is one of the 16 wards of

Nagoya is the largest city in the Chūbu region, the fourth-most populous city and third most populous urban area in Japan, with a population of 2.3million in 2020. Located on the Pacific coast in central Honshu, it is the capital and the most po ...

, Japan. As of October 1, 2019, the ward has an estimated population of 135,134 and a population density of 8,290 persons per km². The total area is 16.30 km².

History

Nakamura Ward is famous as the birthplace of Toyotomi Hideyoshi. One of the merchant areas is called Funairi-chō, which is close to the Hori Canal. The area was heavily damaged during the bombing of Nagoya in World War II. One of the houses that was saved from there is the Tōmatsu House. The modern ward was officially established on .

Places

JR Nagoya Station,

Meitetsu Nagoya Station is the principal station of the Nagoya Railroad (Meitetsu) system in Nagoya, Japan. Most trains of Meitetsu's major lines operate through this station. The station is also a gateway to the Chūbu Centrair International Airport, which is ...

and

Kintetsu Nagoya Station is a terminal station on the Kintetsu Nagoya Line. It is connected to Nagoya Station (JR Central, Aonami Line, and Nagoya City Subway) and Meitetsu Nagoya Station (Nagoya Railroad). Layout The station has four bay platform In the Uni ...

are all located next to each other in the ward's Meieki district. Adjoining these train stations are several department stores, including

Matsuzakaya ( TYO: 8235, delisted) is a major Japanese department store chain operated by Daimaru Matsuzakaya Department Stores, a subsidiary of J. Front Retailing. When the chain was an independent company, , it had its headquarters in Naka-ku, Nagoya. ...

, the

Meitetsu Department Store is a department store chain in the Chūbu region of Japan. It is headquartered in Nagoya, Japan and owned by the Meitetsu rail company. The main store is located above Meitetsu Nagoya Station in Nakamura Ward and first opened in December 1954 ...

and

Kintetsu Pass'e ''Kintetsu'' is the abbreviation of , or Kintetsu Railway, a Japanese railway corporation. It may also refer to: Companies * Kintetsu Group Holdings, the holding corporation of the Kintetsu Railway ** Kintetsu Bus, a bus company and a subsidiary ...

. To the west of the station is Nagoya's only Islamic house of worship, the

Nagoya Mosque Nagoya Mosque ( ja, 名古屋モスク; Romaji: ''Nagoya Mosuku'') is a mosque in Nakamura-ku, Nagoya, Aichi Prefecture, Japan. In 1980s, Muslims around the area started to collect donations for construction and the mosque was built in 1998. In ...

, which was established in 1998.

Economy

The Central Japan Railway Company has its headquarters in the JR Central Towers in Meieki. Aoki's Pizza has its headquarters in Nakamura-ku. DMG Mori Seiki has its headquarters in Nakamura-ku. Air France has an office in the Nagoya-Daiya Building in Nakamura-ku. ;Sub CBD * Sasashima-raibu 24 **

Chūkyō Television Broadcasting JOCH-DTV, branded as , is the Chūkyō metropolitan area flagship station of the Nippon News Network and Nippon Television Network System (NNS), owned by Nippon Television Holdings through . Its studios are located in Showa-ku, Nagoya, Japan ...

**Global Gate **

Japan International Cooperation Agency The is a governmental agency that delivers the bulk of Official Development Assistance (ODA) for the government of Japan. It is chartered with assisting economic and social growth in developing countries, and the promotion of international co ...

Chūbu（JICA Chūbu） **Market Square Sasashima **

Zepp Nagoya The Zepp music halls are a group of Japanese music venues covering every area of the country. They play host to many international tours and are a popular stop among Japanese musicians. Each venue takes the Zepp name, along with the city in which ...

Education

Aichi University Nagoya Campus from Sasashima-raibu Station

There are 3 universities in the ward. * Aichi University Nagoya campus *

Doho University is a private university in Nakamura-ku, Nagoya, Aichi Prefecture, Japan. The predecessor of the school was founded in 1826, and it was chartered in 1950. It includes the Nagoya College of Music (名古屋音楽大学, ''Nagoya Ongaku Daigaku''), ...

* Nagoya College of Music The ward also has a North Korean primary school, Nagoya Corean Elementary School & Kindergarten ( 名古屋朝鮮初級学校).アクセス
" Nagoya Corean Elementary School & Kindergarten. Retrieved on October 14, 2015. "〒453–0801名古屋市中村区太閤1-18-33"

People

Famous people born in Nakamura Ward include: * Toyotomi Hideyoshi,

Samurai were the hereditary military nobility and officer caste of medieval and early-modern Japan from the late 12th century until their abolition in 1876. They were the well-paid retainers of the '' daimyo'' (the great feudal landholders). They h ...

Katō Kiyomasa was a Japanese ''daimyō'' of the Azuchi–Momoyama and Edo periods. His court title was Higo-no-kami. His name as a child was ''Yashamaru'', and first name was ''Toranosuke''. He was one of Hideyoshi's Seven Spears of Shizugatake. Biography ...

Kiyoseumi Takayuki Kiyoseumi Takayuki (born Takayuki Ichihara, 16 August 1984) is a former sumo wrestler from Nagoya, Japan. An extremely successful amateur, his highest rank in the professional sport was ''maegashira'' 13. He was forced to retire in April 2011 af ...

, Sumo wrestler *

Hiroshi Tamaki is a Japanese actor, singer, and model from Nagoya, Japan. When he was still in high school, he was discovered by a talent agent while out shopping with friends. He made his debut in the drama ''Am I Weird?'' (私ってへん？ ''Watashitte Hen ...

, actor * Mariya Yamada, actress *

Shoichi Kondo is a Japanese politician of the Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan, and a member of the House of Representatives in the Diet (national legislature). He is a former member of the Democratic Party (DP), the Democratic Party of Japan (DPJ), ...

, politician

Gallery

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Toyokuni Shrine , alternately read Hōkoku Shrine (''Hōkoku-jinja''), refers to a number of Shinto shrines in Japan dedicated to kampaku and ruler of Japan Toyotomi Hideyoshi. The two names are different readings of the same ''kanji'' and are used interchangeabl ...

（ Nakamura Park）

References

External links

Nagoya Mosque
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