is one of the 16
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 ...
in the city of
Nagoya
is the largest city in the Chūbu region, the fourth-most populous city and third most populous urban area in Japan, with a population of 2.3million in 2020. Located on the Pacific coast in central Honshu, it is the capital and the most pop ...
in
Aichi Prefecture
is a prefecture of Japan located in the Chūbu region of Honshū. Aichi Prefecture has a population of 7,552,873 () and a geographic area of with a population density of . Aichi Prefecture borders Mie Prefecture to the west, Gifu Prefectur ...
,
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 1 October 2019, the ward has an estimated population of 150,480 and a population density of 8,393 persons per km². The total area is 17.93 km².
Geography
The ward is located in the northwestern part of the city. The
Shōnai River
The is a Class 1 river flowing through Gifu and Aichi prefectures in Japan. In Gifu Prefecture, it is also referred to as the Toki River (土岐川 ''Toki-gawa''); around the city of Kasugai in Aichi Prefecture, it is referred to as the Tamano ...
runs through the ward, as do the
Hori River and
Shin River.
History
The ward was established in 1908.
Nishi-Ward is the birthplace of
pachinko
is a mechanical game originating in Japan that is used as an arcade game, and much more frequently for gambling. Pachinko fills a niche in Japanese gambling comparable to that of the slot machine in the West as a form of low-stakes, low-st ...
.
Companies
The food companies
Marukawa
is a Japanese manufacturer of confectioneries. Its head office is in Nishi-ku, Nagoya.[Company Profile]
" Marukawa. Retrieved ...
,
[Company Profile]
" Marukawa. Retrieved on 15 June 2014. "No.9-9, Shinmichi 1-Chome, Nishi-Ku, Nagoya 451-8571"
"本社 愛知県名古屋市西区新道一丁目9番9号" Kasugai, and
Meito Sangyo are located in this ward.
The
Hotel Nagoya Castle
A hotel is an establishment that provides paid lodging on a short-term basis. Facilities provided inside a hotel room may range from a modest-quality mattress in a small room to large suites with bigger, higher-quality beds, a dresser, a ref ...
is located there.
Attractions
The small historical street
Shike-michi
Shike-michi (四間道) is a small historical street in Nishi-ku, Nagoya in central Japan.
History
The district was founded for merchants at the time when Nagoya Castle was constructed as the seat of the Owari lords in 1610 CE ( Keichō 15), f ...
runs parallel to the Hori Canal. It was used by merchants during the Edo period and is now a historical property.
A museum of the ceramic maker
Noritake
, commonly known as "Noritake," is a tableware and technology company headquartered in Nagoya, Aichi Prefecture, Japan.
History
In 1876, Ichizaemon Morimura VI and his brother Toyo founded Morimura Gumi with the intent of establishing oversea ...
and the company's headquarters are located in Nishi Ward, and nearby is also the
Toyota Commemorative Museum of Industry and Technology
The , also known as Toyota Tecno Museum, is a technology museum located in Nishi-ku in the city of Nagoya, central Japan.
History
Toyota started as a textile firm and evolved over decades into an international automobile producer. The museum ...
.
A popular park are the
Shōnai Greens
The , also known as ''Shōnai Park'', are located in Nishi-ku, Nagoya in central Japan. The Shōnai River passes by south of the park.
Access by public transport is by Shōnai Ryokuchi Kōen Station on the Tsurumai Line
The is a subway lin ...
.
The
Nagoya Lucent Tower, one of the tallest buildings in Nagoya, is located in the ward.
File:Shikemichi Nagoya (17).JPG, Shikemichi
File:Noritake garden2.jpg, Noritake
File:Toyota tecno museum.jpg, Toyota Commemorative Museum of Industry and Technology
File:Shonai-ryokuchi04.jpg, Shōnai Greens
Notable persons
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Niwa Nagahide
, also known as Gorōzaemon (五郎左衛門), his other legal alias was Hashiba Echizen no Kami (羽柴越前守), was a Japanese samurai of the Sengoku through Azuchi-Momoyama periods of the 16th century. He served as senior retainer to the Od ...
– samurai
*
Sassa Narimasa
, also known as Kura-no-suke (内蔵助), was a Japanese samurai of the Sengoku through Azuchi–Momoyama period.">DF 7 of 80">"Asa ..., where he was in the rear guard.
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– samurai
References
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