Japan
Chugoku
Okayama

Higashi-ku

Higashi-ku is one of four wards of , , Japan. The ward has an area of 160.28 km2 and a population of 96,718. The population density is 603 per km2.
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  • Type: Suburb with 95,600 residents
  • Description: one of four wards of the City of Okayama, Japan
  • Also known as: “Higashi Ward” and “Higashi-ku, Okayama”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Kameyama Castle and Urama Chausuyama Kofun.

Castle
Photo: Reggaeman, CC BY-SA 3.0.
, also well known as Numa Castle, is the remains of a castle structure in Higashi-ku, , . Its ruins have been protected as an Okayama City Designated Historic Site.

Archaeological site
is a Kofun period burial mound located in the Urama neighborhood of Higashi-ku, Okayama, , in the San'yō region of .

Railway stop
Photo: 計記録, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Jōtō Station is a passenger railway station located in Higashi-ku in the city of Okayama, , . It is operated by the West Japan Railway Company.

Higashi-ku

Latitude
34.6922° or 34° 41′ 32″ north
Longitude
134.0498° or 134° 2′ 59″ east
Population
95,600
Elevation
6 metres (20 feet)
Open location code
8Q6PM2RX+VW
Open­Street­Map ID
node 1909505552
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­suburb
Geo­Names ID
8739916
Wiki­data ID
Q855491
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In Other Languages

From Catalan to Vietnamese—“Higashi-ku” goes by many names.
  • Catalan: “Higashi-ku”
  • Catalan: “Higashi”
  • Cebuano: “HIgashi-ku”
  • Chinese: “东区”
  • Chinese: “東區”
  • French: “Higashi-ku (Okayama)”
  • French: “Higashi-ku”
  • German: “Higashi-ku”
  • Hungarian: “Higasi-ku”
  • Indonesian: “Higashi-ku, Okayama”
  • Irish: “Higashi-ku”
  • Italian: “Higashi-ku (Okayama)”
  • Italian: “Higashi-ku”
  • Japanese: “Higashi-ku”
  • Japanese: “ひがしく”
  • Japanese: “岡山市東区”
  • Japanese: “東区 (岡山市)”
  • Japanese: “東区”
  • Korean: “히가시구”
  • Russian: “Хигаси-ку”
  • Russian: “Хигаси”
  • Spanish: “Higashi-ku”
  • Thai: “เขตฮิงาชิ”
  • Turkish: “Higashi, Okayama”
  • Ukrainian: “Район Хіґаші”
  • Venetian: “Higashi-ku”
  • Vietnamese: “Higashi, Okayama”
  • Vietnamese: “Higashi”

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