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Higashi-ku

Higashi-ku is one of the eight wards located in , Japan. It is located on the uppermost delta of the . Within Higashi-ku is the Fudoin Temple in Ushita-shinmachi.
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  • Type: Suburb with 120,000 residents
  • Description: one of eight wards of the city of Hiroshima
  • Also known as: “Higashi Ward” and “Higashi-ku, Hiroshima”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Carp castle and Hiroshima.

Museum
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Hiroshima Castle, sometimes called , is a castle in , Japan that was the residence of the daimyō of the Hiroshima Domain. The castle was originally constructed in the 1590s, but much of it was dismantled in the Meiji era, and was what remained was largely destroyed by the atomic bombing on August 6, 1945.

Railway station
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Station is a major railway station in , Japan, operated by West Japan Railway Company. Station is the terminal station for several lines, and all San'yō Shinkansen trains stop here.

Garden
Photo: Yoshio Kohara, CC BY 3.0.
Shukkei-en is a historic in the city of , . The is located adjacent to the garden.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Minami-ku and Naka-ku.

Suburb
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is one of the eight wards of the city of , . As of March 1, 2012, the ward had an estimated population of 138,471, with 66,706 households and a population density of 5,307.44 persons per km2. The total area was 26.09 km2.

Suburb
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is the heart of , , . is home to Hiroshima's central business district and Peace Memorial Park. Major attractions include the Hondori shopping arcade, a covered mall-like street of shops extending east from the Hiroshima Peace Memorial Park to Hatchobori.

Suburb
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is one of eight wards in the city of , Japan. The Hiroshima–Nishi Airport was located in . is situated 4½ km west of Higashi-ku.

Higashi-ku

Latitude
34.3953° or 34° 23′ 43″ north
Longitude
132.4825° or 132° 28′ 57″ east
Population
120,000
Elevation
103 metres (338 feet)
Open location code
8Q6J9FWJ+4X
Open­Street­Map ID
node 1118322693
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­suburb
Geo­Names ID
7374293
Wiki­data ID
Q73724
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Vietnamese—“Higashi-ku” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “هيغاشي-كو”
  • Catalan: “Higashi-ku”
  • Catalan: “Higashi”
  • Chinese: “東區”
  • Dutch: “Higashi-ku”
  • French: “Higashi-ku”
  • German: “Higashi-ku”
  • Hungarian: “Higasi-ku”
  • Indonesian: “Higashi-ku, Hiroshima”
  • Irish: “Higashi-ku”
  • Italian: “Higashi-ku (Hiroshima)”
  • Italian: “Higashi-ku”
  • Japanese: “Higashi-ku”
  • Japanese: “ひがしく”
  • Japanese: “広島市東区”
  • Japanese: “東区”
  • Korean: “히가시구”
  • Occitan (post 1500): “Higashi-ku”
  • Russian: “Хигаси-ку, Хиросима”
  • Russian: “Хигаси”
  • Spanish: “Higashi-ku”
  • Thai: “เขตฮิงาชิ”
  • Turkish: “Higashi, Hiroşima”
  • Ukrainian: “Район Хіґасі”
  • Ukrainian: “Район Хіґаші”
  • Ukrainian: “Хіґасі”
  • Uzbek: “Higashi-ku”
  • Venetian: “Higashi-ku”
  • Vietnamese: “Higashi-ku”
  • Vietnamese: “Higashi, Hiroshima”
  • Vietnamese: “Higashi”

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Localities in the Area

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Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include 広島市東区役所 and 二葉公民館.

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