Naka-ku, Hiroshima

Naka-ku (中区; lit. "middle district") is the heart of Hiroshima, Hiroshima Prefecture, Japan. Naka-ku is home to Hiroshima's central business district and Peace Memorial Park. Major attractions include the Hondori shopping arcade, a covered mall-like street of shops extending east from the Hiroshima Peace Memorial Park to Hatchobori. Also in Naka-ku is Okonomi-mura - a building housing a number of restaurants that serve Hiroshima's famous food, okonomiyaki.

Location of Naka-ku in Hiroshima City

Geography

This place is in the middle of River delta of Ōta River. It's almost flat except around Mt. Eba or Mt.Eba-sarayama.

Nature

• Ōta River

Neighbors

• North:East Ward
• South:Hiroshima Bay
• East:South Ward
• West:West Ward

Economy

Air China has an office on the 11th floor of the NBF Hiroshima Tatemachi Building in Naka-ku.^[1] Asiana Airlines operates a sales office on the ninth floor of the Hiroshima Crystal Plaza Building in Naka-ku.^[2]