City - "Tourism Statistics and Marketing Research 2016" — Sanjya Festival
Attendance (Estimated): Carnival/festival (Percentage of city population) 14.50% Taito City - Tourism Statistics and Marketing Research 2016 — Sanjya Festival
Attendance to museums & galleries (Percentage of working age population) 30.20% Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications - "Survey on Time Use and Leisure Activities 2016"
Average daily visits: Top five art exhibitions 7,028 Bijutsu-Nenkansha
Bars 29,376 Japan Statistical Research and Training Institute / Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications / Economic Census for Business Activity 2016
Bars (Per 100,000 population) 212 Japan Statistical Research and Training Institute / Ministry of Internal Affairs and Commucniations / Economic Census for Business Activity 2016
Book loans by public libraries (Per year) (Million) 89.12 Tokyo Metropolitan Central Library "Survey of public library in Tokyo 2021"
Book titles published (Per year) 68,608 All Japan Magazine and Book Publisher's and Editor's Association Annual report on the publication market
Bookshops 1,579 Nippon Shuppan Hanbai Inc - "Survey Publication Sales 2021" The Tokyo Association of Dealers in Old Books "Nihon no Furuhon-ya"
Bookshops (Per 100,000 population) 11.41 Nippon Shuppan Hanbai Inc / "Survey Publication Sales 2021" / The Tokyo Association of Dealers in Old Books / "Nihon no Furuhon-ya"
Cinema screens 413 Japan Community Cinema Center "Film Exhibition Yearbook 2020"
Cinema screens (Per 100,000 population) 2.98 Japan Community Cinema Center "Film Exhibition Yearbook 2020"
Cinemas 83 Japan Community Cinema Center "Film Exhibition Yearbook 2020"
Creative industries employment (Percentage) 9.00% Japan Statistical Research and Training Institute / Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications /Economic Census for Business Activity 2016
Dance performances (Per year) 652 Live Entertainment Research Committee "White Paper on Live Entertainment 2020"
Education: Degree level & higher (Percentage) 37.90% Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communcications - 2010 Population Census of Japan
Festivals & celebrations 32 Tokyo Convention & Visitors Bureau "Official Tokyo Travel Guide GO TOKYO Listing of Festivals and Events"
Film festivals 44 Japan Community Cinema Center "Japan film festival List"
Films given theatrical release (Per year, per country) 469 Motion Picture Producers Assoiciation of Japan Inc. "Statistics of Film Industry in Japan"
Foreign born population (Percentage) 3.90% Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communiations, 'Households and Population by Residential Basic Book 2021'
Foreign films given theatrical release (Per year, per country) 469 Motion Picture Producers Assoiciation of Japan Inc. "Statistics of Film Industry in Japan"
Geographical area (Square kilometre) 2,194 Geospatial Information Authority of Japan / "Statistical reports on the land area by prefectures and municipalities in Japan 2021"
Heritage & historical sites 969 The Agency for Cultural Affairs. The number of designated cultural properties. Tokyo Statistical Yearbook 2020 — Cultural properties and monuments designated by the national government / Cultural properties and monuments designated by Tokyo metropolis / Cultural properties and monuments registered by the national government
Households 7,341,487 Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communiations / "Households and Population by Residential Basic Book 2021"
International students 103,456 Japan Student Services Organisation — Survey on International Students in Japan 2015
International tourists (Per year as percentage of population) 18.23% Bureau of Industrial and Labor Affairs; Tokyo Metropolitan Government; Survey on the number of tourists in Tokyo 2020
International tourists (Per year) 2,523,000 Bureau of Industrial and Labor Affairs - Tokyo Metropolitan Government - Survey on the number of tourists in Tokyo 2020
Libraries (Per 100,000 Population) 2.84 Tokyo Metropolitan Central Library "Survey on public library in Tokyo 2021"
Live music venues 649 Tokyo Metro Co. Ltd. & Gurunavi Inc. "Let's Enjoy Tokyo Directory of Concert and Live House in Tokyo"
Major concert halls 13 Association of Japanese Symphony Orchestras"Japanese Professional Orchestras Yearbook 2020"
Markets 87 Industrial Arts and Craft
Michelin star restaurants 211 Michelin Guide 2021 Tokyo — (starred)
Museums 173 Tokyo Statistical Yearbook 2016
Music performances (Per year) 5,064 Live Entertainment Research Committee "White Paper on Live Entertainment 2020"
National museums 15 Tokyo Statistical Yearbook 2019
Nightclubs, discos & dance halls 93 nightclub Navi
Non professional dance schools 768 NTT TownPage Corporation "itownpage directory"
Other museums 237 Tokyo Statistical Yearbook 2019
Percentage of national population living in the city 10.90%
Percentage of public green space: Parks & gardens 7.50% Bureau of Urban Development — Survey of City Planning Park and Green Space in Tokyo 2015
Population 13,843,525 Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communiations "Households and Population by Residential Basic Book 2021"
Public libraries 393 Tokyo Metropolitan Central Library "Survey on public library in Tokyo 2021"
Restaurants 137,669 Health and Safety Division Bureau of Social Welfare and Public Health / Tokyo Metropolitan Government / Annual Report on Food Sanitation 2020
Restaurants (Per 100,000 population) 994 Health and Safety Division Bureau of Social Welfare and Public Health / Tokyo Metropolitan Government / Annual Report on Food Sanitation 2020
Specialist Higher Education Institutes: Private 17 Ministry of Education Culture Sports Science and Technology "The outline and promotion of higher education institutions"
Specialist Higher Education Institutes: Public 1 Ministry of Education Culture Sports Science and Technology "The outline and promotion of higher education institutions"
Students Enrolled at art & design institutions 16,211 Ministry of Education Culture Sports Science and Technology "School Basic Survey 2021"
Students enrolled in art & design at general institutions 11,018 Ministry of Education Culture Sports Science and Technology "School Basic Survey 2021"
Theatres 236 Theater Guide/ Rakugo Art Association
Theatrical performances in theatres (Per year) 8,397 Live Entertainment Research Committee "White Paper on Live Entertainment 2020"
UNESCO World Heritage Sites 2 National Federation of UNESCO Associations in Japan Website
Video game arcades 270 Japan Statistical Research and Training Institute / Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications — Economic Census for Business Activity 2016
Visits to top five most visited museums & galleries 2,782,050 The Art Newspaper Special Report - March 2021; National Museum of Nature and Science - Profile 2021
Working Age Popluation 8,568,903 Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communiations / "Households and Population by Residential Basic Book 2021"

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