Tokyo City

Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Tokyo City ( T¿ky¿-shi ) was a municipality in Japan which existed from May 1, 1889 until its merger with Tokyo Prefecture in July 1, 1943. The historical boundaries of Tokyo City are now occupied by independent special wards.In 1868, the medieval city Edo, seat of the Tokugawa government, was renamed Tokyo, and the offices of Tokyo Prefecture (-fu) were opened. The extent of Tokyo Prefecture was initially limited to the former Edo city (15 wards listed below), but rapidly augmented to be comparable with the present Tokyo Metropolis. Tokyo City initially did not maintain a separate mayor or city council; instead, the governor of Tokyo Prefecture served as mayor of Tokyo, and each ward had its own assembly. Tokyo began electing its own mayor in 1898 but retained ward-level legislation, which continues to this day in the special ward system. The city hall of Tokyo was located in the Yurakucho district, on a site now occupied by the Tokyo International Forum.