Notable neighborhoods of Tokyo include Akasaka, Akihabara, Aoyama, Azabu, Ebisu, Ginza, Hamamatsucho, Hiroo, Ichigaya, Ikebukuro, Jiyugaoka, Kasumigaseki, Kudan, Kyobashi, Marunouchi, Meguro, Nagatacho, Nakano, Nihonbashi, Nippori, Odaiba, Okubo, Roppongi, Shibuya, Shinagawa, Shinbashi, Shinjuku, Shirokane, Takadanobaba, Tsukiji, Ueno, Yotsuya, Yoyogi and Yurakucho.

It should also be noted that Tokyo is more than a city... it is a prefecture as well, or more specifically a 都 metropolis. The 23 wards only account for 8.4 million of the metropolitan population of 12.1 million: the rest live in other cities to the west of The City. The other cities are:

  1. Tokyo (23 wards) 8,397,000
  2. Hachioji 554,000
  3. Machida 406,000
  4. Fuchu 240,000
  5. Chofu 215,000
  6. Nishi Tokyo 189,000
  7. Kodaira 183,000
  8. Mitaka 177,000
  9. Hino 174,000
  10. Tachikawa 171,000
  11. Tama 146,000
  12. Higashi Murayama 146,000
  13. Oume 142,000
  14. Musashino 136,000
  15. Higashi Kurume 115,000
  16. Koganei 114,000
  17. Terushima 109,000
  18. Kokubunji 103,000
  19. Higashi Yamato 80,000
  20. Akiruno 80,000
  21. Komae 78,000
  22. Inagi 76,000
  23. Kiyose 73,000
  24. Kunitachi 73,000
  25. Musashi Murayama 66,000
  26. Fussa 61,000
  27. Hamura 56,000
The islands of Oshima, Hachijo Shima, Miyake Jima, and Iwo Jima (among others) are also under the authority of the Tokyo metropolitan government, although only the first three have any notable population.

Tokyo Metropolis accounts for a third of the megalopolis' population: the rest live in Chiba, Saitama, Ibaragi, and Kanagawa prefectures.

Tha capital of Tokyo Metropolis is in West Shinjuku. The current governor is Ishihara Shintaro.