TOKYO DISTRICTS
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| Tokyo Districts: |
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Central |
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Downtown |
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Suburbs |
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Western |
Central Tokyo
Chiyoda, the seat
of Japanese power that includes the
Imperial Palace, the electronics mecca of
Akihabara and the business center of
Akasaka
Chuo, including the famed department stores of the Ginza and the
fish
markets of Tsukiji.
Minato, the port district (at least in name)
which includes the artificial island of Odaiba and the fleshpots of
Roppongi.
Shibuya, the fashionable shopping district which also encompasses the
teenybopper haven of Harajuku (also home to the
Meiji Shrine) and the
nightlife of Ebisu.
Shinjuku, home to luxury hotels, giant camera stores and Tokyo's
wildest red-light district.
Tokyo - Downtown
Sumida by the river
of the same name, including Ryogoku, home of the Edo-Tokyo Museum and
Tokyo's sumo arena.
Taito and Bunkyo, the heart of downtown Tokyo featuring the temples of
Asakusa and the many museums of
Ueno.
Toshima including Ikebukuro, another giant train hub
Koto, between the two rivers Sumida and Arakawa, located on just the
south of Sumida. It is famous for the former woodland in Kiba, and
Kameido Tenjin the shrine worshipping Michizane Sugawara known as a
father of study in Kameido.
| Name |
Kanji |
Population Jun 2007 |
Area
(kmē) |
Major districts |
| Number |
Density
(/kmē) |
| Adachi |
足立区 |
629,392 |
11,830.68 |
53.20 |
Kitasenju, Takenotsuka |
| Arakawa |
荒川区 |
194,777 |
18,262.25 |
10.20 |
Arakawa, Machiya, Nippori, Minamisenju |
| Bunkyo |
文京区 |
194,933 |
16,009.28 |
11.31 |
Hongō, Yayoi, Hakusan |
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Chiyoda |
千代田区 |
43,802 |
3,763.06 |
11.64 |
Nagatachō, Kasumigaseki, Ōtemachi, Marunouchi,
Akihabara, Yūrakuchō,
Iidabashi |
| Chuo |
中央区 |
104,997 |
10,344.53 |
10.15 |
Nihonbashi, Kayabachō,
Ginza, Tsukiji, Hatchōbori,
Shinkawa, Tsukishima, Kachidoki, Tsukuda, |
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Edogawa |
江戸川区 |
661,386 |
13,264.86 |
49.86 |
Kasai, Koiwa |
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Itabashi |
板橋区 |
529,059 |
16,445.72 |
32.17 |
Itabashi, Takashimadaira |
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Katsushika |
葛飾区 |
428,066 |
12,286.62 |
34.84 |
Tateishi, Aoto |
| Kita |
北区 |
330,646 |
15,885.67 |
20.59 |
Akabane, Ōji, Tabata |
| Koto |
江東区 |
436,337 |
10,963.24 |
39.8 |
Kiba, Ariake, Kameido, Tōyōchō, Monzennakachō,
Fukagawa, Kiyosumi, Shirakawa, Etchūjima, Sunamachi, Aomi |
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Meguro |
目黒区 |
267,798 |
18,217.55 |
14.70 |
Meguro,
Nakameguro, Jiyugaoka |
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Minato |
港区 |
205,196 |
10,088.30 |
20.34 |
Odaiba,
Shinbashi,
Shinagawa,
Roppongi,
Toranomon,
Aoyama,
Azabu,
Hamamatsuchō, Tamachi |
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Nakano |
中野区 |
312,939 |
20,097.82 |
15.59 |
Nakano |
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Nerima |
練馬区 |
702,202 |
14,580.61 |
48.16 |
Nerima,
Ōizumi, Hikarigaoka |
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Ōta |
大田区 |
674,590 |
11,345.27 |
59.46 |
Ōmori,
Kamata,
Haneda,
Den-en-chōfu |
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Setagaya |
世田谷区 |
855,416 |
14,728.23 |
58.08 |
Setagaya,
Sangenjaya,
Shimokitazawa, Tamagawa |
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Shibuya |
渋谷区 |
205,512 |
13,337.13 |
15.11 |
Shibuya,
Ebisu,
Harajuku,
Sendagaya, Yoyogi |
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Shinagawa |
品川区 |
353,887 |
15,576.01 |
22.72 |
Shinagawa,
Ōimachi, Gotanda |
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Shinjuku |
新宿区 |
309,463 |
16,975.48 |
18.23 |
Shinjuku,
Takadanobaba,
Ōkubo,
Kagurazaka, Ichigaya |
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Suginami |
杉並区 |
534,981 |
15,725.49 |
34.02 |
Kōenji,
Kamiogi, Asagaya |
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Sumida |
墨田区 |
237,433 |
16,079.49 |
13.75 |
Kinshichō,
Morishita, Ryōgoku |
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Toshima |
豊島区 |
256,009 |
19,428.44 |
13.01 |
Ikebukuro,
Senkawa, Komagome |
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Taitō |
台東区 |
168,277 |
16,139.38 |
10.08 |
Ueno,
Asakusa,
Akihabara |
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