Minami ku (南区) is the name of several wards located in various cities in Japan. The name literally translated to Southern District, and hence it is a very common ward name.

Sapporo: see Minami-ku, Sapporo Niigata: see Minami-ku, Niigata Saitama: see Minami-ku, Saitama Yokohama: see Minami-ku, Yokohama Sagamihara: see Minami-ku, Sagamihara Hamamatsu:see Minami-ku, Hamamatsu Nagoya: see Minami-ku, Nagoya Kyoto: see Minami-ku, Kyoto Sakai: see Minami-ku, Sakai Okayama:see Minami-ku, Okayama Hiroshima: see Minami-ku, Hiroshima Fukuoka: see Minami-ku, Fukuoka Kumamoto: see Minami-ku, Kumamoto Minami-ku of Osaka merged with Higashi ward and is now part of the ward Chūō-ku