Naka-ku (中区, lit. "middle ward") is the heart of Hiroshima, Hiroshima Prefecture, Japan. Naka-ku is home to Hiroshima's central business district and Peace Memorial Park. Major attractions include the Hondori shopping arcade, a covered mall-like street of shops extending east from the Hiroshima Peace Memorial Park to Hatchobori. Also in Naka-ku is Okonomi-mura - a building housing a number of restaurants that serve Hiroshima's famous food, okonomiyaki.
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Geography
editThis place is in the middle of River delta of Ōta River. It's almost flat except around Mt. Eba or Mt.Eba-sarayama.
Nature
editNeighbors
edit- North:East Ward
- South:Hiroshima Bay
- East:South Ward
- West:West Ward
Economy
editAir China has an office on the 11th floor of the NBF Hiroshima Tatemachi Building in Naka-ku.[1] Asiana Airlines operates a sales office on the ninth floor of the Hiroshima Crystal Plaza Building in Naka-ku.[2]
References
edit- ^ "International Offices Archived 2008-12-17 at the Wayback Machine." Air China. Retrieved on January 18, 2009.
- ^ "Worldwide Offices Japan." Asiana Airlines. Retrieved on January 19, 2009.
34°23′10″N 132°27′19″E / 34.38611°N 132.45528°E