Every dot is one of Japan's 1,651 municipalities, plotted at its real coordinates. Arakawa is marked in red.
Arakawa is a special ward in the Tokyo Metropolis in Japan. The ward takes its name from the Arakawa River, though the river does not run through or touch the ward. Its neighbors are the wards of Adachi, Kita, Bunkyo, Taito and Sumida. In English, the ward calls itself Arakawa City.
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区 means "ward" and is read ku. A ward inside a designated city, such as the 23 wards of Tokyo.