Something to keep in mind: there is no such entity as "the City of Tokyo"
So, this all causes some confusion whenever people talk about "the city of Tokyo" and "Greater Tokyo." Both have various definitions.
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The "City of Tokyo" could refer to just the 23 special wards, or to the Tokyo Metropolis (those wards + other cities, towns, villages).
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"Greater Tokyo" can refer to: - Tokyo + Chiba, Saitama, Kanagawa - The above + Gunma, Tochigi, Ibaraki - The above + Yamanashi
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Those other names all refer to prefectures (ken) adjacent to Tokyo-to. I generally use the broadest definition for transit discussions...
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...because the rail network that serves Tokyo, on which you can use Tokyo farecards like Pasmo and Suica, encompasses an even larger area
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Specifically: Tokyo, Chiba, Saitama, Kanagawa, Gunma, Tochigi, Ibaraki, Yamanashi, AND lots of Shizuoka
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But even if you're not talking about rail issues, it makes more sense to talk about Greater Tokyo than Tokyo proper...
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...because Tokyo proper includes some very rural land much further away from downtown than many of its neighboring prefectures
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Here, in map form: 23 wards, Tokyo Metropolis, smallest def of Greater Tokyo, largest def of Greater Tokyo (guess where Shizuoka is, lol)pic.twitter.com/09aYZqaCO7
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The populations for these four are: - 9.3 million - 13.5 million - 36.1 million - 43.8 million
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For a sense of scale, the state of California has a population of 39.1 million
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