Nishi-ku, Hiroshima

Location of Nishi-ku in Hiroshima City

Nishi-ku (西区) is one of the eight wards of the city of Hiroshima, Japan. The Hiroshima-Nishi Airport is located in Nishi-ku.

Geography

This place is the west part of Hiroshima. It is wide and there are many mountains.

Nature

There are many mountains in the north of the ward, and its geographic plane is very narrow.

Neighbors

North: Asaminami Ward
South: Hiroshima Bay
East: Center Ward
West: Saeki Ward

Economy

Sporting equipment companies Mikasa Sports and Molten Corporation have their headquarters in Nishi-ku.^[1]^[2]^[3]

References

↑ "Corporate Profile." Molten Corporation. Retrieved on March 10, 2016. "1-8 Yokogawa Shin-machi, Nishi-ku Hiroshima 733-0013, Japan"
↑ "Company Profile." Mikasa Sports. Retrieved on September 9, 2012. "11-2, 3-chome, Kusunoki-cho, Nishi-ku Hiroshima 733-0002, Japan"
↑ "会社概要." Mikasa Sports. Retrieved on September 9, 2013. "所在地広島市西区楠木町3丁目11番2号"

Hiroshima Prefecture

Hiroshima (capital)

Wards of Hiroshima	Aki Asakita Asaminami Higashi Minami Naka Nishi Saeki

Core cities	Fukuyama Kure

Cities	Akitakata Etajima Fuchū Hatsukaichi Higashihiroshima Mihara Miyoshi Onomichi Ōtake Shōbara Takehara

Aki District	Fuchū Kaita Kumano Saka

Jinseki District	Jinsekikōgen

Sera District	Sera

Toyota District	Ōsakikamijima

Yamagata District	Akiōta Kitahiroshima

Coordinates: 34°23′38″N 132°26′4″E / 34.39389°N 132.43444°E / 34.39389; 132.43444

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