is one of the seven

wards Ward may refer to: Division or unit * Hospital ward, a hospital division, floor, or room set aside for a particular class or group of patients, for example the psychiatric ward * Prison ward, a division of a penal institution such as a priso ...

Fukuoka is the sixth-largest city in Japan, the second-largest port city after Yokohama, and the capital city of Fukuoka Prefecture, Japan. The city is built along the shores of Hakata Bay, and has been a center of international commerce since ancie ...

in Japan. As of 1 March 2012, it has a

population Population typically refers to the number of people in a single area, whether it be a city or town, region, country, continent, or the world. Governments typically quantify the size of the resident population within their jurisdiction using a ...

of 296,576, with 136,133

households A household consists of two or more persons who live in the same dwelling. It may be of a single family or another type of person group. The household is the basic unit of analysis in many social, microeconomic and government models, and is impo ...

and an area of 66.68 km². Its name literally means "east ward". Kashii is in this ward. It is south of neighbouring

Shingū, Fukuoka is a town located in Kasuya District, Fukuoka Prefecture, Japan, between Koga and Higashi Ward of Fukuoka City. As of 2016, the town has an estimated population of 31,236 and a density of 1,700 persons per km2. The total area is 18.93 km ...

. The

Shika Island is an island in Higashi-ku, Fukuoka, Japan. The island is known as the spot where the Gold Seal of the King of Na, a national treasure, was discovered. The island is about 11 kilometres around and connected to the Umi no Nakamichi (road) on th ...

is connected to

Umi no Nakamichi is a tombolo in Higashi-ku, Fukuoka, Fukuoka Prefecture, Japan. It connects Kyushu Island and Shikanoshima Island. It is 8km in length and up to 2.5 km in width. Its northern coast borders Genkai Sea and its southern coast Hakata Bay. There are m ...

by a bridge. The annual

Fukuoka International Cross Country The Fukuoka International Cross Country is an annual cross country running competition which takes place in Fukuoka Prefecture, Fukuoka, Japan in either late February or Early March. It is one of the IAAF permit meetings which serve as qualifying ...

meeting takes place in this ward.

Places within Higashi-ku

Maidashi is a district of Higashi-ku, Fukuoka, in Fukuoka Prefecture, Japan. It is divided into six ''chōme'', numbered 1 to 6, with a total population of 8,813 and 5,341 households (as of 31 August 2011). The postal code for addresses in Maidashi is ...

Education

Colleges and universities

Kyushu University , abbreviated to , is a Japanese national university located in Fukuoka, on the island of Kyushu. It was the 4th Imperial University in Japan, ranked as 4th in 2020 Times Higher Education Japan University Rankings, one of the top 10 Design ...

campus (Kyushu University Academic Medical Center), Hakozaki campus *

Fukuoka Institute of Technology is a private university in Higashi-ku of Fukuoka, Fukuoka Prefecture, Japan. The predecessor of the school was founded in 1954, and it was chartered as a university in 1963. It is located near Fukkōdaimae Station. Alumni * Ichirō Matsui, g ...

Primary and secondary schools

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 in Maidashi district. Set in Fukuoka's

greenbelt A green belt is a policy and land-use zone designation used in land-use planning to retain areas of largely undeveloped, wild, or agricultural land surrounding or neighboring urban areas. Similar concepts are greenways or green wedges, which hav ...

, the park was built on land formerly occupied by the Nishitetsu Miyajidake Line, which was sold to the city in 1980.

Facilities

Commerce

Island City, Fukuoka is artificial island in Hakata Bay, Fukuoka, Japan. Island Tower Sky Club and Teriha Sekisui House Arena Teriha Sekisui House Arena is an arena in Island City, Fukuoka, Island City, Fukuoka, Fukuoka. Groundbreaking and construction began on ...

Island Tower Sky Club The is a skyscraper located in Island City, Fukuoka, Fukuoka Prefecture, Japan Japan ( ja, 日本, or , and formally , ''Nihonkoku'') is an island country in East Asia. It is situated in the northwest Pacific Ocean, and is bordered ...

Marine World Uminonakamichi is a public aquarium in Higashi-ku, Fukuoka, Fukuoka Prefecture, Japan.Nichiren Shōshū is a branch of Nichiren Buddhism based on the traditionalist teachings of the 13th century Japanese Buddhist priest Nichiren (1222–1282), claiming him as its founder through his senior disciple Nikko Shonin (1246–1333), the founder of He ...

) *Christianity **Hakozak
Catholic Church
*Islam **

Fukuoka Mosque The Fukuoka Masjid Al Nour Islamic Culture Center (Fukuoka Mosque)(アン　ヌール　イスラム文化センター　福岡マスジド) is the first mosque on the island of Kyūshū in Japan. It was built in 2009, and officially opened on ...

*Shinto **

Hakozaki Shrine is a Shintō shrine in Fukuoka .Ponsonby-Fane, Richard. (1962). ''Studies in Shinto and Shrines,'' p. 339. History Hakozaki Shrine was founded in 923, with the transfer of the spirit of the ''kami Hachiman'' from Daibu Hachiman Shrine in ...

Kashii-gū is a Shinto shrine located in Higashi-ku, Fukuoka, Japan. It is dedicated to Emperor Chūai and Empress Jingū. History File:Kashii-gu0903.jpg, The Honden In Shinto shrine architecture, the , also called , or sometimes as in Ise Shrin ...

References

External links

* {{Authority control Wards of Fukuoka