東とう上じょう

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

going to Tokyo; going east

Primarily used for traveling to Tokyo, especially from western Japan. The 'going east' sense is less common and context-dependent.

• 来らい月げつ、大おお阪さかから東とう京きょうへ東とう上じょうする予よ定ていです。

  I plan to go up to Tokyo from Osaka next month.

• 彼かれの東とう上じょうの目もく的てきは就しゅう職しょく活かつ動どうだ。

  The purpose of his trip to Tokyo is job hunting.