Higashi, Fukuoka Prefecture, Kyūshū Region, Japan

Places | Education : Universities : Primary and secondary | Parks | Commerce | Religion

🇯🇵 Higashi-ku (東区) is one of the seven wards of Fukuoka in Japan. Its name literally means "east ward". Kashii is in this ward. It is south of neighbouring Shingū, Fukuoka. The Shika Island is connected to Umi no Nakamichi by a bridge. The annual Fukuoka International Cross Country meeting takes place in this ward.

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Places • Maidashi

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Education: Universities • Kyushu University - Maidashi campus (Kyushu University Academic Medical Center), Hakozaki campus • Fukuoka Institute of Technology

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Education: Primary and secondary The ward has a North Korean school, Fukuoka Korean Elementary School (福岡朝鮮初級学校).

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Parks There are approximately 400 public parks in Higashi-ku. One of these is Maidashi Park (馬出緑地) in Maidashi district. Set in Fukuoka's greenbelt, the park was built on land formerly occupied by the Nishitetsu Miyajidake Line, which was sold to the city in 1980.

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Commerce • Island City, Fukuoka; ◦ Island Tower Sky Club • Marine World Uminonakamichi

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Religion • Buddhism; ◦ Honbutsu-ji (Nichiren Shōshū) • Christianity; ◦ Hakozaki Catholic Church • Islam; ◦ Fukuoka Mosque • Shinto; ◦ Hakozaki Shrine; ◦ Kashii-gū.

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Higashi has a population of over 296,576 people. Higashi also forms part of the wider Fukuoka Prefecture which has a population of over 5,590,378 people.

To set up a UBI Lab for Higashi see: https://www.ubilabnetwork.org Twitter: https://twitter.com/UBILabNetwork

Twin Towns - Sister Cities Higashi has links with:

🇯🇵 Azumino, Japan
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East of: 130.417

🇯🇵 Arao 130.437

🇯🇵 Ōmuta 130.45

🇯🇵 Miyaki 130.45

🇯🇵 Tosu 130.515

🇯🇵 Dazaifu 130.517

🇯🇵 Kurume 130.517

🇯🇵 Munakata 130.533

🇯🇵 Kagoshima 130.55

🇯🇵 Tamana 130.56

🇯🇵 Yame 130.564

West of: 130.417

🇯🇵 Yanagawa 130.416

🇯🇵 Fukuoka 130.384

🇰🇵 Rason 130.383

🇯🇵 Hioki 130.367

🇨🇳 Hunchun 130.366

🇯🇵 Izumi 130.36

🇨🇳 Jiamusi 130.319

🇯🇵 Saga 130.3

🇯🇵 Satsumasendai 130.299

🇨🇳 Hegang 130.279

Antipodal to Higashi is: -49.583,-33.6

Locations Near: Higashi 130.417,33.6

🇯🇵 Fukuoka 130.384,33.583 d: 3.6  

🇯🇵 Dazaifu 130.517,33.517 d: 13.1  

🇯🇵 Munakata 130.533,33.8 d: 24.7  

🇯🇵 Tosu 130.515,33.361 d: 28.1  

🇯🇵 Iizuka 130.683,33.65 d: 25.2  

🇯🇵 Miyaki 130.45,33.32 d: 31.3  

🇯🇵 Kurume 130.517,33.317 d: 32.8  

🇯🇵 Saga 130.3,33.267 d: 38.6  

🇯🇵 Yame 130.564,33.203 d: 46.2  

🇯🇵 Yanagawa 130.416,33.159 d: 49  

Antipodal to: Higashi -49.583,-33.6

🇧🇷 Rio Grande -52.099,-32.041 d: 19723  

🇧🇷 Pelotas -52.341,-31.763 d: 19685.9  

🇧🇷 Osorio -50.265,-29.894 d: 19598  

🇧🇷 Viamão -51.023,-30.088 d: 19601.6  

🇧🇷 Alvorada -51.079,-30.001 d: 19590.6  

🇧🇷 Gravataí -50.983,-29.933 d: 19586.4  

🇧🇷 Porto Alegre -51.229,-30.028 d: 19588.5  

🇧🇷 Cachoeirinha -51.083,-29.95 d: 19585.2  

🇧🇷 Canoas -51.183,-29.915 d: 19578.4  

🇧🇷 Sapucaia do Sul -51.146,-29.842 d: 19571.9  

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