Suma-ku, Kobe

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Suma-ku (須磨区; Suma-ku) is one of 9 wards of Kobe City in Japan. It has an area of 30.0 km², and a population of 170,238 (2006).

There is a white sandy beach in this ward, which attracts tourists from Kansai region for sun bathing and popular events during summer season. The same beach was appeared in old poems and stories such as The Tale of Genji (Early 11th Century) and so on. Thus Suma is often referred as one of Utamakura in traditional style poems or Waka.

The Beach Boys made a song titled "Sumahama" out of this beach in 1970s.