Tokyo Metropolis
Japanese: 東京都
Tōkyō-to
Map of Japan with Tokyo highlighted
Coordinates: 35°42′2″N 139°42′54″E / 35.70056°N 139.71500°E / 35.70056; 139.71500
Capital Shinjuku
Region Kantō
Island Honshū
Governor Yōichi Masuzoe
Area (rank) 2,187.08 km² (45th)
 - % water 1.0%
Population  (January 1, 2009)
 - Population 12,790,000[1] (8,653,000 in special wards) (1st)
 - Density 5,847 /km²
Districts 1
Municipalities 62
ISO 3166-2 JP-13
Website metro.tokyo.jp(Gẹ̀ẹ́sì)
Prefectural Symbols
 - Flower Somei-Yoshino cherry blossom
 - Tree Ginkgo tree (Ginkgo biloba)
 - Bird Black-headed Gull (Larus ridibundus)
 - Fish
Tokyo Metropolitan symbol
The Metropolitan symbol, one of the two official emblems of Tokyo.
Emblem of Tokyo
The Prefectural symbol, one of the two official emblems of Tokyo.
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