Tokyo by stonefree
In fact, there is no name of the place "Tokyo". This may make you being embarrassed. But I'm honest. The word just "Tokyo" as a name of a place can be used only for "Tokyo-to", or for "Tokyo Station" as far as possible, on a map or an atlas.Tokyo-to is one of the 47 prefectures (ken) in Japan that possesses the metropolitan of Japan. It consists on the 23 wards (ku) and several other cities, town and villages.
When we call "Tokyo", we are generally referring to the area within the 23 ku. The aggregate of the 23 ku is the metropolitan and is considered as one city.
The names of the wards of the 23 ku are...
Chiyoda-ku
Chuo-ku
Minato-ku
Shinjuku-ku
Bunkyo-ku
Taito-ku
Sumida-ku
Koto-ku
Shinagawa-ku
Meguro-ku
Ota-ku
Setagaya-ku
Shibuya-ku
%L[http://www.city.tokyo-nakano.lg.jp/Nakano-ku
Suginami-ku
Toshima-ku
Kita-ku
Arakawa-ku
Itabashi-ku
Nerima-ku
Adachi-ku
Katsushika-ku
Edogawa-kuref: Tokyo Metropolitan Government's site
and Tokyo Tourism Info
