Amazing images of Tokyo before it was a city

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1910 plantation

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Plantation workers pick tea leaves in Tokyo, circa 1910s.

Before Tokyo matured into the gleaming, dense city it is today, it was a small fishing village called Edo.

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Now home to over 13 million people, the Japanese capital has changed dramatically since its beginnings in the 12th century.

These maps, woodcuts, and old-time photographs show the journey of Tokyo from small village to today.

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