Chūō (中央区, Chūō-ku) is one of 9 wards of Kobe, Japan. It has an area of 28.46 km2, and a population of 127,602 with 74,814 households as of January 31, 2012. The ward was formed from the 1980 merger of the former Fukiai-ku (葺合区) and Ikuta-ku (生田区).
The Consulate-General of Panama in Kobe is located on the eighth floor of the Moriyama Building in Chūō-ku.[1] Also in the ward are the headquarters of Sumitomo Rubber Industries, Sysmex Corporation, a global medical devices manufacturing company and TOA Corporation, an electronics company.[2][3][4]
Places of note
Education
International schools:
- Kobe Chinese School, a mainland China-oriented Chinese international school[5]
- Kobe Korean Elementary and Junior High School (神戸朝鮮初中級学校), a North Korea-oriented Korean international school[6]
Gallery
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Nunobiki Falls -
Kobe Nunobiki Herb Park -
Ikuta shrine -
Kobe Sorakuen Park
References
- ^ "List of Consulates in Kansai Area Archived 2008-09-23 at the Wayback Machine." Creation Core Higashi Osaka. Retrieved on January 15, 2009.
- ^ "Company Outline." Sumitomo Rubber Industries. Retrieved on January 24, 2015.
- ^ "Corporate Profile Archived 2015-01-19 at the Wayback Machine." Sysmex Corporation. Retrieved on January 21, 2015.
- ^ "Company Data." TOA Corporation. Retrieved on November 23, 2018.
- ^ Home page Archived 2015-04-02 at the Wayback Machine. Kobe Chinese School. Retrieved on April 11, 2015. "〒650-0004 兵庫県神戸市中央区中山手通６丁目９番１号"
- ^ "ウリハッキョ一覧" (). Chongryon. Retrieved on October 14, 2015.
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