23 Wards - West Tokyo

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23 Wards & West Tokyo

The 23 special wards (tokubetsu-ku) of Tokyo comprise the area formerly known
as Tokyo City. Each ward is a local municipality with its own elected mayor and
assembly, differing from an ordinary city in that certain governmental functions
are handled by the Tokyo Metropolitan Government. As of September 1, 2003,
the official total population of the 23 wards combined was about 8.34 million, with
a population density of 13,416 persons per square kilometer.

The term "central Tokyo" today may refer to the 23 wards, the area within the
Yamanote Line loop, or to the three "central wards" of Chiyoda, Chuo and Minato.
While the generally-accepted center of Tokyo is the Imperial Palace, there are a
number of major urban centers where business, shopping, and entertainment are
concentrated.

West of the 23 wards, Tokyo consists of cities, towns and villages which enjoy the
same legal status as those elsewhere in Japan. While serving a role as "bed
towns" for those working in central Tokyo, some of these also have a local
commercial and industrial base. Collectively, these are often known as "West
Tokyo."

23 Wards

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# Adachi
# Arakawa
# Bunkyo
# Chiyoda
# Chuo
# Edogawa
# Itabashi
# Katsushika
# Kita
# Koto
# Meguro
# Minato
# Nakano
# Nerima
# Ota
# Setagaya
# Shibuya
# Shinagawa
# Shinjuku
# Suginami
# Sumida
# Taito
# Toshima

List of cities

# Akiruno
# Akigawa (present Akiruno)
# Akishima
# Chofu
# Fuchu
# Fussa & Yokota Air Base
# Hachioji
# Hamura
# Higashi-kurume
# Higashi-murayama
# Higashi-yamato
# Hino
# Hoya (present Nishi-tokyo)
# Inagi
# Kiyose
# Kodaira
# Koganei
# Kokubunji
# Komae
# Kunitachi
# Machida
# Mitaka
# Musashi-murayama
# Musashino
# Nishi-tokyo
# Ome
# Tachikawa
# Tama
# Tanashi (present Nishi-tokyo)

Districts, sub-prefectures, towns and villages

# Nishitama
# Hinohara
# Hinode
# Itsukaichi (present Akiruno)
# Mizuho
# Okutama

The following are towns and villages on islands.

# Hachijo sub-prefecture
# Aogashima
# Hachijo
# Miyake sub-prefecture
# Mikurajima
# Miyake
# Ogasawara sub-prefecture
# Ogasawara
# Oshima sub-prefecture
# Kozushima
# Niijima
# Oshima
# Toshima

Lakes, Mountains, and Islands

Lakes:

# Lake Okutama

Mountains:

# Mt. Kumotori
# Mt. Takao
# Mt. Mitake
# Mt. Mihara

Islands:

In the Izu Islands:

# Oshima (or Izu Oshima)
# Toshima
# Niijima
# Kozushima
# Miyakejima
# Mikurajima
# Hachijojima

In the Ogasawara Islands:

# Chichjima
# Hahajima
# Kita Iwo Jima
# Iwo Jima
# Minami Iwo Jima
# Minami Torishima (Easternmost point in Japan)
# Oki no Torishima (Southernmost point in Japan)
# Nishi no Shima