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Naka-ku, Hamamatsu
is one of seven wards of Hamamatsu, Shizuoka, Japan, located in the central part of the city. It encompasses the site of Hamamatsu Castle and Hamamatsu Station, the central business district and a number of high density residential areas. Although its area is the smallest of the seven wards of Hamamatsu, it has the largest population. It is bordered by Higashi-ku, Kita-ku, Minami-ku, and Nishi-ku. Naka-ku was created on April 1, 2007 when Hamamatsu became a city designated by government ordinance (a "designated city"). Education Seien Girls' High School is located in the area. International schools: * Escola Brasil (former Escola Brasileira de Hamamatsu) - Brazilian schoolEscolas Brasileiras Homologadas no Japão [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wards Of Japan
A is a subdivision of the cities of Japan that are large enough to have been City designated by government ordinance, designated by government ordinance. Chapter 17: Government System (Retrieved on July 4, 2009) Wards are used to subdivide each City designated by government ordinance (Japan), city designated by government ordinance ("designated city"). The Special wards of Tokyo, 23 special wards of Tokyo Metropolis have a municipality, municipal status, and are not the same as other entities referred to as ''ku'', although their Tokyo City, predecessors were. Wards are local government, local entities directly controlled by the municipal government. They handle administrative functions such as ''koseki'' regi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Higashi-ku, Hamamatsu
is one of seven wards of Hamamatsu, Shizuoka, Japan, located in the east-central part of the city. It is the second smallest of the seven wards of Hamamatsu in terms of area, after Naka-ku. It is bordered by Hamakita-ku, Kita-ku, Minami-ku, and Naka-ku. Higashi-ku was created on April 1, 2007 when Hamamatsu became a city designated by government ordinance (a "designated city"). Higashi-ku is served by Tenryūgawa Station on the Tōkaidō Main Line, and by Jidōsha-Gakkō-Mae Station, Saginomiya Station, Sekishi Station and Enshū-Nishigasaki Station on the Enshū Railway Line. Education The Hamamatsu campus of Escola Alegria de Saber is a network of Brazilian international schools in Japan. It has campuses in Aichi, Gunma, Mie, and Shizuoka prefectures. The campuses, which have about 2,000 students as of 2015, [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hamamatsu Photonics
is a Japanese manufacturer of optical sensors (including photomultiplier tubes), electric light sources, and other optical devices and their applied instruments for scientific, technical and medical use. The company was founded in 1953 by Heihachiro Horiuchi, a former student of Kenjiro Takayanagi, who is known as "the father of Japanese television". Hermann Simon, a leading German business author and thinker, mentioned Hamamatsu in his book titled ''Hidden Champions of the Twenty-First Century: The Success Strategies of Unknown World Market Leaders'' as an example of a " Hidden Champion". As examples of uses, Hamamatsu CCD image sensors are used at the Subaru Telescope of the National Astronomical Observatory of Japan, and the sensors made by the company also helped confirm the existence of the Higgs boson in research that led to the 2013 Nobel Physics prize. Hamamatsu Photonics' photomultiplier tubes (PMTs) were used in the Super-Kamiokande neutrino detector facility ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Brazilian Schools In Japan
are schools that specifically cater to Brazilians in Japan, Brazilians living in Japan. Many students who attend such schools are , or children who do not attend public schooling. This is either due to parents wanting their children to attend school in their native language, or because they have little experience with or knowledge of Japanese culture or language. In 1995 there were five Brazilian schools in Japan. In 2008 there were about 100 Brazilian schools in the country.Nakamura, Akemi.Flexible and diverse, international schools thriveArchive. ''The Japan Times''. January 3, 2008. Retrieved on October 23, 2015. According to the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology (Japan), Japanese Ministry of Education, there are more than 80 such schools across Japan as of 2009, 53 of which have received official approval by the Brazilian government. Between 30 and 200 students are enrolled at each of these schools. In addition to these, it is likely there are many ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Seien Girls' High School
is a private girls' school located in Naka-ku, Hamamatsu city, Shizuoka Prefecture, Japan. The school is regarded as one of the best private schools in Japan. It currently has 1,200 students, 96 teachers and 24,000 graduates. History In 1906, Seien Girls' High School was established by Iwao Okamoto (1867-1942) as a private women's school with the goal of nurturing "excellent mothers", through his principle that "the first education of any great and wise person is his mother." There were 8 teachers and 25 students in the beginning. School Symbol The school symbol is a yellow and red ribbon in the shape of an inverted heart. The yellow represents “reason” and red represents “passion”. The shape is curved at the bottom to represent “harmony”, and knotted in the center to show “unity”; the upward pointing tip represents “progress”. Characteristics Seien Girls’ High School places a strong emphasis on spiritual education. The martial arts '' Dojo'' is not j ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
City Designated By Government Ordinance
A , also known as a or , is a Japanese city that has a population greater than 500,000 and has been designated as such by order of the Cabinet of Japan under Article 252, Section 19, of the Local Autonomy Law. Designated cities are delegated many of the functions normally performed by prefectural governments in fields such as public education, social welfare, sanitation, business licensing, and urban planning. The city government is generally delegated the various minor administrative functions in each area, and the prefectural government retains authority over major decisions. For instance, pharmaceutical retailers and small clinics can be licensed by designated city governments, but pharmacies and hospitals are licensed by prefectural governments. Designated cities are also required to subdivide themselves into (broadly equivalent to the boroughs of London or the boroughs of New York City), each of which has a ward office conducting various administrative functions for ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nishi-ku, Hamamatsu
is one of seven wards of Hamamatsu, Shizuoka, Japan, located in the southwest corner of the city. It is bordered by Naka-ku, Kita-ku, Minami-ku, and the city of Kosai. The 3rd largest ward of Hamamatsu in terms of area, much of the ward is still rural, with farms and rice fields. Nishi-ku was created on April 1, 2007 when Hamamatsu became a city designated by government ordinance (a "designated city"). Nishi-ku is served by Maisaka Station and Bentenjima Station on the Tōkaidō Main Line railway. Education International schools: * Mundo de Alegria Mundo, meaning "world" in Spanish and Portuguese, may refer to: Places * Mundo (river), a river in south-eastern Spain People * Mundo (general) (died 536), East Roman general * Carles Mundó (born 1976), Spanish lawyer and politician from Catalo ... - Peruvian school ( ペルー学校) and Brazilian primary school [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Minami-ku, Hamamatsu
is one of seven wards of Hamamatsu, Shizuoka, Japan, located in the south of the city. It is bordered by Naka-ku, Higashi-ku, Nishi-ku, and the city of Iwata and Pacific Ocean. It has the fifth largest area and the fourth largest population of the seven wards of Hamamatsu. Much of Minami-ku is still rural, with farms and rice fields. Minami-ku was created on April 1, 2007, when Hamamatsu became a city designated by government ordinance (a "designated city"). Minami-ku is served by Takatsuka Station on the Tōkaidō Main Line railway. Suzuki has its headquarters in Minami-ku. Suzuki
is a Japan, Japanese multinational corporation headquartered in Minami-ku, Hamamatsu ...
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Kita-ku, Hamamatsu
is one of seven wards of Hamamatsu, Shizuoka, Japan, located in the north of the city. It is bordered by Tenryū-ku to the north, Higashi-ku and Naka-ku to the east, Hamakita-ku Minami-ku and Kosai to the south, and the cities of Toyohashi and Shinshiro to the west. It is largely a residential suburb of central Hamamatsu, and a considerable portion of the ward is forested. Kita-ku was created on April 1, 2007 when Hamamatsu became a city designated by government ordinance (a "designated city"). It consists of the former towns of Inasa, Hosoe and Mikkabi, which had already merged into Hamamatsu in 2005. In 2009, it had a population of 95,419 in an area of 277.63 km², with a population density of 344 persons per km². Kita-ku is served by 14 stations on the Tenryū Hamanako Railroad Tenryū Hamanako Line Tenryū may refer to: *Tenryū, Shizuoka, a city *Tenryū, Nagano, a village *Tenryū River *Tenryū-ji, a temple * , several ships People with the name *Tenryū Sabur ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hamamatsu Station
is a railway station on the Tōkaidō Main Line and the Tōkaidō Shinkansen in Hamamatsu, Shizuoka, Japan, operated by the Central Japan Railway Company (JR Central). The local Enshū Railway Line terminus of Shin-Hamamatsu Station is 3 minutes' walking distance away. Lines Hamamatsu Station is served by the Tōkaidō Main Line and the high-speed Tōkaidō Shinkansen from Tokyo. The station is 257.1 kilometers from Tokyo Station. Station layout Hamamatsu Station has two island platforms serving Tracks 1-4 for the Tōkaidō Shinkansen, which are connected by an underpass a central concourse. At the same level as the Shinkansen tracks are the two island platforms serving Tracks 5-8 of the Tōkaidō Main Line. The station building has automated ticket machines, TOICA automated turnstiles and a staffed "Midori no Madoguchi" ticket office. Platforms Adjacent stations History Hamamatsu Station was officially opened on September 1, 1888. The station building was ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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