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.
Famous quotes containing the words western and/or tokyo:
“O western orb sailing the heaven,
Now I know what you must have meant as a month since I walked,
As I walked in silence the transparent shadowy night,”
—Walt Whitman (1819–1892)
“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)