Sawara-ku, Fukuoka

Sawara-ku (Sawara Ward, 早良区) is one of the seven wards of Fukuoka-shi (Fukuoka City, 福岡市), Kyushu, Japan.

Data

Population: 210,335 people (as of June 1, 2006)
Area: 95.88 square kilometers (now largest of the seven wards)

Profiles

On April 1, 1972, Fukuoka-shi was designated as a government ordinance city of Japan.

Then, Fukuoka-shi was subdivided into the five wards of Hakata-ku, Chuo-ku, Higashi-ku, Minami-ku and the former Nishi-ku, and the area now called Sawara-ku was part of the former Nishi-ku (then largest of the five wards).

On May 10, 1982, the former Nishi-ku was subdivided into the three wards of Sawara-ku, Jonan-ku and Nishi-ku.

Places

Momochi-hama (百道浜): Fukuoka Tower, Fukuoka City Museum, Fukuoka City Library
Nishijin (西新): Nishijin Praliva (the former Nishijin Iwataya)
Fujisaki (藤崎): Sawara Ward Office, Sawara Police Station, Fujisaki Bus Terminal
Hara (原): Hara Saty (the former Hara Daiei)
Noke (野芥)
Irube (入部): Sawara Ward Irube Branch Office

Schools

Momochi-hama: Seinan Gakuin Junior and Senior High School
Nishijin: Seinan Gakuin University, Shuyukan High School
Arita (有田): Fukuoka Korinkan High School (the former Nishi-Fukuoka High School)
Tamura (田村): Fukuoka Dental College

City Subway Stations

Kuko Line: Nishijin, Fujisaki, Muromi (室見)
Nanakuma Line: Noke, Kamo (賀茂), Jiromaru (次郎丸)

Roads

City Route Chiyo-Imajuku (Karatsu-kaido Street, Meiji-dori Street)
National Route 202 (Prefectural Route 559, Taiko-michi Street, Befubashi-dori Street, Imajuku-shindo Street)
National Route 202 Bypass (Fukuoka Sotokanjo-doro Street)
Prefectural Route 49
Prefectural Route 56

City Route Nishijin-Arae (Sawara-gaido Avenue)
National Route 263 (Sawara-gaido Avenue)
Prefectural Route 558 (Sawara-kaido Avenue, Mitsuse-kaido Avenue)

Rivers

Muromi-gawa River
Kanakuzu-gawa River
Aburayama-gawa River