Aoba Ward (&#-2840;&#-2999;ौ&#-480;Aoba-ku) is one of the 18 wards which make up the city of Yokohama, Japan. The area made up the northern part of Midori Ward until 1994. It has an area of 35.06km² and a population of 291,212 (2005 figures). Source: [wikipedia: aoba ward, yokohama]