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New generic extensionSince 2014

.tokyo domain registration

The extension of Tokyo, the city in Japan: for anyone with a real tie to it or to Japan, like an Arab restaurant there or a Japanese language school here.

Score card

.tokyo in six cells

Our score out of five, as we see it when we help a customer choose.

Trust
3 out of 5
Easy to remember
4 out of 5
Global reach
1 out of 5
Price stability
5 out of 5
Short names available
4 out of 5
Local meaning
5 out of 5

Overview

What is .tokyo

.tokyo names the city of Tokyo in Japan by its English name. It entered the internet’s root in 2014 and is run by GMO Registry, Inc.; it supports DNSSEC signing, but it doesn’t accept names in Arabic letters. It is the only extension in our list that names a particular city.

For a customer in Oman it only fits a real tie to Tokyo or Japan: an Arab restaurant or shop in Tokyo, a Japanese language school, a travel office for trips to Japan, or the blog of an expat living there. At sufra-shuwa.tokyo, visitors know this is a table serving shuwa in Tokyo.

With us its price is fixed for the first year and every renewal, and lower than most of our extensions. But a foreign city’s name confuses a customer in Oman who doesn’t know your tie to it, so if you have no tie to Japan, .com is clearer to your customers.

Type
New generic extension (new gTLD)
In the root since
January 16, 2014
Name’s origin
Tokyo, the city in Japan
Responsible body
GMO Registry, Inc.
Who may register
Anyone, person or organization, from any country
DNSSEC
Supported
Names in Arabic
Not supported

Who it suits

For your field: is .tokyo the best fit?

Every field has an extension that says something about it. Here is what .tokyo says in each, and which extension completes it.

  • An Arab restaurant in Tokyo

    Excellent · The first choice

    Tells the city’s people you’re one of them, and your name says where your dish comes from.

    Register it with.tokyo.com

  • A Japanese language school

    Good · A good fit with .com

    Tokyo says what you teach, and .com is an address your students here know; make .com your main address.

    Register it with.com.tokyo

  • A travel office for Japan

    Good · A good fit

    The name says the destination; .tours for the trips page.

    Register it with.tokyo.tours

  • An expat’s blog in Tokyo

    Good · A good fit

    Your days there under the city’s name; .me for your own name.

    Register it with.tokyo.me

  • A local business in Oman

    Consider another · Consider .com

    Customers here don’t see your tie to Tokyo; .com, or .city with your city’s name, is clearer to them.

    Register it with.com.city

  • A company selling worldwide

    Consider another · Consider .com

    One city’s name ties you to it; .com has no place in it.

    Register it with.com.world

What it does for you

What you gain when you register it

  • An address in the city

    sufra-shuwa.tokyo tells Tokyo’s people you’re in their city.

  • Email in the restaurant’s name

    info@sufra-shuwa.tokyo for reservations and orders, saying where the message came from.

  • A fixed price

    The first year and every renewal cost the same, lower than most of our extensions.

  • A famous name

    Tokyo is a name people know everywhere.

And where its value shows

On the restaurant front

Read by passers-by in Tokyo.

On the menu

The link for ordering from home.

In a trip ad

The destination in the address itself.

In expat group chats there

A link that gathers the community.

Pros and cons

What you should know before you register

Frankly, as we’d tell a customer who asks us before registering.

Pros

  • 01Names a city the world knows
  • 02Tells Tokyo’s people you’re close to them
  • 03A fixed price every year, lower than most of our extensions
  • 04Supports DNSSEC signing

Cons

  • 01Only fits a real tie to Tokyo or Japan
  • 02Confuses a customer in Oman who doesn’t know your tie to it
  • 03Doesn’t accept names in Arabic letters
  • 04Less familiar than .com

Rules

Registration terms for .tokyo

What the registry requires and what we add, in one place.

Who may register
Anyone, person or organization, from any country
Documents
None required
Name length
Up to 63 characters
Characters
a–z, digits and hyphens, never first or last
Names in Arabic
Not supported
Registration term
1 to 10 years
DNSSEC
Supported
Privacy protection
Optional, for a separate fee
Transfer
60 days after registration or the last transfer, with an EPP code; adds a year to its term

Life cycle

From registration until the name is free again

What happens to your name if it isn’t renewed, and when you can still get it back.

  1. 01Registration1 to 10 yearsThe name is yours from the moment you pay, for the term you chose.
  2. 02Before expiry31 days, then 8 days beforeWe remind you twice by email; auto-renewal saves you the reminder.
  3. 03After expiryDays 1–8The website and email stop; renew within these days at the regular renewal price.
  4. 04AuctionFrom day 10The name may go to auction; if it sells, it passes to its buyer.Domain recovery policy
  5. 05Redemption30 daysIf the registry offers it after deletion: a $200 redemption fee plus a year’s renewal.
  6. 06Final deletion5 daysThen the name is free again for anyone to register.

Tips

Before you register

  1. 1Don’t register it without a tie to JapanOtherwise the name promises your customer something they won’t find.
  2. 2Put .com beside it if you’re hereA Japanese language school in Sohar needs .com for its students and .tokyo for its idea.
  3. 3A short name, read as it’s writtenIf it needs spelling out on the phone, it’s too long or too complicated.
  4. 4No digits or hyphens that need explainingEvery hyphen or digit has to be said, and what has to be said gets forgotten.
  5. 5Renew automatically, or register for yearsUp to 10 years at once, so you never miss a date.
  6. 6Make sure the name isn’t someone else’s trademarkA registered trademark’s owner can recover the name from whoever registered it first.

Nearby extensions

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FAQ5 questions

Frequently asked questions about .tokyo

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Contact support

  • $29 a year, for the first year and every renewal: the price you see when you search, with no other fees at registration.

  • Anyone, person or organization, from any country, with no documents or conditions; the contact details in the owner’s name just need to be accurate.

  • Yes, once 60 days have passed since it was registered or last transferred. Ask your current provider for the transfer (EPP) code and open a transfer request with us; a full year is added to the domain’s term.

  • We remind you by email 31 days and 8 days before expiry, and 3 days after it. After expiry the website and email stop, and you can renew in the first eight days at the regular renewal price; from day 10 it may go to auction. If it is deleted and the registry allows redemption within 30 days, the redemption fee is $200 plus a year’s renewal.

  • No. IANA’s repository of internationalized names (IDN) holds no Arabic table for .tokyo, so names in it use Latin letters, digits and hyphens.

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