Nishi is a ward of Sapporo composed of residential neighborhoods mostly arranged in grid patterns, with some areas of farmland and forested mountainous terrain mostly near its western and southern edges. It is located the west part of Sapporo city and the second largest of Sapporo's 10 wards. Neighbourhoods within Nishi-ku include Kotoni, Hachiken, Nijuyonken, Yamanote, Nishimachi, Nishino, Fukui, Heiwa, Hassamu, Miyanosawa, and Kobetsuzawa.