都市圏

1. Origins, structure, and basic meaning

• Structure: 都市圏, read としけん, is a noun for a metropolitan area or broader urban region.
• Basic usage: 都市圏へ向かう marks a train's destination; 都市圏の住宅事情 limits the housing conditions to that region.

2. Common pitfalls and similar expressions

• A core city and its surrounding zone
  • 都市圏 includes a central city and surrounding areas tied to it by commuting, services, and daily life. Its boundary need not match a single administrative district.