that "Tokyo metropolitan area" consists of Tokyo and the prefectures of Chiba, Kanagawa and Saitama.
The population of this very metropolitan area is more than 35 million.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greater_Tokyo_Area
But Tokyo itself, one of the 47 prefectures in Japan, consisting of "23 special wards (ku), 26 cities (shi), seven towns, and eight villages" has about 12million.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tokyo
Believe me. I'm a Japanese and had been living in Tokyo for 14 years :)
p.s.
There is not "Tokyo City" at present. I'm sorry to have said a wrong thing.
The truth is...
that "Tokyo metropolitan area" consists of Tokyo and the prefectures of Chiba, Kanagawa and Saitama.
The population of this very metropolitan area is more than 35 million.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greater_Tokyo_Area
But Tokyo itself, one of the 47 prefectures in Japan, consisting of "23 special wards (ku), 26 cities (shi), seven towns, and eight villages" has about 12million.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tokyo
Believe me. I'm a Japanese and had been living in Tokyo for 14 years :)
p.s.
There is not "Tokyo City" at present. I'm sorry to have said a wrong thing.