Tokyo東京都

Tōkyō-to·とうきょうと· (to), metropolis

The only 都 (to). It contains 23 special wards, 26 cities, 5 towns, 8 villages, and the Izu and Ogasawara island chains, which extend 1,000 km south.

Tokyo only. The centre of Tokyo is divided into 23 special wards instead of being one city, and this suffix marks that arrangement.

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Facts

Japanese name
東京都
Reading
Tōkyō-to / とうきょうと
Region
Kantō 関東
Capital
Shinjuku (seat of government) 新宿区
Population
14,047,594 (2020 census)
Area
2,194 km²
Density
6,403 people per km²
Municipalities
6226 cities, 5 towns, 8 villages, and 23 special wards
Designated cities
None
Districts (郡)
1
Codes
JIS 13·ISO 3166-2 JP-13

How an address here begins

東京都新宿区

Tōkyō-to, Shinjuku-ku, …

The prefecture comes first, then the municipality. The guide explains the rest of the address, and the map reads any address you paste into it.

Neighbouring prefectures

Every municipality in Tokyo市区町村

62 local governments, each with its own mayor and assembly. Every one links to its boundary on the map.

Districts, with their towns and villages郡 · 町 · 村

A district is a name that groups towns and villages in an address. It has no office and no election. The towns and villages are governments.

Subprefectures, with their towns and villages支庁

A subprefecture is a branch office of the prefectural government for islands too far away to administer from the capital. It has no assembly of its own.

Boundaries: MLIT 国土数値情報. Population: 2020 Population Census (令和2年国勢調査). Area: Geospatial Information Authority of Japan (全国都道府県市区町村別面積調, 2020). Municipality counts are from the boundary data on the map.