Chūō-ku, Chiba
Chūō
中央区 | |
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Chūō Ward | |
UTC+9 (Japan Standard Time) | |
Address | 4-5-1 Chūō, Chūō-ku Chiba-shi, Chiba-ken 260-8733 |
Website | Official website of Chūō-ku |
Chūō Ward (中央区, Chūō-ku) is one of the six
Geography
Chūō Ward is located in southwestern Chiba city, facing
Surrounding municipalities
- Inage Ward
- Mihama Ward
- Midori Ward
- Wakaba Ward
- Ichihara, Chiba
History
The fortified residence (Inohana Castle) of the
After the Meiji Restoration, the area of present-day Chūō Ward was divided on April 1, 1889 into the town of Chiba and villages of Soga, Miyako, Chishiro, and Oihama within Chiba District. Soga was raised to town status on May 23, 1890, and Chiba Town became Chiba City on January 1, 1921. On November 10, 1928, Oihama was raised to town status. The city of Chiba annexed Soga and Miyako on February 11, 1937, followed by Chishiro on February 11, 1944 and Oihama on February 11, 1955.
With the promotion of Chiba to a
Economy
Chūō Ward is the center for industry and commerce for Chiba City. During the post-war era, the area developed largely as a company town to the neighboring steel works of Kawasaki Steel (JFE Steel Corporation).
Transportation
Railroads
- Sōbu Line
- JR East – Uchibō Line
- JR East – Sotobō Line
- JR East – Keiyō Line
- Chiba-Minato • Soga
- Keisei Electric Railway – Keisei Chiba Line
- Chiba Urban Monorail – Line 2
Highways
- Japan National Route 14
- Japan National Route 16
- Japan National Route 51
- Japan National Route 126
- Japan National Route 357
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:[1]
Municipal elementary schools:[2]
- Benten (弁天小学校)
- Daiganji (大巌寺小学校)
- Honcho (本町小学校)
- Hoshikuki (星久喜小学校)
- Innai (院内小学校)
- Kawado (川戸小学校)
- Matsugaoka (松ケ丘小学校)
- Miyako (都小学校)
- Miyazaki (宮崎小学校)
- Nitona (仁戸名小学校)
- Nobuto (登戸小学校)
- Oihama (生浜小学校)
- Oihama Higashi (生浜東小学校)
- Oihama Nishi (生浜西小学校)
- Omori (大森小学校)
- Samugawa (寒川小学校)
- Shinjuku (新宿小学校)
- Soga (蘇我小学校)
- Tsurusawa (鶴沢小学校)
Local attractions
- Chiba Shrine
- Fukuda Denshi Arena
- Chiba Velodrome
- Kaientai Dojo
Noted people from Chūō Ward
- Yoshinobu Takahashi – professional baseball player
- Toshiyuki Nagashima – actor
- Keiichi Tsuruoka – former mayor
References
- ^ "千葉市立の中学校一覧". Chiba City. Retrieved 2022-12-26.
- ^ "千葉市立の小学校一覧". Chiba City. Retrieved 2022-12-26.