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Country
  
Japan

City hall address
  
東陽4-11-28 135-8383

Area
  
40.16 km²

Region
  
Kantō region

Team
  
Keishichou Eagles

Prefecture
  
Tokyo

Website
  
www.city.koto.lg.jp

Population
  
488,632 (1 May 2015)

Mayor
  
Takaaki Yamazaki

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Time zone
  
Japan Standard Time (UTC+9)

Points of interest
  
Museum of Contemporary Art - Tokyo, Miraikan, Kidzania Tokyo, Ooedo‑Onsen‑Monogatari, Tomioka Hachiman Shrine

Colleges and Universities
  
Shibaura Institute of Technology, Shiritsutokyoariakeiryo University, Ariake Junior College o

Koto (江東区, Kōtō-ku, "East of River") is a special ward located in Tokyo Metropolis, Japan. The ward refers to itself as Kōtō City in English.

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Map of Koto, Tokyo, Japan

As of May 1, 2015, the ward has an estimated population of 488,632 and a population density of 12,170 persons per km². The total area is 40.16 km².

Kōtō is located east of the Tokyo metropolitan center, bounded by the Sumida-gawa 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.

Etymology

"Koto" means "East of River" in Japanese.

Geography

Kōtō occupies a position on the waterfront of Tokyo Bay sandwiched between the wards of Chūō and Edogawa. Its inland boundary is with Sumida. Much of the land is reclaimed, so there are few old temples or shrines.

Noteworthy places in Kōtō include:

  • In the former ward of Fukagawa: Kiba, Fukagawa, Edagawa
  • In the former ward of Jōtō: Kameido, Ōjima, Sunamachi
  • On recently reclaimed land: Ariake, Yumenoshima, Tokyo Rinkai Fukutoshin

    • History

    The western part of the ward was formerly part of Fukagawa Ward of Tokyo City. It suffered severe damage in the 1923 Great Kantō earthquake, and was heavily bombed during World War II.

    The special ward was founded on March 15, 1947 by the merger of the wards of Fukagawa and Jōtō.

    Districts

    There are 45 districts in Koto:

    Rail

  • JR East
  • Chūō-Sōbu Line: Kameido Station
  • Keiyō Line: Etchūjima Station, Shiomi Station, Shin-kiba Station
  • JR Freight
  • Etchūjima Branch Line: Etchūjima Freight Terminal
  • Tokyo Metro
  • Tōzai Line: Monzen-nakachō Station, Kiba Station, Tōyōchō Station, Minami-sunamachi Station
  • Yūrakuchō Line: Toyosu Station, Tatsumi Station, Shin-kiba Station
  • Hanzōmon Line: Sumiyoshi Station, Kiyosumi-shirakawa Station
  • Tokyo Metropolitan Bureau of Transportation
  • Toei Shinjuku Line: Morishita Station, Sumiyoshi Station, Nishi-Ōjima Station, Ōjima Station, Higashi-Ōjima Station
  • Toei Ōedo Line: Morishita Station, Kiyosumi-shirakawa Station, Monzen-nakachō Station
  • Tobu Railway
  • Kameido Line: Kameido Station, Kameido-suijin Station
  • Tokyo Waterfront Area Rapid Transit
  • Rinkai Line: Shin-kiba Station, Shinonome Station, Kokusai-tenjijō Station, Tokyo Teleport Station
  • Yurikamome
  • Yurikamome: Fune-no-kagakukan Station, Telecom Center Station, Aomi Station, Kokusai-tenjijo-seimon Station, Ariake Station, Ariake-tennis-no-mori Station, Shijō-mae Station, Shin-toyosu Station, Toyosu Station

    • Highway

  • Shuto Expressway
  • C2 Central Loop (Itabashi JCT - Kasai JCT)
  • No.7 Komatsugawa Route (Ryogoku JCT - Yagochi)
  • No.9 Fukagawa Route (Hakozaki JCT - Tatsumi JCT)
  • B Bayshore Route (Kawasaki-ukishima JCT - Koya)

    • Air

  • Tokyo Heliport, in Shin-Kiba

    • Economy

    Companies with headquarters in Koto include Daimaru Matsuzakaya Department Stores, Ibex Airlines, Fujikura, and Maruha Nichiro.

    Sony operates the Ariake Business Center in Kōtō. The broadcasting center of WOWOW is in Koto.

    Seta Corporation was headquartered in Kōtō.

    Government

    The main city office for Koto City is located in Toyo. There are branch offices located in Shirakawa, Tomioka, Toyosu, Komatsubashi, Kameido, Ojima, Sunamachi and Minamisuna.

    Notable places

  • AgeHa nightclub
  • Kameido Tenjin Shrine
  • Tomioka Hachiman Shrine
  • Fukagawa Edo Museum
  • Fukagawa Fudo-son
  • Kiyosumi Garden
  • Museum of Contemporary Art Tokyo in Kiba Park
  • Tokyo Big Sight (Tokyo International Exhibition Center)
  • Ariake Coliseum, site of Japan Open Tennis Championships, All Japan Tennis Championships
  • Ariake Tennis Forest Park, which has Ariake Coliseum and 48 tennis courts
  • Suzaki Baseball Field, site of Japanese Baseball League games in 1930s
  • Kiba Metropolitan Park
  • Yumenoshima Tropical Greenhouse Dome
  • Shin-Kiba 1st Ring
  • Tokyo Gate Bridge

    • Colleges and universities

  • Ariake Junior College of Education and the Arts (Ariake Kyōiku Geijutsu Tanki Dbigaku)
  • Tokyo University of Marine Science and Technology (Tokyo Kaiyo Daigaku, part of the national university system)
  • Shibaura Institute of Technology (Shibaura Kougyō Daigaku)

    • Primary and secondary schools

    Public elementary and middle schools are operated by the Koto City Board of Education. Public high schools are operated by the Tokyo Metropolitan Government Board of Education.

  • Daisan Commercial High School
  • Fukagawa High School
  • Higashi High School
  • High School of Science and Technology
  • Johtoh High School
  • Koto Business High School
  • Oedo High School
  • Sumida Technical High School

    • International schools

    International schools are independently owned and operated.

  • K. International School Tokyo
  • India International School in Japan
  • Tokyo Second Korean Elementary School (東京朝鮮第二初級学校) - North Korean school

    • International relations

    As of April 20, 1989, Kōtō became the Sister City of Surrey, British Columbia, Canada.

    References

    Koto, Tokyo Wikipedia
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