Western Tokyo, also known as the Tama area (多摩地域, Tama chiiki?), Tama region (多摩地方, Tama-chihō?) or toka (都下?), consists of the part of Tokyo Prefecture to the west of the 23 special wards.
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“It is said that some Western steamers can run on a heavy dew, whence we can imagine what a canoe may do.”
—Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)
“Eclecticism is the degree zero of contemporary general culture: one listens to reggae, watches a western, eats McDonald’s food for lunch and local cuisine for dinner, wears Paris perfume in Tokyo and “retro” clothes in Hong Kong; knowledge is a matter for TV games. It is easy to find a public for eclectic works.”
—Jean François Lyotard (b. 1924)