Suma-ku

• Name — Suma-ku • Native Name — 須磨区 • Settlement Type — Ward of Kobe • Subdivision Type — Country • Subdivision Name — Japan • Subdivision Type1 — Region • Subdivision Name1 — Kinki (Kansai) • Subdivision Type2 — Prefecture • Subdivision Name2 — Hyōgo • Subdivision Type3 — City • Subdivision Name3 — Kobe • Area Total Km2 — 30.00 • Population Total — 166324 • Population As Of — February 1, 2012 • Population Density Km2 — 5544.13 • Timezone1 — Japan Standard Time • Utc Offset1 — +9 • Blank Name Sec1 — City Symbols • Blank1 Name Sec1 — - Tree • Blank2 Name Sec1 — - Flower • Blank3 Name Sec1 — - Bird • Blank Name Sec2 — Phone number • Blank Info Sec2 — 078-731-4341 • Blank1 Name Sec2 — Address • Blank1 Info Sec2 — 1-1-1Nakashima-cho, Suma-ku, Kobe-shi, Hyogo-ken, 654-8570 • Website — www.city.kobe.lg.jp/ward/kuyakusho/suma Suma is one of 9 wards of Kobe, Japan.

As of February 1, 2012, it had an area of 30.0 km 2 and a population of 166,324, with 71,745 households.

There is a white sandy beach in this ward, which attracts tourists to the Kansai region for sunbathing and popular events during the summer. The beach is also a location in the Japanese literary classics Ise Monogatari, Genji Monogatari, and Heike Monogatari. Suma is often referred to as an utamakura or meisho, and is mentioned frequently in waka, and in Noh, Kabuki and Bunraku dramas.

Nowadays, people mainly live in Myodani, Myohoji and other northern parts of the ward. Myōdani Station is a major station in western Kobe. • Illustration — Suma Temple • Illustration — Tainohata Yakuyoke Hachimangu • Illustration — Suma Aquarium at Suma beach • Illustration — Mount Sumaura Park

• Suma Rikyu Park • Suma Aqualife Park

• Shintaro Ishihara - Governor of Tokyo • Yone Suzuki - businesswoman, lived in Suma-ku before 1927 • Nobu Jo - social worker, founder of a suicide prevention campaign in Suma