Nishi-ku
Nishi-ku is one of the 18 wards of the city of Yokohama in Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan. As of 2010, the ward had an estimated population of 93,027 and a density of 13,210 persons per km2. The total area was 7.04 km2.Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 3.0.
- Type: Suburb with 98,500 residents
- Description: one of the 18 wards of the City of Yokohama
- Also known as: “Nishi Ku”, “Nishi Ward”, “Nishi ward, Yokohama”, and “Nishi-ku, Yokohama”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Yokohama Station and Sakuragichō Station.
Yokohama Station
Railway station
Photo: MaedaAkihiko, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Yokohama Station is a major interchange railway station in Nishi-ku, Yokohama, Japan. It is the busiest station in Kanagawa Prefecture and the fifth-busiest in the world as of 2013, serving 760 million passengers a year.
Sakuragichō Station
Railway station
Cosmo Clock 21
Ferris wheel
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
Cosmo Clock 21 is a 112.5-metre-tall Ferris wheel at the Cosmo World amusement park in the Minato Mirai 21 district of Yokohama, Japan. When it first opened, it was the world's tallest Ferris wheel at 107.5 metres, until the completion of the 108-metre Igosu 108 in Shiga, Japan, in 1992.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Kanagawa and Hodogaya.
Kanagawa
Suburb
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
Kanagawa-ku is one of the 18 wards of the city of Yokohama in Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan. As of 2010, the ward had an estimated population of 230,401 and a density of 9,650 persons per km2. The total area was 23.88 km2.
Hodogaya
Suburb
Hodogaya-ku is one of the 18 wards of the city of Yokohama in Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan. As of 2010, Hodogaya Ward had an estimated population of 205,887 and a density of 9,400 inhabitants per square kilometer. The total area was 21.91 km2.
Minami-ku
Suburb
Photo: ウェルワィ, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Minami-ku is one of the 18 wards of the city of Yokohama in Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan. As of 2010, the ward had an estimated population of 197,019 and a density of 15,550 persons per km2.
Nishi-ku
- Categories: ward of Japan and locality
- Location: Yokohama, Kanagawa, Kanto, Japan, East Asia, Asia
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
35.4536° or 35° 27′ 13″ northLongitude
139.6169° or 139° 37′ 1″ eastPopulation
98,500Elevation
11 metres (36 feet)Open location code
8Q7XFJ38+CPOpenStreetMap ID
node 2115185597OpenStreetMap feature
place=suburbGeoNames ID
1855254Wikidata ID
Q1203393
This page is based on OpenStreetMap, GeoNames, Wikidata, Wikimedia Commons, and Wikipedia.
We’d love your help improving our open data sources. Thank you for contributing.
Satellite Map
Discover Nishi-ku from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
In Other Languages
From Arabic to Vietnamese—“Nishi-ku” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “نيشي-كو، يوكوهاما”
- Arabic: “نيشي-كو”
- Basque: “Nishi-ku”
- Belarusian: “Нісі-ку”
- Catalan: “Nishi-ku”
- Catalan: “Nishi”
- Cebuano: “Nishi-ku”
- Chinese: “西区”
- Chinese: “西區”
- Czech: “Nishi-ku”
- Czech: “Niši-ku”
- Dutch: “Nishi-ku”
- Egyptian Arabic: “نيشى-كو, يوكوهاما”
- Egyptian Arabic: “نيشى-كو”
- Esperanto: “Kvartalo Niŝi-ku”
- Esperanto: “Niŝi kvartalo”
- Esperanto: “Niŝi-kvartalo”
- French: “arrondissement de Nishi”
- French: “arrondissement Ouest”
- French: “Arrondissement Ouest”
- French: “Nishi-ku”
- German: “Nishi-ku”
- Hungarian: “Nisi-ku”
- Indonesian: “Nishi-ku, Yokohama”
- Indonesian: “Nishi-ku”
- Irish: “Nishi-ku”
- Italian: “Nishi-ku (Yokohama)”
- Italian: “Nishi-ku”
- Japanese: “Nishi-ku”
- Japanese: “にしく”
- Japanese: “ニシク”
- Japanese: “横浜市西区”
- Japanese: “西区 (横浜市)”
- Japanese: “西区”
- Korean: “니시구”
- Persian: “نیشی-کو، یوکوهاما”
- Persian: “نیشی-کو”
- Polish: “Nishi-ku”
- Polish: “Nishi”
- Russian: “Ниси-ку”
- Russian: “Ниси”
- Slovak: “Nishi-ku”
- Slovak: “Niši-ku”
- Slovenian: “Nishi-ku”
- Slovenian: “Niši-ku”
- Spanish: “Nishi-ku”
- Spanish: “Nishi”
- Swedish: “Nishi-ku”
- Thai: “เขตนิชิ”
- Turkish: “Nishi, Yokohama”
- Turkish: “Nishi”
- Ukrainian: “Нісі”
- Ukrainian: “Район Нісі”
- Ukrainian: “Район Ніші”
- Urdu: “نیشی وارڈ، یوکوہاما”
- Urdu: “نیشی وارڈ”
- Venetian: “Nishi-ku”
- Vietnamese: “Nishi-ku”
- Vietnamese: “Nishi, Yokohama”
Places with the Same Name
Discover other places named “Nishi-ku”.
Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Nishimaecho 2-chome and Chuo 1-chome.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include 西区総合庁舎 and 西区役所.
Kanagawa: Must-Visit Destinations
Delve into Kawasaki, Kamakura, Sagamihara, and Yokosuka.
Curious Places to Discover
Uncover intriguing places from every corner of the globe.