is one of the 16

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of the city of

Nagoya is the largest city in the Chūbu region of Japan. It is the list of cities in Japan, fourth-most populous city in Japan, with a population of 2.3million in 2020, and the principal city of the Chūkyō metropolitan area, which is the List of ...

Aichi Prefecture is a Prefectures of Japan, prefecture of Japan located in the Chūbu region of Honshū. Aichi Prefecture has a population of 7,461,111 () and a geographic area of with a population density of . Aichi Prefecture borders Mie Prefecture to the ...

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. As of 1 October 2019, the ward had an estimated

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of 107,622 and a

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of 9,592 persons per km². The total area was 11.22 km².

Geography

Mizuho Ward is located near the geographic center of Nagoya city.

Surrounding municipalities

* Showa Ward * Atsuta Ward * Tenpaku Ward *

Minami Ward Minami (kanji 南, hiragana みなみ) is a Japanese word meaning "south". Places Japan There are several Minami wards in Japan, most of them appropriately in the south part of a city: * Minami, Tokushima, a village in Tokushima Prefectu ...

History

Mizuho District was established on February 11, 1944 from the eastern portion of Atsuka-ku.

Education

Nagoya City University , abbreviated to , is a public university in Japan. The main campus (Kawasumi) is located in Mizuho-ku, Nagoya City. Other three campuses (Yamanohata, Tanabe-dori and Kita Chikusa) are also located in the city. History Nagoya City Universit ...

Nagoya Women's University is a private women's university in Nagoya, Aichi, Japan Japan is an island country in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean off the northeast coast of the Asia, Asian mainland, it is bordered on the west by the Sea of Japan and extends ...

* Aichi Mizuho College

Transportation

Railroads

Meitetsu , publicly trading as , is a private railway company operating around Aichi Prefecture and Gifu Prefecture of Japan. Some of the more famous trains operated by Meitetsu include the '' Panorama Car'' and the '' Panorama Car Super'', both of w ...

Nagoya Main Line The or Nagoya Line is a railway line operated by the private railway operator Nagoya Railroad (Meitetsu), connecting Toyohashi Station in Toyohashi with Meitetsu Gifu Station in Gifu. Since its amalgamation in 1944, this has been the Meit ...

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Nagoya Municipal Subway The , also referred to as simply the Nagoya Subway, is a rapid transit system serving Nagoya, the capital of Aichi Prefecture in Japan. It consists of six lines that cover of route and serve 87 stations. Approximately 90% of the subway's total t ...

Sakura-dōri Line The is a Rapid transit, subway line in Nagoya, Aichi, Nagoya, Japan, part of the Nagoya Municipal Subway system. It runs from Taiko-dori Station, Taiko-dori in Nakamura-ku, Nagoya, Nakamura Ward to in Midori-ku, Nagoya, Midori Ward, all with ...

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Meijō Line The is a subway line in Nagoya, Japan, part of the Nagoya Municipal Subway system. It is a loop line that runs from Kanayama, via Sakae, Ōzone, Nagoya Daigaku, and back to Kanayama, all within Nagoya. The Meijō Line's color on maps is ...

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Highways

Route 3 (Nagoya Expressway) is an urban expressway in Nagoya, Japan. It is a part of the Nagoya Expressway network and is owned and operated by Nagoya Expressway Public Corporation. Overview The first section was opened to traffic in 1979 (also the first segment of the e ...

* National Route 1

Local attractions

Nagoya City Museum The is a museum of the city of Nagoya in Aichi Prefecture, Japan. The Nagoya City Museum was established in 1977. Its collection includes archaeological materials, fine art, crafts, documents, books and folk materials including samurai armor a ...

*Mizuho Kofun Group *

Mizuho rugby stadium due to a naming rights deal with gas heater construction company ''Paloma'', is a rugby stadium in Nagoya, Japan. It is currently used mostly for rugby union matches. The stadium holds 11,900 people and was built in 1941. Overview It was formerl ...

References

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