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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Replying to @380kmh
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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Replying to @380kmh
. Wow! How long does it take to traverse Greater Tokyo?
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