Bureau – Blue Line – – – Highways Shuto Expressway Kanagawa No. 3 Yokohama Yokosuka Road Route 16 Prefecture roads Kanagawa Prefecture Road 21 Kanagawa Prefecture Road 218 Education Kanagawa Prefectural Board of Education operates prefectural high schools: operates municipal high schools: Private schools: Aoyama Gakuin Yokohama Eiwa High School (formerly Yokohama Eiwa Girls' School) The municipal board of education operates public elementary and junior high schools. Municipal junior high schools: Fujinoki (藤の木) Heiraku (平楽) Kyoshin (共進) Maita (蒔田) Minami (南) Minamigaoka (南が丘) Mutsukawa (六ツ川) Nagata (永田) Municipal elementary schools: Bessho (別所) Fujinoki (藤の木) Hie (日枝) Idogaya (井土ケ谷) Ishikawa (石川) Maita (蒔田) Minami (南) Minami Ota (南太田) Minami Yoshida (南吉田) Mutsukawa (六つ川) Mutsukawadai (六つ川台) Mutsukawa Nishi (六つ川西) Nagata (永田) Nagatadai (永田台) Nakamura (中村) Ooka (大岡) Ota (太田) Fujimidai Elementary School (富士見台小学校), Sakuraoka Elementary School (桜岡小学校), Setogaya Elementary School (瀬戸ケ谷小学校), and Takigashira Elementary School (滝頭小学校), which have their campuses outside of Minami-ku, have zones that includes portions of Minami-ku. Local attractions Gumyōji temple Yokohama Municipal Children's Botanical Garden (in ) Noted people from Minami Ward Yuki Saito, actress Erika Umeda, singer Tadanobu Asano, singer Yuichi Nakamura, actor Akira Kamiya, voice actor Shunji Karube, Olympic runner References Kato, Yuzo. Yokohama Past and Present. Yokohama City University (1990). External links Minami Ward Office City of Yokohama statistics Wards of Yokohama