Nippon Flour Mills, Showa Denko, Asahi Glass Co. Mazda has a research and development center in Kanagawa-ku. Transportation Railroads East Japan Railway Company –Yokohama Line – East Japan Railway Company - Keihin-Tōhoku Line – Keihin Electric Express Railway - Keikyū Main Line - - - - Tokyu Corporation - Tōkyū Tōyoko Line - - Yokohama City Transportation Bureau – Blue Line – – Highways Daisan Keihin Shuto Expressway Route 1 Route 15 Prefecture roads Kanagawa Prefecture Road 2 Kanagawa Prefecture Road 21 Kanagawa Prefecture Road 13 Kanagawa Prefecture Road 111 Education Colleges and universities Kanagawa University Institute of Information Security Primary and secondary schools The Kanagawa Prefectural Board of Education operates prefectural high schools. Public senior high schools: Yokohama Suiran High School Kanagawa Sohgoh High School The operates public elementary and junior high schools. Public junior high schools: Kanagawa (神奈川) Kuritaya (栗田谷) Matsumoto (松本) Nishikidai (錦台) Rokkakubashi (六角橋) Sugeta (菅田) Urashimaoka (浦島丘) Additionally, Karuisawa Junior High School (軽井沢中学校), outside of Kanagawa-ku, serves a part of Kanagawa-ku. Public elementary schools: Aoki (青木) Futatsuya (二谷) Hazawa (羽沢) Kamihashi (神橋) Kanagawa (神奈川) Kandaiji (神大寺) Kōgaya (幸ケ谷) Koyasu (子安) Minami-Kandaiji (南神大寺) Mitsuzawa (三ツ沢) Nakamaru (中丸) Nishiterao (西寺尾) Nishiterao-Daini (No. 2) (西寺尾第二) Ōguchidai (大口台) Saitobun (斎藤分) Shirahata (白幡) Sugetanooka (菅田の丘) Urashima (浦島) Additionally the zones of Higashi Hongo Elementary School (東本郷小学校), Kamihoshikawa Elementary (上星川小学校), Kohoku Elementary (港北小学校), Miyagaya Elementary (宮谷小学校), Shirosato Elementary (城郷小学校), Terao Elementary (寺尾小学校), and Tokiwadai Elementary (常盤台小学校), all with campuses located outside of Kanagawa-ku, include portions of Kanagawa-ku. Municipal special schools: Yokohama Municipal Special Needs School for the Blind (横浜市立盲特別支援学校) Former municipal schools: Ikeue (池上) and Sugeta (菅田) Elementaries merged into Sugetanooka on April 1, 2021 (Reiwa 3). International schools: Kanagawa Korean Jr./ Sr. High School – North Korean school Yokohama Korean Primary School (横浜朝鮮初級学校) - Also a North Korean school – Kindergarten and primary school Private Schools: Private schools: Asano High School Local attractions Hama Wing Mitsuzawa Stadium Noted people from Kanagawa Ward Hiroshi Abe, actor Tetsurō Degawa, comedian Tomomi Itano, ex-AKB48 Keiko Kishi, actress Kaori Takahashi, actress Junichi Tazawa, professional baseball player Tetsuya Yamaguchi, professional baseball player References Kato, Yuzo. Yokohama Past and Present. Yokohama City University (1990). External links Kanagawa Ward Office Kanagawa Ward Office City of Yokohama statistics Wards of Yokohama