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Special wards of Tokyo. Special wards (特別区, tokubetsu-ku) are a special form of municipalities in Japan under the 1947 Local Autonomy Law. They are city-level wards: primary subdivisions of a prefecture with municipal autonomy largely comparable to other forms of municipalities.
Shinjuku (Japanese: 新宿区, Hepburn: Shinjuku-ku, IPA: [ɕiɲdʑɯkɯ] ⓘ), officially called Shinjuku City, is a special ward of Tokyo, Japan. It is a major commercial and administrative center, housing the northern half of the busiest railway station in the world ( Shinjuku Station ) as well as the Tokyo Metropolitan Government Building ...
Setagaya (世田谷区, Setagaya-ku, officially called Setagaya City or the City of Setagaya) is a special ward in the Tokyo Metropolis in Japan. It is also the name of a neighborhood and administrative district within the ward. Its official bird is the azure-winged magpie, its flower is the fringed orchid, and its tree is the Zelkova serrata .
The special cities were not the same as the special wards of Tokyo. They were also different from the special (designated) cities (特別市, tokubetsu-shi) that were legally established under the Local Autonomy Law between 1947 and 1956, in an arrangement that was never implemented.
Tokyo is a regional government encompassing 23 special wards, 26 cities, 5 towns and 8 villages. However, reflecting the dense population, urban contiguity, and other realities of the 23 special-ward area, a unique administrative system exists between the metropolitan government and the wards, which differs from the typical relationship between ...
The 23 Special Wards are as follow- 1. Chiyoda 2. Chuo 3. Minato 4. Shinjuku 5. Bunkyo 6. Taito 7. Sumida 8. Koto 9. Shinagawa 10. Meguro 11. Ota 12. Setagaya 13. Shibuya 14. Nakano 15. Suginami 16. Toshima 17. Kita 18. Arakawa 19. Itabashi 20. Nerima 21. Adachi 22. Katsushika, and 23. Edogawa.
