Kōtō

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Kōtō (江東区, Kōtō-ku) is one of the 23 special wards of Tokyo, Japan. The population was 498,109 in 2015.^[1]

Where Koto ward is in Tokyo

On 15 March 1947, the ward of Kōtō was formed by combining the wards of Fukagawa and Jōtō.^[2]

References

1. 江東区. Kotobank (in Japanese). Asahi Shimbun. Retrieved 2020-08-03.
2. 大東京35区物語～15区から23区へ～東京23区の歴史 (in Japanese). Tokyo Metropolitan Archives. Archived from the original on 2020-06-17. Retrieved 2020-08-03.

Other websites

• Official website (in Japanese)