上じょう京きょう

noun, noun or participle which takes 'suru', intransitive verb

going to Tokyo; going to the capital

Typically used for moving to or visiting Tokyo from another region of Japan. Historically referred to going to Kyoto, but now almost exclusively means Tokyo.

• 来らい年ねん、大だい学がくのために上じょう京きょうする予よ定ていです。

  I plan to go to Tokyo for university next year.

• 彼かれは18歳