Nakano

Nakano is a special ward in the in Japan. The English translation of its Japanese self-designation is Nakano City. As of January 1, 2024, the ward has an estimated population of 337,377, and a population density of 21,640 persons per km2.
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  • Type: City with 337,000 residents
  • Description: special ward in the Tokyo Metropolis in Japan
  • Also known as: “Nakano Ku”, “Nakano-ku”, and “Nakano, Tokyo”
  • Neighbors: , , , and

Places of Interest

Highlights include Nakano Sunplaza and Kōenji Station.

Public building
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was a Japanese concert hall and hotel complex located in Nakano, Tokyo. It opened in 1973 and closed in 2023. The future of the complex is uncertain, with further plans likely coming in March 2026.

Railway station
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is a railway station on the Chūō Main Line in the in Suginami, Tokyo. The station, on a four-track section, is served by local and rapid services of the Chūō Main Line on weekdays.

Metro station
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Station is a railway station on the Chūō Main Line in , Tokyo in Japan, operated jointly by East Japan Railway Company and the Tokyo subway operator Tokyo Metro.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Suginami and Nakano City.

Photo: Miles Bader, CC BY 2.0.
is one of the 23 special wards in the in . The ward refers to itself as City in English. The total area is 34.06 km. 's mascot is a green little dinosaur called Namisuke.

Quarter
Nakano is a district of Nakano, , . As of October 2020, the population of this district is 27,358. The postal code for Nakano is 164-0001.

Quarter
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Chūō is a district of Nakano, , . As of October 2020, the population of this district is 29,541. The postal code for Chūō is 164–0011.

Nakano

Latitude
35.70862° or 35° 42′ 31″ north
Longitude
139.66294° or 139° 39′ 47″ east
Population
337,000
Elevation
45 metres (148 feet)
Inception
May 3rd, 1947
Open location code
8Q7XPM57+C5
Open­Street­Map ID
node 622866764
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­city
Geo­Names ID
1855848
Wiki­data ID
Q234087
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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Achinese to Yue Chinese—“Nakano” goes by many names.
  • Achinese: “Nakano, Tokyo”
  • Achinese: “Nakano”
  • Arabic: “ناكانو، طوكيو”
  • Arabic: “ناكانو”
  • Armenian: “Նականո”
  • Armenian: “Նիկանո”
  • Azerbaijani: “Nakano”
  • Balinese: “Nakano, Tokyo”
  • Basque: “Nakano”
  • Belarusian: “Накано-ку”
  • Belarusian: “Накано”
  • Bengali: “নাকানো”
  • Catalan: “Nakano”
  • Cebuano: “Nakano-ku”
  • Cebuano: “Nakano”
  • Chechen: “Накано”
  • Chinese: “Nakano-khu”
  • Chinese: “中野”
  • Chinese: “中野区”
  • Chinese: “中野區”
  • Czech: “Nakano”
  • Danish: “Nakano”
  • Dutch: “Nakano”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “ناكانو, طوكيو”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “ناكانو”
  • Esperanto: “Kvartalo Nakano”
  • Esperanto: “Nakano”
  • Estonian: “Nakano”
  • Finnish: “Nakano”
  • French: “arrondissement de Nakano”
  • French: “Nakano-ku”
  • French: “Nakano”
  • Galician: “Nakano, Tokyo”
  • Galician: “Nakano”
  • Gan Chinese: “中野区”
  • Gan Chinese: “中野區”
  • Georgian: “ნაკანო”
  • German: “Nakano”
  • Greek: “Νακάνο”
  • Gujarati: “નાકાનો-કુ”
  • Haitian: “Nakano”
  • Hebrew: “נאקאנו”
  • Hindi: “नाकानो -कू”
  • Hungarian: “Nakano”
  • Indonesian: “Nakano-ku”
  • Indonesian: “Nakano, Tokyo”
  • Indonesian: “Nakano”
  • Indonesian: “中野区”
  • Irish: “Nakano”
  • Italian: “Nakano”
  • Japanese: “Nakano-ku”
  • Japanese: “なかのく”
  • Japanese: “ナカノク”
  • Japanese: “中野”
  • Japanese: “中野区”
  • Japanese: “東京都中野区”
  • Kannada: “ನಕಾನೊ”
  • Korean: “나카노”
  • Korean: “나카노구”
  • Latvian: “Nakana”
  • Lithuanian: “Nakanas”
  • Lithuanian: “Nakano seniūnija”
  • Macedo-Romanian: “Nakano”
  • Malay: “Nakano, Tokyo”
  • Malay: “Nakano”
  • Marathi: “नाकानो-कु”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Nakano-khu”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Nakano”
  • Norwegian: “Nakano”
  • Occitan (post 1500): “Nakano”
  • Persian: “ناکانو-کو، توکیو”
  • Persian: “ناکانو”
  • Polish: “Nakano-ku”
  • Polish: “Nakano”
  • Portuguese: “Nakano”
  • Romanian: “Nakano, Tōkyō”
  • Romanian: “Nakano”
  • Russian: “Накано”
  • Scots: “Nakano-ku”
  • Scots: “Nakano, Tokyo”
  • Scots: “Nakano”
  • Sinhala: “නාකනෝ-කු”
  • Slovenian: “Nakano”
  • Spanish: “Nakano Tokio”
  • Spanish: “Nakano Tokyo”
  • Spanish: “Nakano”
  • Sundanese: “Nakano, Tokyo”
  • Swedish: “Nakano, Tokyo”
  • Swedish: “Nakano”
  • Tagalog: “Nakano, Tokyo”
  • Tagalog: “Nakano”
  • Tamil: “நாகனோ-கு”
  • Tatar: “Накано (махсус район)”
  • Tatar: “Накано”
  • Telugu: “నాకానో -కు”
  • Thai: “เขตนากาโนะ”
  • Thai: “นากาโนะ”
  • Turkish: “Nakano, Tokyo”
  • Turkish: “Nakano”
  • Ukrainian: “Накано-ку”
  • Ukrainian: “Накано”
  • Ukrainian: “Район Накано”
  • Urdu: “ناکانو، ٹوکیو”
  • Vietnamese: “Nakano, Tokyo”
  • Vietnamese: “Nakano”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Nakano, Tokyo”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Nakano”
  • Yue Chinese: “中野區”

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