Hanamigawa-ku
# Hanamigawa-ku

Hanamigawa Ward (花見川区, Hanamigawa-ku) is one of the six wards of the city of Chiba in Chiba Prefecture, Japan. As of April 2012, the ward has an estimated population of 179,770 and a population density of 5,250 persons per km². The total area is 34.24 km².

## Geography

Hanamigawa Ward is located inland in the northernmost part of the city of Chiba. The ward takes its name from the Hanami River, which flows through the ward.

## Places

* Amadocho
* Asahigaoka
* Asahigaokacho
* Chigusacho
* Dainichicho
* Hanamigawa
* Hanashimacho
* Hanazono
* Hanazonocho
* Hatamachi
* Kashiwai
* Kashiwaicho
* Kemigawacho
* Kotehashicho
* Kotehashidai
* Makuharicho
* Makuharihongo
* Miharuno
* Minami-Hanazono
* Miyanogidai
* Mizuho
* Nagasakucho
* Nagasakudai
* Naniwacho
* Nishi-Konakadai
* Sakushindai
* Sankakucho
* Satsukigaoka
* Takeishicho
* Uchiyamacho
* Unayacho
* Yokodocho
* Yokododai

## Transportation

### Railroads

* JR East – Sōbu Line
   * Makuharihongō - Makuhari - Shin-Kemigawa
* Keisei Electric Railway – Chiba Line
   * Keisei Makuharihongō - Keisei Makuhari - Kemigawa

## Education

Municipal elementary and junior high schools are operated by the Chiba City Board of Education (千葉市教育委員会).

Municipal junior high schools:

* Amado (天戸中学校)
* Asahigaoka (朝日ケ丘中学校)
* Hanamigawa (花見川中学校)
* Hanazono (花園中学校)
* Kotehashi (犢橋中学校)
* Kotehashidai (こてはし台中学校)
* Makuhari (幕張中学校)
* Makuhari Hongo (幕張本郷中学校)
* Midorigaoka (緑が丘中学校)
* Satsukigaoka (さつきが丘中学校)

Former junior high schools

* Hamamigawa No. 1 (花見川第一中学校)
* Hamamigawa No. 2 (花見川第二中学校)

Municipal elementary schools:

* Asahigaoka (朝日ケ丘小学校)
* Hanamigawa (花見川小学校)
* Hanamigawa No. 3 (花見川第三小学校)
* Hanashima (花島小学校)
* Hanazono (花園小学校)
* Hata (畑小学校)
* Kashiwai (柏井小学校)
* Kemigawa (検見川小学校)
* Kotehashi (犢橋小学校)
* Kotehashidai (こてはし台小学校)
* Makuhari (幕張小学校)
* Makuhari Higashi (幕張東小学校)
* Makuhari Minami (幕張南小学校)
* Mizuho (瑞穂小学校)
* Nagasaku (長作小学校)
* Nishikonakadai (西小中台小学校)
* Nishinoya (西の谷小学校)
* Sakushin (作新小学校)
* Satsukigaoka Higashi (さつきが丘東小学校)
* Satsukigaoka Nishi (さつきが丘西小学校)
* Uenodai (上の台小学校)
* Yokodo (横戸小学校)

Former elementary schools:

* Hanamigawa No. 1 (花見川第一小学校)
* Hanamigawa No. 2 (花見川第二小学校)
* Hanamigawa No. 4 (花見川第四小学校)
* Hanamigawa No. 5 (花見川第五小学校)

The Chiba Korean Primary and Junior High School, a North Korea-aligned Korean international school, is located in Hamamigawa-ku.

## Noted people from Hanamigawa Ward

* Masaki Aiba – singer, actor
* Hitori Gekidan - comedian, actor
* Matsuko Deluxe - TV personality
* Yasuyuki Kataoka - professional baseball player
* Akira Narahashi – professional soccer player
* Akinori Otsuka - professional baseball player
* Fuminori Yokogawa - professional baseball player
* Kotofuji Takaya - sumo wrestler
