was a ward in

Hamamatsu is a Cities of Japan, city located in western Shizuoka Prefecture, Japan. In September 2023, the city had an estimated population of 780,128 in 340,591 households, making it the prefecture's largest city, with a population density of over the t ...

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, located in the east-central part of the city. It is the second smallest of the seven wards of Hamamatsu in terms of area, after Naka-ku. It is bordered by Hamakita-ku, Kita-ku, Minami-ku, and Naka-ku. Higashi-ku was created on April 1, 2007 when Hamamatsu 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 ...

(a "designated city"). Higashi-ku is served by

Tenryūgawa Station is a railway station in Chūō-ku, Hamamatsu, Shizuoka Prefecture, Japan, operated by the Central Japan Railway Company (JR Tōkai ). Lines Tenryūgawa Station is served by the JR Tōkai Tōkaidō Main Line, and is located 252.7 kilometers fro ...

on the

Tōkaidō Main Line The Tōkaidō Main Line () is one of the most important railway corridors in Japan, connecting the major cities of Tokyo and Kobe via Shizuoka (city), Shizuoka, Nagoya, Kyoto and Osaka. The line, with termini at Tokyo Station, Tokyo and Kōbe St ...

, and by Jidōsha-Gakkō-Mae Station, Saginomiya Station,

Sekishi Station file:Sekishi Sta Platform.jpg, 270px, Platform is a railway station in Chūō-ku, Hamamatsu, Chūō-ku, Hamamatsu, Shizuoka Prefecture, Japan, operated by the private railway company, Enshū Railway. Lines Sekishi Station is a station on the E ...

and

Enshū-Nishigasaki Station 270px, Platform is a railway station in Chūō-ku, Hamamatsu, Shizuoka Prefecture, Japan, operated by the private railway company, Enshū Railway. Lines Enshū-Nishigasaki Station is a station on the Enshū Railway Line and is 9.2 kilomete ...

on the

Enshū Railway Line The Enshū Railway Line, officially the , is a Japanese railway line in Shizuoka Prefecture, running north from Shin-Hamamatsu Station in Chūō Ward to Nishi-Kajima Station in Tenryū Ward, all within Hamamatsu. This is the only railway line ...

Education

The Hamamatsu campus of

Escola Alegria de Saber is a network of Brazilian schools in Japan, Brazilian international schools in Japan. It has campuses in Aichi Prefecture, Aichi, Gunma Prefecture, Gunma, Mie Prefecture, Mie, and Shizuoka Prefecture, Shizuoka prefectures. The campuses, which have ...

, a network of Brazilian international schools, is in Higashi-ku.Escolas Brasileiras Homologadas no Japão

Archive
. Embassy of Brazil in Tokyo. Retrieved on November 5, 2015. "5. Escola Alegria de Saber (Hamamatsu) ..ndereço: 673-1 Tenno-cho, Hamamatsu-shi, Shizuoka-ken 435-0052"

References

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