Kōtō

Also known as Koto-ku, Koto Ward, Koto City, Kōtō-ku

is a special ward in the Tokyo Metropolis in Japan. It is known as Kōtō City in English. As of May 1, 2025, the ward has an estimated population of 543,730, and a population density of . The total area is .

Key facts

Settlement.name: Kōtō
Settlement.official_name: Kōtō City
Settlement.native_name_lang: ja
Settlement.settlement_type: Special ward
Settlement.image_skyline: Great Harumi Bridge.jpg
Settlement.image_caption: Great Harumi Bridge in Kōtō
Settlement.image_flag: Flag of Koto, Tokyo.svg
Settlement.image_seal: Emblem of Koto, Tokyo.svg
Settlement.seal_type: Emblem
Settlement.image_map: Koto-ku in Tokyo Prefecture Ja.svg
Settlement.map_caption: Location of Kōtō in Tokyo
Settlement.pushpin_map: Japan
Settlement.pushpin_map_caption: Location in Japan
Settlement.subdivision_type: Country
Settlement.subdivision_name: Japan
Settlement.subdivision_type1: Region
Settlement.subdivision_name1: Kantō
Settlement.subdivision_type2: Prefecture

via Wikipedia infobox

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Encyclopedic overview

21 sections

Contents

Etymology
Geography
History
Districts
Transportation
Rail
Highway
Air
Economy
Government
Notable places
Kiba Park
Museum of Contemporary Art Tokyo
Education
Colleges and universities
Primary and secondary schools
International schools
International relations
Notable people from Kōtō
References
External links

Kōtō is east of the Tokyo metropolitan center, bounded by the Sumida River to the west and the Arakawa River to the east. Its major districts include Kameido, Kiba, Kiyosumi, Monzen-nakachō, Shirakawa, and Toyosu. The waterfront area of Ariake is in Kōtō, as is part of Odaiba, Ojima.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Kōtō” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.