was a ward in

Hamamatsu, Shizuoka is a city located in western Shizuoka Prefecture, Japan. In September 2023, the city had an estimated population of 780,128 in 340,591 households, making it the prefecture's largest city, with a population density of over the total urban area o ...

, Japan, located in the central part of the city. It encompasses the site of

Hamamatsu Castle is a ''hirayama''-style Japanese castle ruin, with some replica castle buildings. It was the seat of various '' fudai daimyō'' who ruled over Hamamatsu Domain, Tōtōmi Province, in what is now central Hamamatsu, Shizuoka Prefecture, Japan und ...

and

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 minu ...

, 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 , also known as a or , is a Cities of Japan, 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 cit ...

(a "designated city"). ActCityHamamatsu

Education

Seien Girls' High School is a private girls' school located in Chūō-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 190 ...

is located in the area. International schools: * Escola Brasil (former Escola Brasileira de Hamamatsu) - Brazilian schoolEscolas Brasileiras Homologadas no Japão

Archive
. Embassy of Brazil in Tokyo. Retrieved on October 13, 2015.

Economy

Corporate headquarters

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 Hei ...

, a global manufacturer of optoelectronic components and systems *

Enkei Corporation is a Japanese motorcycle and passenger car wheel manufacturer for both motorsport and street use. The company was founded in 1950 and it is also an OEM manufacturer of wheels for production vehicles, mainly in Aluminium wheels for sporty mod ...

, a motorcycle and passenger car wheel manufacturerCorporate Outline
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. Retrieved on June 5, 2018.

References

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