Kita-ku
Kita-ku was a ward in Hamamatsu, Shizuoka, Japan, located in the north of the city. It is bordered by Tenryū-ku to the north, Higashi-ku and Naka-ku to the east, Hamakita-ku Minami-ku and Kosai to the south, and the cities of Toyohashi and Shinshiro to the west.Photo: KK77, CC BY-SA 3.0.
- Type: Locality with 92,400 residents
- Description: one of the seven wards of the City of Hamamatsu
- Also known as: “Kita Ku” and “Kita-ku, Hamamatsu”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Tenpaku Iwakura Site and Iinoyagu Shrine.
Tenpaku Iwakura Site
Scenic viewpoint
Photo: Saigen Jiro, CC0.
Tenpaku Iwakura Site is a scenic viewpoint.
Iinoyagu Shrine
Shinto shrine
Photo: 立花左近, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Iinoya-gū is a Shinto shrine in Hamana-ku, Hamamatsu, Shizuoka Prefecture, Japan. It was established in 1872, and its main festival is held annually on September 22. It is one of the Fifteen Shrines of the Kenmu Restoration.
Ryotan-ji Temple
Buddhist temple
Photo: Yanajin33, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Ryōtan-ji is a Buddhist temple belonging to the Myōshin-ji branch of the Rinzai school of Japanese Zen. located in Hamana-ku, Hamamatsu, Shizuoka Prefecture, Japan.
Kita-ku
- Categories: ward of Japan and former administrative territorial entity
- Location: Hamamatsu, Shizuoka, Chubu, Japan, East Asia, Asia
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In Other Languages
From Catalan to Venetian—“Kita-ku” goes by many names.
- Catalan: “Kita-ku”
- Catalan: “Kita”
- Cebuano: “Kita-ku (subdistrito sa Hapon, Shizuoka-ken)”
- Cebuano: “Kita-ku”
- Chinese: “北区”
- Chinese: “北區”
- Dutch: “Kita-ku”
- French: “Kita-ku”
- German: “Kita-ku”
- Indonesian: “Kita-ku, Hamamatsu”
- Indonesian: “Kita-ku”
- Irish: “Kita-ku”
- Italian: “Kita-ku (Hamamatsu)”
- Italian: “Kita-ku”
- Japanese: “きたく”
- Japanese: “キタク”
- Japanese: “北区 (浜松市)”
- Japanese: “北区”
- Japanese: “浜松市北区”
- Korean: “기타 구”
- Korean: “기타구”
- Persian: “کیتا-کو، هاماماتسو”
- Persian: “کیتا-کو”
- Slovenian: “Kita-ku”
- Slovenian: “Kita”
- Spanish: “Kita-ku”
- Thai: “เขตคิตะ”
- Ukrainian: “Район Кіта”
- Urdu: “کیتا وارڈ، ہاماماتسو”
- Urdu: “کیتا وارڈ”
- Venetian: “Kita-ku”
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