This joke also only works due to romanisation. It is actually toukyou and kyouto, the kyou is the same word but the tou are different. However in romanisation, the long ou sound is shortened to just o. Some English signages still draw the O with the line above though so Tōkyō vs Kyōto
Context: In 1868, during the pivotal Meiji Restoration, Japan moved its capital from Kyoto (the traditional imperial seat) to Edo, which was renamed Tokyo (meaning Eastern Capital), symbolizing a seismic shift to modernization, industrialization, and a new imperial era under Emperor Meiji. This move marked the end of the Tokugawa Shogunates rule and established Tokyo as the new political and cultural center, changing Japans destiny from a feudal society to a modern world power.
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