Hanamigawa-ku

Hanamigawa

花見川区
Hanamigawa 花見川区
Ward
	Hanamigawa Ward
	Location of Hanamigawa Ward in Chiba
	Hanamigawa
	Coordinates: 35°39′46″N 140°04′09″E / 35.66278°N 140.06917°ECoordinates: 35°39′46″N 140°04′09″E / 35.66278°N 140.06917°E
Country	Japan
Region	Kantō
Prefecture	Chiba
City	Chiba
Area
• Total	34.24 km2 (13.22 sq mi)
Population (April 2012)
• Total	179,770
• Density	5,300/km2 (14,000/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+9 (Japan Standard Time)
Address	1-1 Mizuho, Hanamigawa-ku Chiba-shi, Chiba-ken; 262-8733
Website	Official website of Hanamigawa-ku

Hanamigawa Ward Office （Dec 20, 2011）

Hanamigawa Ward (花見川区, Hanamigawa-ku) is one of the six wards of the city of Chiba in Chiba Prefecture, Japan. As of April 2012, the ward has an estimated population of 179,770 and a population density of 5,250 persons per km². The total area is 34.24 km².^[1]

Geography[]

Hanamigawa Ward is located inland in the northernmost part of the city of Chiba. The ward takes its name from the Hanami River, which flows through the ward.

Places[]

Transportation[]

Railroads[]

JR East – Sōbu Line
- Makuharihongō - Makuhari - Shin-Kemigawa
Keisei Electric Railway – Chiba Line
- Keisei Makuharihongō - Keisei Makuhari - Kemigawa

Education[]

The Chiba Korean Primary and Junior High School, a North Korea-aligned Korean international school, is located in Hamamigawa-ku.^[2]

Noted people from Hanamigawa Ward[]

Masaki Aiba – singer, actor
Hitori Gekidan - comedian, actor
Matsuko Deluxe - TV personality
Yasuyuki Kataoka - professional baseball player
Akira Narahashi – professional soccer player
Akinori Otsuka - professional baseball player
Fuminori Yokogawa - professional baseball player
Kotofuji Takaya - sumo wrestler

References[]

^ "Archived copy" 千葉市の推計人口. Chiba official website (in Japanese). Chiba city. Archived from the original on 31 October 2011. Retrieved 6 September 2011.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
^ Home page Archived 2015-08-22 at the Wayback Machine. Chiba Korean Primary and Junior High School. Retrieved on April 12, 2015. "千葉県千葉市花見川区浪花町965"

[population-1] "Archived copy" 千葉市の推計人口. Chiba official website (in Japanese). Chiba city. Archived from the original on 31 October 2011. Retrieved 6 September 2011.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)

[2] Home page Archived 2015-08-22 at the Wayback Machine. Chiba Korean Primary and Junior High School. Retrieved on April 12, 2015. "千葉県千葉市花見川区浪花町965"

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