Wards of Japan


A ward is a subdivision of the cities of Japan that are large enough to have been designated by government ordinance. Wards are used to subdivide each city designated by government ordinance. The 23 special wards of Tokyo Metropolis have a municipal status, and are not the same as other entities referred to as ku, although their predecessors were.
Wards are local entities directly controlled by the municipal government. They handle administrative functions such as koseki registration, health insurance, and property taxation. Many wards have affiliated residents' organizations for a number of tasks, although these do not have any legal authority.

List of wards

Special wards of Tokyo

The special wards of Tokyo are not normal wards in the usual sense of the term, but instead an administrative unit governed similar to cities.
WardJapaneseMetropolisArea
Adachi足立区Tokyo53.25
Arakawa荒川区Tokyo10.16
Bunkyō文京区Tokyo11.29
Chiyoda千代田区Tokyo11.66
Chūō中央区Tokyo10.21
Edogawa江戸川区Tokyo49.90
Itabashi板橋区Tokyo32.22
Katsushika葛飾区Tokyo34.80
Kita北区Tokyo20.61
Kōtō江東区Tokyo40.16
Meguro目黒区Tokyo14.67
Minato港区Tokyo20.37
Nakano中野区Tokyo15.59
Nerima練馬区Tokyo48.08
Ōta大田区Tokyo60.66
Setagaya世田谷区Tokyo58.05
Shibuya渋谷区Tokyo15.11
Shinagawa品川区Tokyo22.84
Shinjuku新宿区Tokyo18.22
Suginami杉並区Tokyo34.06
Sumida墨田区Tokyo13.77
Toshima豊島区Tokyo13.01
Taitō台東区Tokyo10.11