🇯🇵 Higashi Ward (東区, Higashi-ku) is one of the 16 wards of the city of Nagoya in Aichi Prefecture, Japan. The total area was 7.71 km².
1Geography Higashi Ward is located in the centre of Nagoya city. It is the smallest of the wards of Nagoya in terms of geographic area.
1Surrounding municipalities • Chikusa Ward • Kita Ward • Moriyama Ward • Naka Ward
1History Higashi Ward was one of the original four wards of the city of Nagoya, established on April 1, 1908. Most of the area was completely destroyed during the Bombing of Nagoya in World War II. After the war, the layout of the streets was changed to a grid pattern, with wide streets serving as firebreaks.
1Economy Higashi Ward has the headquarters of Tōkai Television Broadcasting as well as the NHK Nagoya Broadcasting Station.
1Education • Aichi University - Kurumamichi campus • Nagoya University – Medical School • Nagoya Future Culture College.
1Transport: Rail • JR Central - Chūō Main Line ◦ Ōzone • Meitetsu – Seto Line ◦ Morishita - Ōzone - Yada • Nagoya Municipal Subway – Higashiyama Line ◦ Shinsakae-machi - Chikusa • Nagoya Municipal Subway – Sakura-dōri Line ◦ Takaoka -Kurumamichi • Nagoya Municipal Subway – Meijō Line ◦ Nagoya Dome-mae Yada – Sunadabashi • Nagoya Guideway Bus – Yutorito Line ◦ Ōzone – Nagoya Dome-mae Yada – Sunadabashi
Highways • Ring Route (Nagoya Expressway) • Route 1 (Nagoya Expressway) • National Route 19 • National Route 41
1Local attractions • Aichi Arts Center • Oasis 21 • Ōzone Oshitayashiki with Tokugawa Garden and Tokugawa Art Museum • Aoi Oshitayashiki, former Tokugawa residence • Nagoya Dome • Cultural Path ◦ Cultural Path Futaba Museum • Hori Art Museum • Morimura Museum of Yamatoe Art • Nagoya City Performing Arts Center • Catholic Chikaramachi Church • Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi UFJ Money Museum • Nagoya Ceramics Hall • Yamazaki Mazak Museum of Art • ÆON MALL NAGOYADOMEMAE.
1Higashi has a population of over 82,939 people. Higashi also forms part of the wider Aichi Prefecture which has a population of over 7,552,873 people.
🇰🇷 Haeundae District 35.153
🇷🇺 Komsomolsk-on-Amur 137.009
Locations Near: Higashi 136.917,35.1667
🇯🇵 Nagoya 136.907,35.181 d: 1.9
🇯🇵 Kitanagoya 136.85,35.233 d: 9.6
🇯🇵 Nagakute 137.033,35.183 d: 10.7
🇯🇵 Komaki 136.9,35.283 d: 13.1
🇯🇵 Nisshin 137.033,35.117 d: 11.9
🇯🇵 Kōnan 136.867,35.317 d: 17.3
🇯🇵 Ichinomiya 136.807,35.299 d: 17.8
Antipodal to: Higashi -43.083,-35.167
🇧🇷 Tubarão -49,-28.467 d: 19084.1
🇧🇷 Criciúma -49.372,-28.678 d: 19081.3
🇧🇷 São José -48.617,-27.6 d: 19023.6
🇧🇷 Palhoça -48.667,-27.633 d: 19024.3
🇧🇷 Viamão -51.023,-30.088 d: 19082
🇧🇷 Gravataí -50.983,-29.933 d: 19073.9
🇧🇷 Biguaçu -48.667,-27.5 d: 19011.6
🇧🇷 Alvorada -51.079,-30.001 d: 19071.6
🇧🇷 Rio Grande -52.099,-32.041 d: 19111.2
🇧🇷 Cachoeirinha -51.083,-29.95 d: 19067.7