is one of four wards of

Okayama is the prefectural capital, capital Cities of Japan, city of Okayama Prefecture in the Chūgoku region of Japan. The Okayama metropolitan area, centered around the city, has the largest urban employment zone in the Chugoku region of western J ...

Okayama Prefecture is a Prefectures of Japan, prefecture of Japan located in the Chūgoku region of Honshu. Okayama Prefecture has a population of 1,826,059 (1 February 2025) and has a geographic area of 7,114 Square kilometre, km2 (2,746 sq mi). Okayama Prefecture ...

, Japan. The ward has an area of 160.28 km² and a population of 96,718. The population density is 603 per km². The name means "East Ward." The wards of Okayama were established when Okayama became a

city designated by government ordinance A , also known as a or , is a Cities of Japan, Japanese city that has a population greater than 500,000 and has been designated as such by order of the Cabinet of Japan under Article 252, Section 19, of the Local Autonomy Law. Designated cit ...

on April 1, 2009.

Geography

is a mountain in Higashi-ku that is sacred to the

Honbushin (or 本普請, ) is a Tenrikyo-based ''Japanese new religions, shinshūkyō'' (Japanese new religion) founded on April 26, 1961 by Ōnishi Tama (大西玉), also known as "Miroku-sama" (みろく様) in the religion. It is headquartered in Okaya ...

religion. It is 149 metres tall.

References

External links

岡山市東区役所
(Ward office official home page) Wards of Okayama {{Okayama-geo-stub