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Koto-ku

Kōtō is a special ward in the in . 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 12,648/km2.
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  • Type: City with 524,000 residents
  • Description: special ward in the Tokyo Metropolis in Japan
  • Also known as: “Koto”, “Kōtō”, “Koto City”, “Kōtō City”, “Koto Ward”, and “Kōtō-ku”
  • Historically known as: “Fukagawa-ku”
  • Neighbors: , , , , and

Places of Interest

Highlights include Yumenoshima Park and Shiomi.

Park
Photo: 保守, Public domain.
is a sports park in , Kōtō Ward, , . It was made by improving a landfill site called Yumenoshima, which was the final disposal site for garbage from 1957 until 1967.

Railway station
Photo: MaedaAkihiko, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Station is a railway station on the Keiyō Line in Kōtō, Tokyo, Japan, operated by East Japan Railway Company.

Railway station
Photo: MaedaAkihiko, CC BY-SA 4.0.
is a railway station on the Keiyō Line in Kōtō, Tokyo, Japan, operated by the East Japan Railway Company.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Chuo and Sumida.

Photo: Nicolas1981, CC BY 2.1 jp.
is a central ward in . It has been the historical commercial heart of Tokyo since the Edo period, and to this day, is filled with offices, banks, and other institutions that drive the Japanese economy.

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is a ward to the east of central . It has a famous cherry blossom viewing area along the River near Asakusa Station in spring, and the River Fireworks Festival in summer.

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The district of , literally "Silver Mint", is in the ward. It is considered the high fashion center of the city and contains many upscale shops and restaurants.

Koto-ku

Latitude
35.6728° or 35° 40′ 22″ north
Longitude
139.817° or 139° 49′ 1″ east
Population
524,000
Elevation
11 metres (36 feet)
Inception
March 15th, 1947
United Nations Location Code
JP KOT
Open location code
8Q7XMRF8+4Q
Open­Street­Map ID
node 721916368
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­city
Geo­Names ID
1858665
Wiki­data ID
Q215175
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In Other Languages

From Achinese to Yue Chinese—“Koto-ku” goes by many names.
  • Achinese: “Kōtō, Tokyo”
  • Achinese: “Koutou”
  • Arabic: “كوتو، طوكيو”
  • Arabic: “كوتو”
  • Armenian: “Կիտա”
  • Armenian: “Կոտո”
  • Asturian: “Kōtō Tokyo”
  • Asturian: “Kōtō-ku”
  • Asturian: “Kōtō”
  • Azerbaijani: “Koto”
  • Balinese: “Kōtō, Tokyo”
  • Basque: “Koto”
  • Basque: “Kōtō”
  • Bengali: “কোতো-কু”
  • Catalan: “Kōtō”
  • Cebuano: “Kōtō-ku”
  • Chechen: “Кото”
  • Chinese: “Kôtô-khu”
  • Chinese: “江东区”
  • Chinese: “江東區”
  • Czech: “Kótó”
  • Danish: “Koto”
  • Danish: “Kōtō”
  • Danish: “Koutou”
  • Dutch: “Koto”
  • Esperanto: “kvartalo Koto”
  • Esperanto: “Kvartalo Koto”
  • Estonian: “Kōtō”
  • Finnish: “Kōtō”
  • French: “arrondissement de Kōtō”
  • French: “Arrondissement de Kōtō”
  • French: “Kōtō-ku”
  • French: “Kōtō”
  • Galician: “Kōtō”
  • Gan Chinese: “江东区”
  • Gan Chinese: “江東區”
  • Georgian: “კოტო”
  • German: “Koto-ku”
  • German: “Kōtō-ku”
  • German: “Koto”
  • German: “Kōtō”
  • Greek: “Κότο”
  • Guarani: “koto”
  • Gujarati: “કોટો-કુ”
  • Haitian: “Koto”
  • Hebrew: “קוטו”
  • Hindi: “कोतो-कू”
  • Hungarian: “Kótó”
  • Indonesian: “Kōtō, Tokyo”
  • Indonesian: “Kōtō”
  • Irish: “Kōtō-ku”
  • Italian: “Koto”
  • Italian: “Kōtō”
  • Japanese: “Kōtō-ku”
  • Japanese: “こうとうく”
  • Japanese: “東京都江東区”
  • Japanese: “江東区”
  • Kannada: “ಕೊಟೊ-ಕು”
  • Korean: “고토구”
  • Korean: “코토 구”
  • Latvian: “Koto īpašais rajons”
  • Lithuanian: “Kotas”
  • Lithuanian: “Koto seniūnija”
  • Macedo-Romanian: “Koto”
  • Malay: “Kōtō, Tokyo”
  • Malay: “Koto”
  • Malay: “Kōtō”
  • Marathi: “कोटो-कु”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Kôtô-khu”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Koto”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Kōtō”
  • Norwegian: “Koto”
  • Occitan (post 1500): “Koto”
  • Persian: “کوتو-کو، توکیو”
  • Persian: “کوتو”
  • Polish: “Kōtō-ku”
  • Polish: “Koto”
  • Polish: “Kōtō”
  • Portuguese: “Koto”
  • Romanian: “Koto”
  • Romanian: “Kōtō”
  • Russian: “Кото”
  • Sinhala: “කෝටෝ -කු”
  • Slovenian: “Kōtō-ku”
  • Slovenian: “Koto”
  • Spanish: “Koto Tokio”
  • Spanish: “Koto Tokyo”
  • Spanish: “Kotō Tokyo”
  • Spanish: “Kōtō Tokyo”
  • Spanish: “Koto”
  • Spanish: “Kotō”
  • Spanish: “Kōtō”
  • Sundanese: “Koto, Tokyo”
  • Swedish: “Koto”
  • Swedish: “Kōtō”
  • Tagalog: “Kōtō”
  • Tamil: “கொட்டோ -கு”
  • Tatar: “Кото”
  • Telugu: “కోటో-కో”
  • Thai: “เขตโคโต”
  • Thai: “โคโต”
  • Turkish: “Koto - ku”
  • Turkish: “Kōtō”
  • Ukrainian: “Кото-ку”
  • Ukrainian: “Кото”
  • Ukrainian: “Район Кото”
  • Urdu: “کوتو، ٹوکیو”
  • Vietnamese: “Kōtō, Tokyo”
  • Vietnamese: “Kōtō”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Kōtō”
  • Yue Chinese: “江東區”
  • “Kōtō”
  • “Kōtō-ku”

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