Tsuzuki-ku, Yokohama

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Tsuzuki-ku (都筑区, Tsuzuki-ku^?) is one of the 18 wards of the city of Yokohama in Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan. As of 2003, 171,429 people lived in Tsuzuki-ku. Tsuzuki-ku is 27.88 km² in area. Its average age of 36.0 makes this the youngest ward in Yokohama. Tsuzuki-ku is also the newest ward in the Yokohama. The 1994 merger of parts of Midori-ku and Aoba-ku formed Tsuzuki-ku.

The tree of Tsuzuki-ku is crape myrtle and lots of crape myrtle grow in the ward. The Yokohama Historical Museum in Tsuzuki-ku was built in January 1995. A big hospital was built in 2003, and this hospital is one of the biggest in Tsuzuki-ku.

1 Transportation of Tsuzuki-ku
2 Changing of Tsuzuki-ku
3 School
4 External links

[edit] Transportation of Tsuzuki-ku

The Yokohama Subway is the only rail line serving commuters in Tsuzuki-ku. Nakagawa, Center-kita, Center-minami, and Nakamachidai are the four stations in the ward. Some areas are far from any station, so residents of Tsuzuki-ku rely heavily on bus transportation.

The new Line 4 of the Yokohama Subway, currently under construction (and scheduled for completion in 2007), will pass through Tsuzuki-ku.

[edit] Changing of Tsuzuki-ku

Tsuzuki-ku is developing since it was built. Kouhoku New Town is in Tsuzuki-ku. The government planned to make a new town in this area about 30 years ago, and many people are moving to this town.

The ward offices of Tsuzuki-ku are located near Center-minami Station. The capital part of Tsuzuki-ku is the place between Center-kita and Center-minami. Center here means the capital part of Tsuzuki-ku. Also this new town was planned to have lots of parks with an abundance of plants and nature.

There are three big shopping centers in Tsuzuki-ku. Mosaic Mall and Ichi are near Center-kita Station. Ichi has a bowling alley. The third one is Tokyu-S.C., located near Center-minami Station. Its movie theater is the only one in Tsuzuki-ku.

In 1997, the Yokohama Campus of Musashi Kogyo Daigaku (Musashi Institute of Technology) opened near Nakagawa Station. YC features two departments: the Dept. of Environment and Information Studies admitted its first students in 1997 while the Dept. of Information Ecology Studies was added in 2002.

The government is now planning to make a new city called Tantatown in Kouhoku New Town and it is now broadcasting commercial messages announcing it.