Wakabayashi-ku, Sendai

Location of Wakabayashi-ku in Sendai

Wakabayashi-ku (若林区) is a ward located in Sendai in Miyagi, Japan.

As of 2005, the ward has an estimated population of 130,478 and the population density of 2609.56 persons per km². The total area is 50 km². In the aftermath of 2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami, the area was severely damaged, especially in Arahama district, where almost all 2,700 houses were destroyed and swept away by tsunamis.^[1]

Transportation

Train stations

• Sendai Subway
  • Nanboku Line: Atagobashi - Kawaramachi

Highways

• East Sendai Expressway (no exits)
• South Sendai Expressway (no exits)
• Route 4

References

External links

Media related to Wakabayashi-ku, Sendai at Wikimedia Commons

• Official website

v t e Miyagi Prefecture Sendai (capital) Aoba Izumi Miyagino Taihaku Wakabayashi Other cities Higashimatsushima Ishinomaki Iwanuma Kakuda Kesennuma Kurihara Natori Ōsaki Shiogama Shiroishi Tagajō Tome Districts Igu Kami Katta Kurokawa Miyagi Motoyoshi Oshika Shibata Tōda Watari See also: Towns and villages by district

Coordinates: 38°14′39″N 140°54′3″E / 38.24417°N 140.90083°E / 38.24417; 140.90083