Kita

Kita (北) is Japanese for "north." It is a common ward name, and can be found in several cities:

• Kita-ku, Kobe

• Kita-ku, Kyoto
• Kita-ku, Nagoya
• Kita-ku, Osaka
• Kita-ku, Saitama
• Kita-ku, Sapporo
• Kita-ku, Tokyo

"Kita" is also a local term for the northern commercial district of Osaka (part of, but not the same as, Kita-ku).