Wakabayashi-ku, Sendai

Location of Wakabayashi-ku in Sendai

Wakabayashi-ku (若林区) is a ward located in Sendai in Miyagi, Japan.

As of 2005, the ward has an estimated population of 130,478 and the population density of 2609.56 persons per km². The total area is 50 km². In the aftermath of the 2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami, the area was severely damaged, especially in Arahama district, where almost all 2,700 houses were destroyed and swept away by tsunamis.^[1]

Transportation

Train stations

Sendai Subway
- Nanboku Line: Atagobashi - Kawaramachi
- Tozai Line: Renbō - Yakushidō - Oroshimachi - Rokuchōnome - Arai

Highways

East Sendai Expressway (no exits)
South Sendai Expressway (no exits)
Route 4

References

↑ NHK special broadcast, 1425UTC, 12 March 2011.

External links

Media related to Wakabayashi-ku, Sendai at Wikimedia Commons

Official website

Miyagi Prefecture

Sendai (capital)	Aoba Izumi Miyagino Taihaku Wakabayashi

Other cities	Higashimatsushima Ishinomaki Iwanuma Kakuda Kesennuma Kurihara Natori Ōsaki Shiogama Shiroishi Tagajō Tome

Districts	Igu Kami Katta Kurokawa Miyagi Motoyoshi Oshika Shibata Tōda Watari

See also: Towns and villages by district

Coordinates: 38°14′39″N 140°54′3″E / 38.24417°N 140.90083°E / 38.24417; 140.90083

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