Higashi, Fukuoka Prefecture, Kyūshū Region, Japan
🇯🇵 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.
Places • Maidashi
Education: Universities • Kyushu University - Maidashi campus (Kyushu University Academic Medical Center), Hakozaki campus • Fukuoka Institute of Technology
Education: Primary and secondary The ward has a North Korean school, Fukuoka Korean Elementary School (福岡朝鮮初級学校).
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.
Commerce • Island City, Fukuoka; ◦ Island Tower Sky Club • Marine World Uminonakamichi
Religion • Buddhism; ◦ Honbutsu-ji (Nichiren Shōshū) • Christianity; ◦ Hakozaki Catholic Church • Islam; ◦ Fukuoka Mosque • Shinto; ◦ Hakozaki Shrine; ◦ Kashii-gū.
Asia/Tokyo/Fukuoka_Prefecture
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.
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Twin Towns - Sister Cities Higashi has links with:
🇯🇵 Azumino, JapanSee Also: 🇯🇵 Higashi, Aichi Prefecture, Chūbu Region, Japan | 🇯🇵 Higashi-Matsushima, Miyagi Prefecture, Tōhoku Region, Japan | 🇯🇵 Higashiagatsuma, Gunma Prefecture, Kantō Region, Japan | 🇯🇵 Higashichichibu, Saitama Prefecture, Kantō Region, Japan | 🇯🇵 Higashichikuma, Nagano Prefecture, Chūbu Region, Japan | 🇯🇵 Higashihiroshima, Hiroshima Prefecture, Chūgoku Region, Japan | 🇯🇵 Higashiizu, Shizuoka Prefecture, Chūbu Region, Japan | 🇯🇵 Higashiizumo, Shimane Prefecture, Chūgoku Region, Japan | 🇯🇵 Higashimatsushima, Miyagi Prefecture, Tōhoku Region, Japan | 🇯🇵 Higashimatsuyama, Saitama Prefecture, Kantō Region, Japan | 🇯🇵 Higashimurayama, The Tōkyō Region, Kantō Region, Japan | 🇯🇵 Higashiōmi, Shiga Prefecture, Kansai Region, Japan | 🇯🇵 Higashiōsaka, Ōsaka Prefecture, Kansai Region, Japan | 🇯🇵 Higashishirakawa, Gifu Prefecture, Chūbu Region, Japan | 🇯🇵 Higashiyoshino, Nara Prefecture, Kansai Region, Japan
🇲🇦 Sidi Bernoussi 33.607
🇺🇸 Mission Viejo 33.614
🇲🇦 Benslimane 33.617
🇺🇸 Newport Beach 33.627
🇺🇸 Lake Forest 33.628
🇺🇸 Costa Mesa 33.634
🇵🇰 Rawalpindi 33.6
🇲🇦 Casablanca 33.59
🇲🇦 Sidi Belyout 33.583
🇺🇸 Newport Coast 33.583
🇯🇵 Yatsushiro 130.6
Locations Near: Higashi 130.417,33.6
🇯🇵 Fukuoka 130.384,33.583 d: 3.6
🇯🇵 Dazaifu 130.517,33.517 d: 13.1
🇯🇵 Tosu 130.515,33.361 d: 28.1
🇯🇵 Iizuka 130.683,33.65 d: 25.2
🇯🇵 Kurume 130.517,33.317 d: 32.8
🇯🇵 Yame 130.564,33.203 d: 46.2
🇯🇵 Yanagawa 130.416,33.159 d: 49
🇯🇵 Karatsu 129.971,33.441 d: 45
🇯🇵 Kitakyushu 130.875,33.883 d: 52.8
Antipodal to: Higashi -49.583,-33.6
🇧🇷 Rio Grande -52.099,-32.041 d: 19723
🇧🇷 Pelotas -52.341,-31.763 d: 19685.9
🇧🇷 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
🇧🇷 São Leopoldo -51.149,-29.772 d: 19564.4