Higashi-ku

Higashi-ku is one of the five wards of Kumamoto City, . Meaning literally "east ward," it is bordered by the , , and also by the towns of , and .
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  • Suburb with about 190,000 residents
  • …lies at an elevation of around 50 metres (150 feet)
  • Description: one of the five wards of the City of Kumamoto, Japan
  • Also known as
    “Higashi Ward”
    “Higashi-ku, Kumamoto”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Suizenji Ezu Lake Park and Kumamoto City Zoological and Botanical Gardens.
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Park
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Garden
…
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Garden
is a tsukiyama Japanese garden…

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Chūō-ku and Mashiki.
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Suburb
is one of the five wards of Kumamoto City, . is situated 6 km northwest of Higashi-ku.
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Town
is a town located in , , Japan. is situated 4½ km east of Higashi-ku.
Sanjo, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Town
is a town located in , , Japan. is situated 4½ km south of Higashi-ku.

Higashi-ku

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Latitude
32.7806° or 32° 46′ 50″ north
Longitude
130.768° or 130° 46′ 5″ east
Open location code
8Q4GQQJ9+66
Open­Street­Map ID
node 3049851787
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­suburb
Geo­Names ID
8739909
Wiki­data ID
Q875464

Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Catalan to Vietnamese—“Higashi-ku” goes by many names.
  • Catalan: “Higashi-ku”
  • Cebuano: “Higashi-ku (subdistrito sa Hapon, Kumamoto-ken)”
  • Cebuano: “Higashi-ku”
  • Chinese: “东区”
  • Chinese: “東區”
  • Danish: “Higashi-ku”
  • French: “Higashi-ku”
  • German: “Higashi-ku”
  • Hungarian: “Higasi-ku”
  • Indonesian: “Higashi-ku, Kumamoto”
  • Irish: “Higashi-ku”
  • Italian: “Higashi-ku (Kumamoto)”
  • Italian: “Higashi-ku”
  • Japanese: “Higashi-Ku”
  • Japanese: “ひがしく”
  • Japanese: “東区 (熊本市)”
  • Japanese: “東区”
  • Japanese: “熊本市東区”
  • Korean: “히가시구”
  • Russian: “Хигаси”
  • Serbian: “Хигаши-ку”
  • Turkish: “Higashi, Kumamoto”
  • Vietnamese: “Higashi, Kumamoto”
  • Vietnamese: “Higashi”

Places with the Same Name

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Localities in the Area

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Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include 税務大学校熊本研修所 and 水玉公園.

Kumamoto: Highlights

Learn more about Mount Aso and Minamata.
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