is one of the six

wards Ward may refer to: Division or unit * Hospital ward, a hospital division, floor, or room set aside for a particular class or group of patients, for example the psychiatric ward * Prison ward, a division of a penal institution such as a priso ...

of the city of

Chiba Chiba may refer to: Places China * (), town in Jianli County, Jingzhou, Hubei Japan * Chiba (city), capital of Chiba Prefecture ** Chiba Station, a train station * Chiba Prefecture, a sub-national jurisdiction in the Greater Tokyo Area on ...

Chiba Prefecture is a prefecture of Japan located in the Kantō region of Honshu. Chiba Prefecture has a population of 6,278,060 (1 June 2019) and has a geographic area of . Chiba Prefecture borders Ibaraki Prefecture to the north, Saitama Prefecture to the ...

Japan Japan ( ja, 日本, or , and formally , ''Nihonkoku'') is an island country in East Asia. It is situated in the northwest Pacific Ocean, and is bordered on the west by the Sea of Japan, while extending from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north ...

. As of April 2012, the ward has an estimated

population Population typically refers to the number of people in a single area, whether it be a city or town, region, country, continent, or the world. Governments typically quantify the size of the resident population within their jurisdiction using a ...

of 179,770 and a

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of 5,250 persons per km². The total area is 34.24 km².

Geography

Hanamigawa Ward is located inland in the northernmost part of the city of Chiba. The ward takes its name from the

Hanami River The is a river in Yachiyo and Chiba, Chiba Prefecture, Japan. The river is in length and has a drainage area of . The Hanami is one part of the . The upper part of the drainage facility is designated as the Shin River. The lower part, the H ...

, which flows through the ward.

Places

* Amadocho *

Asahigaoka is a district of Nerima, Tokyo, Japan Japan ( ja, 日本, or , and formally , ''Nihonkoku'') is an island country in East Asia. It is situated in the northwest Pacific Ocean, and is bordered on the west by the Sea of Japan, while extend ...

* Asahigaokacho * Chigusacho * Dainichicho * Hanamigawa * Hanashimacho * Hanazono * Hanazonocho * Hatamachi * Kashiwai * Kashiwaicho * Kemigawacho * Kotehashicho * Kotehashidai *

Makuharicho is a district of Hanamigawa Ward, Chiba City, Chiba Prefecture, Japan, consisting of 1-chōme to 6-chōme. Transportation Railroads * JR East – Chūō-Sōbu Line ** * Keisei Electric Railway – Keisei Chiba Line ** See also * Makuhari ...

Makuharihongo is a district of Hanamigawa Ward, Chiba City, Chiba Prefecture, Japan, consisting of 1-chōme to 7-chōme. History The was adopted in a part of Makuharicho on 1 March 1982 and on 1 January 1985, which was respectively renamed Makuharihongo 4 ...

* Miharuno * Minami-Hanazono * Miyanogidai *

Mizuho Mizuho () literally means "abundant rice" in Japanese and "harvest" in the figurative sense. It was also an ancient name of Japan. It might refer to: Places * Mizuho, Gifu, a city in Gifu * Mizuho, Tokyo, a town in Tokyo * Mizuho Plateau in Ant ...

* Nagasakucho * Nagasakudai * Naniwacho * Nishi-Konakadai * Sakushindai * Sankakucho * Satsukigaoka * Takeishicho * Uchiyamacho * Unayacho * Yokodocho * Yokododai

Transportation

Railroads

JR East The is a major passenger railway company in Japan and is the largest of the seven Japan Railways Group companies. The company name is officially abbreviated as JR-EAST or JR East in English, and as in Japanese. The company's headquarters are ...

– Sōbu Line ** - - * Keisei Electric Railway – Chiba Line ** - -

Education

The

Chiba Korean Primary and Junior High School Chiba Korean Primary and Junior High School (千葉朝鮮初中級学校 ''Chiba Chōsen Shochūkyūgakkō'', ko, 치바 조선 초중급학교) is a North Korea-aligned Korean international school in Hanamigawa-ku, Chiba, Chiba Prefecture, Japan ...

, a North Korea-aligned Korean international school, is located in Hamamigawa-ku.Home page
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Noted people from Hanamigawa Ward

Masaki Aiba (born December 24, 1982) is a Japanese singer, actor, television personality, radio host and dancer. He is a member of the boy band Arashi. Aiba began his career in the entertainment industry when he joined the Japanese talent agency Johnny & A ...

– singer, actor *

Hitori Gekidan , known by the stage name is a Japanese comedian, lyricist, actor, novelist, and film director. He is mainly known his improvisational ability and for his style of physical comedy. Gekidan is represented with Ohta Production. His wife is '' ...

- comedian, actor *

Matsuko Deluxe is a Japanese columnist, essayist, and TV personality. Matsuko is a female persona and stage name assumed by a cross-dressing gay man. She has been described as plus-sized and gravely-voiced with a sharp tongue. Before Matsuko Deluxe The perso ...

- TV personality *

Yasuyuki Kataoka is a Japanese Nippon Professional Baseball player with the Yomiuri Giants in Japan's Central League. His wife is Japanese tarento Television personalities in Japan, known as in Japanese, are celebrities who regularly appear in mass media ...

- professional baseball player *

Akira Narahashi is a Japanese former professional footballer who played as a right-back. He earned 38 caps for the Japan national team between 1994 and 2003, including three games at the 1998 FIFA World Cup. Club career Narahashi was born in Chiba on Novembe ...

– professional soccer player * Akinori Otsuka - professional baseball player *

Fuminori Yokogawa is a Japanese professional baseball outfielder for the Yomiuri Giants in Japan's Nippon Professional Baseball or NPB is the highest level of baseball in Japan. Locally, it is often called , meaning ''Professional Baseball''. Outside Jap ...

- professional baseball player *

Kotofuji Takaya is a former sumo wrestler from Chiba City, Japan. His highest rank was ''sekiwake''. In 1991 he won a top division ''yūshō'' or tournament championship from the ''maegashira'' ranks. Career Kotofuji made his professional debut in March 1980 ...

- sumo wrestler

References

{{Authority control Greater Tokyo Area Wards of Chiba (city)