Tokyo東京都
Tōkyō-to·とうきょうと·都 (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.
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
- 62 — 26 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.
The 23 special wards特別区
Each is a local government, the equivalent of a city.
- Chiyoda City千代田区
- Chūō City中央区
- Minato City港区
- Shinjuku City新宿区
- Bunkyō City文京区
- Taitō City台東区
- Sumida City墨田区
- Kōtō City江東区
- Shinagawa City品川区
- Meguro City目黒区
- Ōta City大田区
- Setagaya City世田谷区
- Shibuya City渋谷区
- Nakano City中野区
- Suginami City杉並区
- Toshima City豊島区
- Kita City北区
- Arakawa City荒川区
- Itabashi City板橋区
- Nerima City練馬区
- Adachi City足立区
- Katsushika City葛飾区
- Edogawa City江戸川区
Cities市
- Hachiōji City八王子市
- Tachikawa City立川市
- Musashino City武蔵野市
- Mitaka City三鷹市
- Ome City青梅市
- Fuchu City府中市
- Akishima City昭島市
- Chofu City調布市
- Machida City町田市
- Koganei City小金井市
- Kodaira City小平市
- Hino City日野市
- Higashimurayama City東村山市
- Kokubunji City国分寺市
- Kunitachi City国立市
- Fussa City福生市
- Komae City狛江市
- Higashiyamato City東大和市
- Kiyose City清瀬市
- Higashikurume City東久留米市
- Musashimurayama City武蔵村山市
- Tama City多摩市
- Inagi City稲城市
- Hamura City羽村市
- Akiruno Cityあきる野市
- Nishitokyo City西東京市
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.