Tokyo

The City of Tokyo (東京市, 'Tōkyō-shi') was a Japanese city located in the former Tokyo (東京府, Tōkyō-fu). The city existed from may 1, 1889 until 1 July 1943. On this date the city of Tokyo with the former Prefecture merged to form the new Tokyo metropolis (東京都, Tōkyō-to). The special wards of Tokyo, Japan (tokubetsu-ku) are located on the territory of the former City of Tokyo. [1] ==Adjacent cities and municipalities[ Edit] == ==History[ Edit] == EdoIn 1868, was the seat of the Tokugawa shogunate was renamed Tokyo. Short time later became Tokyo (Tōkyō-fu) was established. [1]  Tokyo Prefecture (-fu) was originally not larger than the 15 districts of the former City of Edo. The Prefecture (-fu), however, quickly expanded to its present form.
 * Tōkyō-fu:
 * Kita-Tama District: Hoya-machi, Musashino-machi,Mitaka-machi, Kakumi-mura, Homae-mura
 * Chiba :
 * Ichikawa, Matsudo
 * Higashikatsushika District: Urayasu-machi, Minami-Gyōtoku-machi, Gyōtoku-machi
 * Saitama :
 * Kawaguchi
 * Kitakatsushika District : Tōwa-mura
 * Minamisaitama District : Shiodome-mura, Yahata-mura
 * Kitaadachi District: Yatsuka-machi, Toda-machi, Misasa-mura,Yamato-machi, Asaka-machi, Katayama-mura
 * Kanagawa :
 * Kawasaki

The Prefecture (-fu) existed in 1878 from 15 wards (Ku) and 6 districts (Gun) . These neighborhoods, which formed the basis of the ancient city of Edo, were:

The city of Tokyo did not separate Mayor or City Council. The Governor of the Prefecture (-fu) acted as Mayor of the city of Tokyo and each district had its own City Council.
 * Kōjimachi (present-day Chiyoda)
 * Kyōbashi (the current Chūō)
 * Kanda (present-day Chiyoda)
 * Nihonbashi (the current Chūō)
 * Fukagawa (now Kōtō)
 * Honjo (the current Sumida)
 * Asakusa (now Taitō)
 * Shitaya (now Taitō)
 * University Of Tokyo's Hongō (present-day Bunkyō)
 * Koishikawa (present-day Bunkyō)
 * Ushigome (the current Shinjuku)
 * Yotsuya (now Shinjuku)
 * Akasaka (the current Minato)
 * Azabu (the current Minato)
 * Shiba (the current Minato)

With the great institutional reform of 1889 which led to the creation of the Japanese municipal system with Mura (villages), Chō-machi (municipality) and Shi (cities), Tokyo got the title Shi. The city, however, remained dependent on the Prefecture (-fu) because the Governor was also the Mayor. The city of Tokyo was not until 1898chose for the first time a mayor. The districts, however, retained a large degree of legislative independence. This is committed today in the system of the special wards of Tokyo, Japan. The Town Hall of Tokyo was located in the Yurakucho district at the place where today is the Tokyo International Forum . [2]  In July 1932 merged the city of Tokyo with different districts. The city of Tokyo existed from now from 35 districts. After this merger Tokyo was the second largest city in the world with a population of 5 million inhabitants. [1]  the city of Tokyo was extended with the following districts:

In 1943, the city of Tokyo to exist. On this date the city of Tokyo Prefecture merged with Tokyo Prefecture (-fu) to the new Tokyo (東京都, Tōkyō-to).<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-nenpyo_1-3" len="171" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;"> [1]  this Prefecture was part of a Japanese Government:d e Governor of Tokyo was made a cabinet minister with direct responsibility to the Prime Minister of Japan.This system remained in place until 1947.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-nenpyo_1-4" len="171" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;"> [1]  In 1947, when the law on local autonomy (地方自治法Chihō-jadhav-25 gained,) took effect, Tokyo got the same status as the other Japanese prefectures. Tokyo, however, retained its name (to -instead of -ken) and the special status for his special wards. The number of wards was captured on 22. Each special district retained a status comparable to that of a city (-shi).
 * Jōtō (now Kōtō)
 * Mukōjima (the current Sumida)
 * Arakawa
 * Takinokawa (the current Kita)
 * Toshima
 * Yodobashi (now Shinjuku)
 * Shibuya
 * Meguro
 * Shinagawa
 * Ebara (present-day Shinagawa)
 * Edogawa
 * Katsushika
 * Adachi
 * Ōji (the current Kita)
 * Itabashi (the current Itabashi and Nerima)
 * Nakano
 * Suginami
 * Setagaya
 * , (now Ōta)
 * Kamata (now Ōta)

<p lang="en" len="88" style="margin-top:0.5em;margin-bottom:0.5em;line-height:22.399999618530273px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;">Nerima was Itabashi on 1 August 1947 of split off and became the 23rd Special District. ==Districts<span class="mw-editsection" len="325" style="-webkit-user-select:none;font-size:small;margin-left:1em;line-height:1em;display:inline-block;white-space:nowrap;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;font-family:sans-serif;"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">[ Edit<span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">] == <p style="margin-top:0.5em;line-height:22.399999618530273px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;">Overview of the genesis of the 23 special wards. Tokyo from 15 districts existed In 1889 (-ku) and 6 districts (-gun). The districts existed again from Mura (villages) and -machi (municipalities).