What is Wards of Japan?
[[Image:Japan wards.png|thumb|right|300px|Japanese cities subdivided into wards.<ref> Since map was made the following additional cities were divided into wards: [[Hamamatsu, Shizuoka|Hamamatsu]] (between Nagoya and Shizuoka), [[Okayama, Okayama|Okayama]] (between Hiroshima and Kobe) and [[Sapporo, Hokkaido|Sapporo]] and [[Kumamoto, Kumamoto|Kumamoto]].</ref> ]] In [[Japan]], a '''ward''' ([[Japanese language|Japanese:]] 区, '''Ku''') is one of the divisions of a [[city designated by government ordinance|large city]]. ==Related pages== {{Administrative divisions of Japan}} * [[Municipalities in Japan]] ==References== {{reflist}} ==Other websites== * {{cite web|url=http://www3.grips.ac.jp/~coslog/activity/01/04/file/Bunyabetsu-20_en.pdf|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190917003255/http://www3.grips.ac.jp/~coslog/activity/01/04/file/Bunyabetsu-20_en.pdf |archive-date=2019-09-17|title= Large City System of Japan}}; graphic shows wards compared with other Japanese city types at p. 1 <nowiki>[PDF 7 of 40]</nowiki> {{Japan-stub}} [[category:Settlements in Japan]] [[Category:Wards of Japan| ]]