1.
going to Tokyo, visiting the capital
Traveling to Tokyo, especially from rural areas or other regions of Japan.
When I went to Tokyo at age eighteen, I was surprised by how many people there were.
上京する is used as a する-verb meaning "to go up to Tokyo."
HISTORICAL NOTE:
The term 上京 literally means "going up to the capital." Historically, this referred to Kyoto (京都). After the Meiji Restoration (1868), when the capital moved to Tokyo, 上京 came to mean going to Tokyo.
COMMON COLLOCATIONS:
RELATED WORDS:
- 帰京: returning to Tokyo
- 在京: being in Tokyo
- 入京: entering the capital (literary)