# Wards of Japan

A ward (区, ku) is a subdivision of the cities of Japan that are large enough to have been designated by government ordinance. Wards are used to subdivide each city designated by government ordinance ("designated city"). The 23 special wards of Tokyo Metropolis have a municipal status, and are not the same as other entities referred to as ku, although their predecessors were.
Wards are local entities directly controlled by the municipal government. They handle administrative functions such as koseki registration, health insurance, and property taxation. Many wards have affiliated residents' organizations for a number of tasks, although these do not have any legal authority.

## List of wards

| Ward | Japanese | City | Area (km$^2$) |
| Chūō | 中央区 | Chiba | 44.69 |
| Hanamigawa | 花見川区 | Chiba | 34.19 |
| Inage | 稲毛区 | Chiba | 21.22 |
| Midori | 緑区 | Chiba | 66.25 |
| Mihama | 美浜区 | Chiba | 21.20 |
| Wakaba | 若葉区 | Chiba | 84.21 |
| Chūō | 中央区 | Fukuoka | 15.39 |
| Hakata | 博多区 | Fukuoka | 31.62 |
| Higashi | 東区 | Fukuoka | 69.36 |
| Jōnan | 城南区 | Fukuoka | 15.99 |
| Minami | 南区 | Fukuoka | 30.98 |
| Sawara | 早良区 | Fukuoka | 95.87 |
| Nishi | 西区 | Fukuoka | 84.16 |
| Chūō | 中央区 | Hamamatsu | 268.45 |
| Hamana | 浜名区 | Hamamatsu | 345.77 |
| Tenryū | 天竜区 | Hamamatsu | 943.84 |
| Aki | 安芸区 | Hiroshima | 94.08 |
| Asakita | 安佐北区 | Hiroshima | 353.33 |
| Asaminami | 安佐南区 | Hiroshima | 117.24 |
| Higashi | 東区 | Hiroshima | 39.42 |
| Minami | 南区 | Hiroshima | 26.30 |
| Naka | 中区 | Hiroshima | 15.32 |
| Nishi | 西区 | Hiroshima | 35.61 |
| Saeki | 佐伯区 | Hiroshima | 225.22 |
| Asao | 麻生区 | Kawasaki | 23.25 |
| Kawasaki | 川崎区 | Kawasaki | 39.53 |
| Miyamae | 宮前区 | Kawasaki | 18.61 |
| Nakahara | 中原区 | Kawasaki | 14.74 |
| Saiwai | 幸区 | Kawasaki | 10.01 |
| Takatsu | 高津区 | Kawasaki | 16.36 |
| Tama | 多摩区 | Kawasaki | 20.50 |
| Kokurakita | 小倉北区 | Kitakyushu | 39.23 |
| Kokuraminami | 小倉南区 | Kitakyushu | 171.74 |
| Moji | 門司区 | Kitakyushu | 73.67 |
| Tobata | 戸畑区 | Kitakyushu | 16.61 |
| Wakamatsu | 若松区 | Kitakyushu | 71.31 |
| Yahatahigashi | 八幡東区 | Kitakyushu | 36.26 |
| Yahatanishi | 八幡西区 | Kitakyushu | 83.13 |
| Chūō | 中央区 | Kobe | 28.97 |
| Higashinada | 東灘区 | Kobe | 34.02 |
| Hyōgo | 兵庫区 | Kobe | 14.68 |
| Kita | 北区 | Kobe | 240.29 |
| Nada | 灘区 | Kobe | 32.66 |
| Nagata | 長田区 | Kobe | 11.36 |
| Nishi | 西区 | Kobe | 138.01 |
| Suma | 須磨区 | Kobe | 28.93 |
| Tarumi | 垂水区 | Kobe | 28.11 |
| Chūō | 中央区 | Kumamoto | 25.45 |
| Higashi | 東区 | Kumamoto | 50.19 |
| Kita | 北区 | Kumamoto | 115.34 |
| Minami | 南区 | Kumamoto | 110.01 |
| Nishi | 西区 | Kumamoto | 89.33 |
| Fushimi | 伏見区 | Kyoto | 61.66 |
| Higashiyama | 東山区 | Kyoto | 7.48 |
| Kamigyō | 上京区 | Kyoto | 7.03 |
| Kita | 北区 | Kyoto | 94.88 |
| Minami | 南区 | Kyoto | 15.81 |
| Nakagyō | 中京区 | Kyoto | 7.41 |
| Nishikyō | 西京区 | Kyoto | 59.24 |
| Sakyō | 左京区 | Kyoto | 246.77 |
| Shimogyō | 下京区 | Kyoto | 6.78 |
| Ukyō | 右京区 | Kyoto | 292.07 |
| Yamashina | 山科区 | Kyoto | 28.70 |
| Atsuta | 熱田区 | Nagoya | 8.20 |
| Chikusa | 千種区 | Nagoya | 18.18 |
| Higashi | 東区 | Nagoya | 7.71 |
| Kita | 北区 | Nagoya | 17.53 |
| Meitō | 名東区 | Nagoya | 19.45 |
| Midori | 緑区 | Nagoya | 37.91 |
| Minami | 南区 | Nagoya | 18.46 |
| Minato | 港区 | Nagoya | 45.63 |
| Mizuho | 瑞穂区 | Nagoya | 11.22 |
| Moriyama | 守山区 | Nagoya | 34.01 |
| Naka | 中区 | Nagoya | 9.38 |
| Nakagawa | 中川区 | Nagoya | 32.02 |
| Nakamura | 中村区 | Nagoya | 16.30 |
| Nishi | 西区 | Nagoya | 17.93 |
| Shōwa | 昭和区 | Nagoya | 10.94 |
| Tenpaku | 天白区 | Nagoya | 21.58 |
| Akiha | 秋葉区 | Niigata | 95.38 |
| Chūō | 中央区 | Niigata | 37.75 |
| Higashi | 東区 | Niigata | 38.62 |
| Kita | 北区 | Niigata | 107.72 |
| Kōnan | 江南区 | Niigata | 75.42 |
| Minami | 南区 | Niigata | 100.91 |
| Nishi | 西区 | Niigata | 94.09 |
| Nishikan | 西蒲区 | Niigata | 176.55 |
| Higashi | 東区 | Okayama | 160.53 |
| Kita | 北区 | Okayama | 450.70 |
| Minami | 南区 | Okayama | 127.48 |
| Naka | 中区 | Okayama | 51.25 |
| Abeno | 阿倍野区 | Osaka | 5.98 |
| Asahi | 旭区 | Osaka | 6.32 |
| Chūō | 中央区 | Osaka | 8.87 |
| Fukushima | 福島区 | Osaka | 4.67 |
| Higashinari | 東成区 | Osaka | 4.54 |
| Higashisumiyoshi | 東住吉区 | Osaka | 9.75 |
| Higashiyodogawa | 東淀川区 | Osaka | 13.27 |
| Hirano | 平野区 | Osaka | 15.28 |
| Ikuno | 生野区 | Osaka | 8.37 |
| Joto | 城東区 | Osaka | 8.38 |
| Kita | 北区 | Osaka | 10.34 |
| Konohana | 此花区 | Osaka | 19.25 |
| Minato | 港区 | Osaka | 7.86 |
| Miyakojima | 都島区 | Osaka | 6.08 |
| Naniwa | 浪速区 | Osaka | 4.39 |
| Nishi | 西区 | Osaka | 5.21 |
| Nishinari | 西成区 | Osaka | 7.37 |
| Nishiyodogawa | 西淀川区 | Osaka | 14.22 |
| Suminoe | 住之江区 | Osaka | 20.61 |
| Sumiyoshi | 住吉区 | Osaka | 9.40 |
| Taishō | 大正区 | Osaka | 9.43 |
| Tennōji | 天王寺区 | Osaka | 4.84 |
| Tsurumi | 鶴見区 | Osaka | 8.17 |
| Yodogawa | 淀川区 | Osaka | 12.64 |
| Chūō | 中央区 | Sagamihara | 36.87 |
| Midori | 緑区 | Sagamihara | 253.68 |
| Minami | 南区 | Sagamihara | 38.11 |
| Chūō | 中央区 | Saitama | 8.39 |
| Iwatsuki | 岩槻区 | Saitama | 49.17 |
| Kita | 北区 | Saitama | 16.86 |
| Midori | 緑区 | Saitama | 26.44 |
| Minami | 南区 | Saitama | 13.82 |
| Minuma | 見沼区 | Saitama | 30.69 |
| Nishi | 西区 | Saitama | 29.12 |
| Omiya | 大宮区 | Saitama | 12.80 |
| Sakura | 桜区 | Saitama | 18.64 |
| Urawa | 浦和区 | Saitama | 11.51 |
| Higashi | 東区 | Sakai | 10.49 |
| Kita | 北区 | Sakai | 15.60 |
| Mihara | 美原区 | Sakai | 13.20 |
| Minami | 南区 | Sakai | 40.39 |
| Naka | 中区 | Sakai | 17.88 |
| Nishi | 西区 | Sakai | 28.61 |
| Sakai | 堺区 | Sakai | 23.65 |
| Atsubetsu | 厚別区 | Sapporo | 24.38 |
| Chūō | 中央区 | Sapporo | 46.42 |
| Higashi | 東区 | Sapporo | 56.97 |
| Kita | 北区 | Sapporo | 63.57 |
| Kiyota | 清田区 | Sapporo | 59.87 |
| Minami | 南区 | Sapporo | 657.48 |
| Nishi | 西区 | Sapporo | 75.10 |
| Shiroishi | 白石区 | Sapporo | 34.47 |
| Teine | 手稲区 | Sapporo | 56.77 |
| Toyohira | 豊平区 | Sapporo | 46.23 |
| Aoba | 青葉区 | Sendai | 302.24 |
| Izumi | 泉区 | Sendai | 146.61 |
| Miyagino | 宮城野区 | Sendai | 58.19 |
| Taihaku | 太白区 | Sendai | 228.39 |
| Wakabayashi | 若林区 | Sendai | 50.86 |
| Aoi | 葵区 | Shizuoka | 1,073.76 |
| Shimizu- | 清水区 | Shizuoka | 265.09 |
| Suruga | 駿河区 | Shizuoka | 73.05 |
| Aoba | 青葉区 | Yokohama | 35.22 |
| Asahi | 旭区 | Yokohama | 32.73 |
| Hodogaya | 保土ケ谷区 | Yokohama | 21.93 |
| Isogo | 磯子区 | Yokohama | 19.05 |
| Izumi | 泉区 | Yokohama | 23.58 |
| Kanagawa | 神奈川区 | Yokohama | 23.73 |
| Kanazawa | 金沢区 | Yokohama | 30.96 |
| Kōhoku | 港北区 | Yokohama | 31.40 |
| Kōnan | 港南区 | Yokohama | 19.90 |
| Midori | 緑区 | Yokohama | 25.51 |
| Minami | 南区 | Yokohama | 12.65 |
| Naka | 中区 | Yokohama | 21.20 |
| Nishi | 西区 | Yokohama | 7.03 |
| Sakae | 栄区 | Yokohama | 18.52 |
| Seya | 瀬谷区 | Yokohama | 17.17 |
| Totsuka | 戸塚区 | Yokohama | 35.79 |
| Tsurumi | 鶴見区 | Yokohama | 33.23 |
| Tsuzuki | 都筑区 | Yokohama | 27.87 |

## Special wards of Tokyo

The special wards of Tokyo are not normal wards in the usual sense of the term, but instead are administrative units governed similarly to cities.
| Ward | Japanese | Metropolis | Area (km$^2$) |
| Adachi | 足立区 | Tokyo | 53.25 |
| Arakawa | 荒川区 | Tokyo | 10.16 |
| Bunkyō | 文京区 | Tokyo | 11.29 |
| Chiyoda | 千代田区 | Tokyo | 11.66 |
| Chūō | 中央区 | Tokyo | 10.21 |
| Edogawa | 江戸川区 | Tokyo | 49.90 |
| Itabashi | 板橋区 | Tokyo | 32.22 |
| Katsushika | 葛飾区 | Tokyo | 34.80 |
| Kita | 北区 | Tokyo | 20.61 |
| Kōtō | 江東区 | Tokyo | 40.16 |
| Meguro | 目黒区 | Tokyo | 14.67 |
| Minato | 港区 | Tokyo | 20.37 |
| Nakano | 中野区 | Tokyo | 15.59 |
| Nerima | 練馬区 | Tokyo | 48.08 |
| Ōta | 大田区 | Tokyo | 60.66 |
| Setagaya | 世田谷区 | Tokyo | 58.05 |
| Shibuya | 渋谷区 | Tokyo | 15.11 |
| Shinagawa | 品川区 | Tokyo | 22.84 |
| Shinjuku | 新宿区 | Tokyo | 18.22 |
| Suginami | 杉並区 | Tokyo | 34.06 |
| Sumida | 墨田区 | Tokyo | 13.77 |
| Toshima | 豊島区 | Tokyo | 13.01 |
| Taitō | 台東区 | Tokyo | 10.11 |