Taitō (台東区) is one of the 23 special wards of Tokyo, Japan. In English, it calls itself Taito City.

As of April 1, 2011, the ward has an estimated population of 168,909, with 94,908 households, and a population density of 16,745.86 persons per km². The total area is 10.08 km².

Situated in the northeastern portion of the wards area of Tokyo, Taitō is surrounded by five other special wards: Chiyoda, Bunkyō, Arakawa, Sumida and Chūō.

Districts

• Ueno
• Akihabara
• Ameya Alley Market/Ameyoko
• Yanaka
• Asakusa
• Asakusabashi

Temples and shrines

• Sensō-ji and Kaminarimon (Thunder Gate)
• Asakusa Shrine
• Akiba Shrine
• Kan’ei-ji
• Kishibojin

Parks

• Asakusa Park
• Kyu-Iwasaki-tei Garden
• Sumida Park
• Ueno Park
• Yanaka Park

Museums and zoos

• Asakura Sculpture Hall
• Daimyo Clock Museum
• National Museum of Western Art
• National Science Museum of Japan
• Tokyo Metropolitan Art Museum
• Tokyo National Museum
• Ueno no Mori Museum
• Ueno Zoo
• Yokoyama Taikan Memorial Hall

Colleges and universities

• Tokyo National University of Fine Arts and Music
• Ueno Gakuen University

Public high schools

• Hakuo High School
• Kuramae Technical High School
• Shinobugaoka High School
• Taito Commercial High School
• Taito Chuyakan High School
• Ueno High School
• Ueno Shinobugaoka High School

Public Jr High School

• Hakuo Junior High School

Taito operates several public libraries, including the Central Library, the Central Library Asakusabashi Branch, the Negishi Library, and the Ishihama Library. The Central Library is located in the first and second floors of the Lifelong Learning Center.

The city operates the Lifelong Learning Center, a complex including a multi-media room, a studio, and other facilities. The Central Library is on the first and second floors of the Lifelong Learning Center.

The headquarters of Bandai and Bandai Channel are located in Taitō. Tokyo Ricoh Office Solution and Ricoh Technosystems, divisions of Ricoh, are headquartered in Taitō as of 2008.

In August 1991, the Bandai Visual headquarters moved to Taitō. In March 1994, the headquarters moved to another location in Taitō. In September 2004, the headquarters moved to its current location in Shiodome, Minato, Tokyo.

• Matsuzakaya department store in Ueno
• Matsuya department store in Asakusa
• Taiyo Yuden, electronics and materials company in Ueno

Events

• Sumidagawa Fireworks Festival
• Asakusa Samba Carnival
• Torigoe Shrine Matsuri
• Sanja Matsuri, one of the three great festivals of Tokyo

Rail

• JR East
  • Tōhoku Shinkansen, Jōetsu Shinkansen, Akita Shinkansen, Yamagata Shinkansen: Ueno Station
    Tōhoku Main Line
  • Yamanote Line, Keihin-Tōhoku Line: Okachimachi, Ueno, Uguisudani Stations. Also, Nippori Station (on the boundary with Taitō)
  • Utsunomiya Line, Takasaki Line: Ueno Station
  • Jōban Line: Officially, the line begins at Nippori Station, although most trains start/terminate at Ueno Station
• Tokyo Metro
  • Ginza Line: Ueno-Hirokoji, Inarichō, Tawaramachi, Asakusa Stations
  • Hibiya Line: Okachimachi, Ueno, Iriya, Minowa Stations
• Tokyo Metropolitan Bureau of Transportation
  • Toei Asakusa Line: Asakusa-bashi, Kuramae, Asakusa Stations
  • Toei Ōedo Line: Ueno-Okachimachi, Shin-Okachimachi, Kuramae Stations
• Keisei Electric Railway Keisei Main Line: Keisei Ueno Station
• Tobu Railway Isesaki Line: Asakusa Station
• Tsukuba Express: Shin-Okachimachi, Asakusa Stations

Highways

• Shuto Expressway No. 1 Ueno Route
• National Highways
  • Route 4
  • Route 6

The City of Taito operates the Taito Riverside Sports Center. The center includes a gymnasium, tennis courts, two baseball fields for adults, one baseball field for children, one large swimming pool, one children’s pool, and an athletic field. The gymnasium includes two courts, two budo halls, a Japanese-style archery range, a sumo ring, a training room, a table tennis room, an air-rifle shooting range, and a meeting room.