"Adrian Forest" <dalziel_86@hotmail.com> 05/10 3:18 PM >>>
You missed Kawasaki which is between Yokohama and Tokyo. Was it >Yokohama
that he sailed into? For some reason I was thinking Yokosuka...
You also missed Akihabara, discount electronics capital of Japan, and
setting of the eponymous 'Akihabara Cyber-Team'.
Actually, he didn't. Neither Kawasaki or Akihabara are wards of Tokyo. Kawasaki is a suburb, much like Chofu or Tama, but is not actually a part of Tokyo itself. Akihabara is one of many famous neigborhoods of Tokyo, but is not a ward unto itself. Much like Roppongi is a neigborhood, but not actually a ward.
Speaking of Roppongi, one other note I would make: because it's near a lot of embassies (including the US embassy), Roppongi tends to be the place where a lot of foreigners (gaijin) hang out. I mention this merely b/c it seems to me to be a natural place for a character to run into a foreigner, if you need it for fic purposes.
Actually, I've noticed that there is not so much a character to wards as there are to neigborhoods. After all, there is some difference in the character of Shibuya and Harajuku, even though both are in Shibuya ward...