page_title: Greater Tokyo Area
section_title: Cities outside Tokyo
hierarchical_section_title: Greater Tokyo Area / Cities / Cities outside Tokyo
caption_attribution_description: English: I took this picture in Tokyo in Nov, 2008.
context_page_description: The Greater Tokyo Area is the most populous metropolitan area in the world, consisting of the Kantō region of Japan as well as the prefecture of Yamanashi of the neighboring Chūbu region. In Japanese, it is referred to by various terms, one of the most common being Capital Region.
  A 2016 United Nations estimate puts the total population at 38,140,000. It covers an area of approximately 13,500 km², giving it a population density of 2,642 person/km². It is the second largest single metropolitan area in the world in terms of built-up or urban function landmass at 8,547 km², behind only New York City at 11,642 km².
  The area has the largest metropolitan economy in the world, with a total GDP of approximately $1.8 trillion in 2017.
context_section_description: The core cities of the Greater Tokyo Area outside Tokyo Metropolis are:
  Chiba (population 940,000)
  Kawasaki (population 1.36 million)
  Sagamihara (population 730,000)
  Saitama (population 1.19 million)
  Yokohama (population 3.62 million)
  The other cities in Chiba, Kanagawa and Saitama Prefectures are:
  Abiko
  Ageo
  Asahi
  Asaka
  Atsugi
  Ayase
  Chichibu
  Chigasaki
  Chōshi
  Ebina
  Fujimi
  Fujimino
  Fujisawa (pop 416,000)
  Fukaya
  Funabashi (pop 580,000)
  Futtsu
  Gyōda
  Hadano
  Hannō
  Hanyū
  Hasuda
  Hidaka
  Higashimatsuyama
  Hiratsuka
  Honjō
  Ichihara
  Ichikawa (pop. 470,000)
  Inzai
  Iruma
  Isehara
  Kamagaya
  Kamakura
  Kamogawa
  Kashiwa (pop 380,000)
  Kasukabe
  Katsuura
  Kawagoe (pop 330,000)
  Kawaguchi (pop 500,000)
  Kazo
  Kimitsu
  Kisarazu
  Kitamoto
  Koshigaya (population 318,000)
  Kōnosu
  Kuki
  Kumagaya
  Matsudo (pop 480,000)
  Minamiashigara
  Misato
  Miura
  Mobara
  Nagareyama
  Narashino
  Narita
  Niiza
  Noda
  Ōamishirasato
  Odawara
  Okegawa
  Sakado
  Sakura
  Satte
  Sawara
  Sayama
  Shiki
  Shiraoka
  Shiroi
  Sodegaura
  Sōka
  Tateyama
  Toda
  Tōgane
  Tokorozawa (pop 338,000)
  Tomisato
  Tsurugashima
  Urayasu
  Wakō
  Warabi
  Yachimata
  Yachiyo
  Yamato
  Yashio
  Yōkaichiba
  Yokosuka (pop 420,000)
  Yoshikawa
  Yotsukaidō
  Zama
  Zushi
  source: stat.go.jp census 2005
caption: Kawasaki
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