is one of the 16 wards of the city of

Nagoya is the largest city in the Chūbu region, the fourth-most populous city and third most populous urban area in Japan, with a population of 2.3million in 2020. Located on the Pacific coast in central Honshu, it is the capital and the most pop ...

Aichi Prefecture is a prefecture of Japan located in the Chūbu region of Honshū. Aichi Prefecture has a population of 7,552,873 () and a geographic area of with a population density of . Aichi Prefecture borders Mie Prefecture to the west, Gifu Prefectur ...

, Japan. , the ward had an estimated population of 82,939 and a population density of 10,757 persons per km². The total area was 7.71 km².

Geography

Higashi Ward is located in the center of Nagoya city. It is the smallest of the wards of Nagoya in terms of geographic area.

Surrounding municipalities

* Chikusa Ward * Kita Ward * Moriyama Ward * Naka Ward

History

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.

Economy

Higashi Ward has the headquarters of

Tōkai Television Broadcasting Tokai Television Broadcasting Co., Ltd. (THK, 東海テレビ放送株式会社, often called Tokai TV (東海テレビ)) is a TV station affiliated with Fuji News Network (FNN) and Fuji Network System (FNS), serving in Aichi Prefecture, Gifu Pre ...

as well as the

NHK , also known as NHK, is a Japanese public broadcaster. NHK, which has always been known by this romanized initialism in Japanese, is a statutory corporation funded by viewers' payments of a television license fee. NHK operates two terrestr ...

Nagoya Broadcasting Station.

Education

* Aichi University - Kurumamichi campus *

Nagoya University , abbreviated to or NU, is a Japanese national research university located in Chikusa-ku, Nagoya. It was the seventh Imperial University in Japan, one of the first five Designated National University and selected as a Top Type university of T ...

– Medical School * Nagoya Future Culture College

Transportation

Yutorito Line Nagoya Dome-mae Yada station

Rail

JR Central is the main railway company operating in the Chūbu (Nagoya) region of central Japan. It is officially abbreviated in English as JR Central and in Japanese as JR Tōkai ( ja, JR東海, links=no). ''Tōkai'' is a reference to the geographical ...

Chūō Main Line The , commonly called the Chūō Line, is one of the major trunk railway lines in Japan. It connects Tokyo and Nagoya, although it is the slowest direct railway connection between the two cities; the coastal Tōkaidō Main Line is slightly faste ...

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Meitetsu , referred to as , is a private railway company operating around Aichi Prefecture and Gifu Prefecture of Japan. Some of the more famous trains operated by Meitetsu include the ''Panorama Car'' and the '' Panorama Car Super'', both of which of ...

– Seto Line ** - - *

Nagoya Municipal Subway The is a rapid transit system serving Nagoya, the capital of Aichi Prefecture in Japan. It consists of six lines that cover of route and serve 87 stations. Approximately 90% of the subway's total track length is underground. The subway system ...

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Higashiyama Line The is a rapid transit, subway line, which forms part of the Nagoya Municipal Subway system in Nagoya, Aichi, Nagoya, Japan. Officially, the line is referred to as . It runs from Takabata Station, Takabata in Nakagawa-ku, Nagoya, Nakagawa Ward ...

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Sakura-dōri Line The is a subway line, part of the Nagoya Municipal Subway system in Nagoya, Japan. It runs from Taiko-dori Station in Nakamura Ward to in Midori Ward, all within Nagoya. The Sakura-dōri Line's color on maps is red. In 2004, the city start ...

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Meijō Line The is a subway line forming part of the Nagoya Municipal Subway system in Nagoya, Japan, operated by Transportation Bureau City of Nagoya. It is a loop line that runs from Kanayama, via Sakae, Ōzone, Nagoya Daigaku, and back to Kanayam ...

** – *Nagoya Guideway Bus –

Yutorito Line is a bus rapid transit line in Nagoya, Aichi, Japan. The line is officially called . Its official nickname, ''Yutorīto Line'', is a portmanteau of ''yutori'' and . As such, the name is also unofficially spelt Yutreet Line. The line is owned by ...

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Highways

Ring Route (Nagoya Expressway) The is an urban expressway in Nagoya, Japan. It is a part of the Nagoya Expressway network and is owned and operated by Nagoya Expressway Public Corporation is the largest city in the Chūbu region, the fourth-most populous city and thi ...

* Route 1 (Nagoya Expressway) * National Route 19 * National Route 41

Local attractions

Aichi Arts Center is the main venue for the performing arts in Nagoya, Aichi Prefecture, Japan. The center consists of: *Aichi Prefectural Museum *Aichi Prefectural Arts Theater **Main Hall **Concert Hall *Aichi Prefectural Arts Promotion Service *Aichi Prefect ...

Oasis 21 Oasis 21 is a modern facility located adjacent to Nagoya TV Tower in Sakae, Nagoya which was opened to the public in 2002. It contains restaurants, stores, and a bus terminal, as well as an area for tourist information. The building is mostly un ...

* Ōzone ''Oshitayashiki'' with

Tokugawa Garden The Tokugawa Garden (徳川園 Tokugawa-en) is a Japanese garden in the city of Nagoya, central Japan. It is located next to the Tokugawa Art Museum. History In the early Edo period (1603-1867), Tokugawa Mitsutomo (1625-1700), the second lo ...

and

Tokugawa Art Museum The is a private art museum, located on the former '' Ōzone Shimoyashiki'' compound in Nagoya, central Japan. Its collection contains more than 12,000 items, including swords, armor, Noh costumes and masks, lacquer furniture, Chinese and Japane ...

* 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 The is one of the oldest Christian churches in the city of Nagoya, central Japan. The official name is . History The church was established in 1888 by the French Catholic missionary Fr. Augustin Tulpin, thus making it the oldest church in Aich ...

Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi UFJ Money Museum The Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi UFJ Money Museum (三菱東京UFJ銀行貨幣資料館) is a numismatic museum located in Nagoya, central Japan. As "Tokai Bank Money Museum", it opened in 1961. After a name change due to bank mergers, the present n ...

*Nagoya Ceramics Hall *Yamazaki Mazak Museum of Art *ÆON MALL NAGOYADOMEMAE

Notable people from Higashi-ku, Nagoya

Keiko Takeshita Keiko Takeshita (竹下景子 ''Takeshita Keiko''; born on September 15, 1953 in Higashi-ku, Nagoya, Japan) is a Japanese actress. She starred in the Japanese version of '' From Up on Poppy Hill'' as Hana Matsuzaki. Filmography Film *'' Blue Ch ...

– actress

References

External links

City of Nagoya website - English
{{Authority control Wards of Nagoya