Tohoku
Miyagi
Sendai

Wakabayashi

Wakabayashi-ku is the eastern ward of the city Sendai, in , . As of 1 June 2019, the ward had a population of 138,102 and a population density of 2715 persons per km² in 63583 households.
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  • Type: Suburb with 142,000 residents
  • Description: ward of Sendai in Miyagi prefecture, Japan
  • Also known as: “Wakabayashi Ward”, “Wakabayashi-ku”, and “Wakabayashi-ku, Sendai”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Rakuten Mobile SAIKYO Park Miyagi and Sendai City Museum of History and Folkore.

Stadium
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Rakuten Mobile Park Miyagi, officially Miyagi Baseball Stadium, is a baseball stadium in Miyaginohara Sports Park in , , . The 30,508-seat park is owned by the prefecture and operated by Rakuten, which has used it as the home field for the Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles of Nippon Professional Baseball since 2005.

Museum
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Sendai City Museum of History and Folklore opened in Tsutsujigaoka Park, , , Japan in 1979. The museum building, the former barracks of the 4th Infantry Regiment, built in 1874 and extended in 1876, is the oldest surviving Western-style building in the prefecture and a Prefectural Tangible Cultural Property.

Aerodrome
is a military aerodrome of the Japan Ground Self-Defense Force Camp Kasuminome. It is located 2.7 NM southeast of in the , .

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Aoba and Taihaku-ku.

Suburb
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Aoba-ku is one of five wards of , the largest city in the of Japan. Aoba-ku encompasses 302.278 km² and had a population of 296,551, with 147,622 households as of March 1, 2012. is situated 4 km northwest of Wakabayashi.

Suburb
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is the southernmost ward of the city Sendai, in , . As of 1 March 2023, the ward had a population of 234,391 and a population density of 1028 persons per km2 in 113,068 households.

Suburb
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Miyagino-ku is the northeastern ward of the city Sendai, in , . As of 1 July 2017, the ward had a population of 196,086 and a population density of 3370 persons per km2 in 91322 households.

Wakabayashi

Latitude
38.2441° or 38° 14′ 39″ north
Longitude
140.9006° or 140° 54′ 2″ east
Population
142,000
Elevation
1 metre (3 feet)
Open location code
8RC26WV2+J6
Open­Street­Map ID
node 752184850
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­suburb
Geo­Names ID
7447004
Wiki­data ID
Q1131743
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Vietnamese—“Wakabayashi” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “واكاباياشي-كو”
  • Cebuano: “Wakabayashi Ku”
  • Chinese: “若林区”
  • Chinese: “若林區”
  • French: “Wakabayashi-ku”
  • German: “Wakabayashi-ku”
  • Hungarian: “Vakabajasi-ku”
  • Indonesian: “Wakabayashi-ku, Sendai”
  • Irish: “Wakabayashi-ku”
  • Italian: “Wakabayashi-ku”
  • Japanese: “Wakabayashi-ku”
  • Japanese: “わかばやしく”
  • Japanese: “ワカバヤシク”
  • Japanese: “仙台市若林区”
  • Japanese: “若林区”
  • Korean: “와카바야시구”
  • Persian: “واکابایاشی-کو، سندای”
  • Polish: “Wakabayashi-ku”
  • Polish: “Wakabayashi”
  • Portuguese: “Wakabayashi-ku”
  • Russian: “Вакабайяши”
  • Scots: “Wakabayashi-ku, Sendai”
  • Scots: “Wakabayashi-ku”
  • Spanish: “Wakabayashi-ku”
  • Thai: “เขตวากาบายาชิ”
  • Turkish: “Wakabayashi”
  • Ukrainian: “Вакабаясі”
  • Ukrainian: “Район Вакабаясі”
  • Ukrainian: “Район Вакабаяші”
  • Venetian: “Wakabayashi-ku”
  • Vietnamese: “Wakabayashi, Sendai”

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Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include ふるさと広場 and Wakabayashi Ward Chuo Citizens Center Annex.

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