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Kōtō
Kōtō; 江東
	— Special ward —
江東区 · Kōtō City
	Great Harumi Bridge in Kōtō
; Flag	; Logo
	Location of Kōtō in Tokyo
	; Kōtō
	Coordinates: 35°40′N 139°49′E / 35.667°N 139.817°E
Country	Japan
Region	Kantō
Prefecture	Tokyo
	Area
- Total	39.48 km2 (15.2 sq mi)
Population; (2008)	442,271
- Density	11,070/km2 (28,671.2/sq mi)
Website	Kōtō

Kōtō (江東区, Kōtō-ku^?) is one of the 23 special wards of Tokyo, Japan. As of 2008, the ward has an estimated population of 442,271 and a density of 11,070 persons per km². The total area is 39.48 km². The ward refers to itself as Kōtō City in English.

Kōtō is located east of the Tokyo metropolitan center, bounded by the Sumidagawa to the west and the Arakawa to the east. Its major districts include Kameido, Kiba, Kiyosumi, Monzen-nakachō, Shirakawa, and Toyosu. The newly developed waterfront area of Ariake is in Kōtō, as is part of Odaiba.

[edit] 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

[edit] History

The western part of the ward was formerly part of Fukagawa Ward of Tokyo City. It suffered severe damage in the 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.

[edit] Transportation

Further information: Transportation in Greater Tokyo

[edit] Rail

[edit] 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)

[edit] Air

Tokyo Heliport is in Shin-Kiba.

[edit] Economy

Ibex Airlines is headquartered in the ward.^[1] Sony operates the Ariake Business Center in Kōtō.^[2]

Seta Corporation was headquartered in Kōtō.^[3]

[edit] Famous places

ageHa nightclub
Kameido Tenjin Shinto Shrine
Tomioka Hachiman Shrine
Fukagawa Fudo-son
Kiyosumi Garden
Museum of Contemporary Art Tokyo
Tokyo Big Sight (Tokyo International Exhibition Center)
Ariake Coliseum, site of Japan Open Tennis Championships, All Japan Tennis Championships and so on
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

[edit] Education

[edit] 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)

[edit] 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.

[edit] International schools

International schools are independently owned and operated.

K. International School Tokyo [9]

[edit] Sister cities

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

[edit] See also

Tokyo portal

[edit] References

^ "Corporate Profile." Ibex Airlines. Retrieved on May 20, 2009.
^ "Access & Map." Sony. Retrieved on January 19, 2009.
^ "Corporation Data." Seta Corporation. February 6, 2007. Retrieved on April 24, 2009.

[edit] External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to: Koto, Tokyo

Kōtō official website in English

[0] "Corporate Profile." Ibex Airlines. Retrieved on May 20, 2009.

[1] "Access & Map." Sony. Retrieved on January 19, 2009.

[2] "Corporation Data." Seta Corporation. February 6, 2007. Retrieved on April 24, 2009.

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