is one of the 16 wards of

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, Japan. As of October 1, 2019, the ward has an estimated population of 135,134 and a population density of 8,290 persons per km². The total area is 16.30 km².

History

Nakamura Ward is famous as the birthplace of

Toyotomi Hideyoshi , otherwise known as and , was a Japanese samurai and ''daimyō'' (feudal lord) of the late Sengoku period, Sengoku and Azuchi-Momoyama periods and regarded as the second "Great Unifier" of Japan.Richard Holmes, The World Atlas of Warfare: ...

. One of the merchant areas is called Funairi-chō, which is close to the Hori Canal. The area was heavily damaged during the bombing of Nagoya in World War II. One of the houses that was saved from there is the Tōmatsu House. The modern ward was officially established on .

Places

Nagoya Station is a major railway station in Nakamura-ku, Nagoya, Japan. It is Japan's, and one of the world's largest train stations by floor area (410,000 m2), and houses the headquarters of the Central Japan Railway Company (JR Central). Much of this space ...

Meitetsu Nagoya Station is the principal railway station, station of the Nagoya Railroad (Meitetsu) system in Nagoya, Japan. Most trains of Meitetsu's major lines operate through this station. The station is also a gateway to the Chubu Centrair International Ai ...

and

Kintetsu Nagoya Station is a terminal station on the Kintetsu Nagoya Line. It is connected to Nagoya Station (JR Central, Aonami Line, and Nagoya City Subway) and Meitetsu Nagoya Station (Nagoya Railroad). Layout The station has four bay platforms serving five t ...

are all located next to each other in the ward's

Meieki is a major railway station in Nakamura-ku, Nagoya, Japan. It is Japan's, and one of the world's largest train stations by floor area (410,000 m2), and houses the headquarters of the Central Japan Railway Company (JR Central). Much of this spa ...

district. Adjoining these train stations are several department stores, including

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, the

Meitetsu Department Store is a department store chain in the Chūbu region of Japan. It is headquartered in 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 2.3mil ...

and

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. To the west of the station is Nagoya's only

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ic house of worship, the

Nagoya Mosque Nagoya Mosque (; Romaji: ''Nagoya Mosuku'') is a mosque in Nakamura-ku, Nagoya, Aichi Prefecture, Japan. In 1980s, Muslims around the area started to collect donations for construction. Eventually, the mosque was built in 1998. In 2002, they we ...

, which was established in 1998.

Economy

The

Central Japan Railway Company is the main railway company operating in the Chūbu (Nagoya) region of central Japan. It is officially abbreviated in English as JR Central and occasionally as JR Tokai (). The term ''Tōkai'' refers to the southern portion of Central Japan, ...

has its headquarters in the JR Central Towers in Meieki. Aoki's Pizza has its headquarters in Nakamura-ku. DMG Mori Seiki has its headquarters in Nakamura-ku.

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has an office in the Nagoya-Daiya Building in Nakamura-ku. ;Sub CBD * Sasashima-raibu 24 **

Chūkyō Television Broadcasting JOCH-DTV (channel 4), branded as , is the Chūkyō metropolitan area flagship station of the Nippon News Network and Nippon Television Network System (NNS), owned by , a subsidiary of Yomiuri Chukyo FS Broadcasting Holdings. Its studios are lo ...

**Global Gate **

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Chūbu (JICA Chūbu) **Market Square Sasashima ** Zepp Nagoya

Education

Aichi University Nagoya Campus from Sasashima-raibu Station

There are 3 universities in the ward. *

Aichi University is a private university in Aichi Prefecture, Japan. Its campuses are located in Nakamura-ku, Nagoya, Toyohashi and Higashi-ku, Nagoya. History The university's predecessor was founded by Konoe Atsumaro as an overseas Japanese institution of h ...

Nagoya campus * Doho University * Nagoya College of Music The ward also has a North Korean primary school, Nagoya Corean Elementary School & Kindergarten ( 名古屋朝鮮初級学校).アクセス
" Nagoya Corean Elementary School & Kindergarten. Retrieved on October 14, 2015. "〒453–0801名古屋市中村区太閤1-18-33"

People

Famous people born in Nakamura Ward include: *

Samurai The samurai () were members of the warrior class in Japan. They were originally provincial warriors who came from wealthy landowning families who could afford to train their men to be mounted archers. In the 8th century AD, the imperial court d ...

Katō Kiyomasa was a Japanese ''daimyō'' of the Azuchi–Momoyama period, Azuchi–Momoyama and Edo periods. His court title was . His name as a child was ''Yashamaru'', and first name was ''Toranosuke''. He was one of Toyotomi Hideyoshi, Hideyoshi's Seven ...

* Shoichi Kondo, politician * Kiyoseumi Takayuki, Sumo wrestler *

Hiroshi Tamaki is a Japanese actor and singer from Nagoya, Japan. When he was still in high school, he was discovered by a talent agent while out shopping with friends. He made his debut in the drama ''Am I Weird?'' (私ってへん？ ''Watashitte Hen?'') in ...

, actor * Mariya Yamada, actress

Gallery

File:DMG MORI SEIKI Co.,Ltd. Headquarter.JPG, DMG Mori Seiki　Co. headquarters File:Global Gate Shopping Area - 6.jpg, Global Gate File:Nakamurakouen1.JPG, Toyokuni Shrine ( Nakamura Park)

References

External links

Nagoya Mosque
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