is one of the seven wards

Wards of Japan

A is a subdivision of one of the cities of Japan that is large enough to have been designated by government ordinance. Wards are used to subdivide each city designated by government ordinance...

 of Fukuoka City, Japan

Japan

Japan is an island nation in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south...

. As of 2004, it has a population

Population

A population is all the organisms that both belong to the same group or species and live in the same geographical area. The area that is used to define a sexual population is such that inter-breeding is possible between any pair within the area and more probable than cross-breeding with individuals...

 of 275,652 people and an area of 66.68 sq. km. Its name literally means "east ward".

Kashii

Kashii, Japan

Kashii is an area of Fukuoka City, Japan. It is located in the eastern ward of Higashi-ku. Island city, a controversial new development, is located near here. Kashii JR station is on the Kagoshima Main Line of Kyushu Railway Company , and the Kashii Line also connects here. See also Nishitetsu...

 is in this ward. It is south of neighbouring Shingū, Fukuoka

Shingu, Fukuoka

is a town located in Kasuya District, Fukuoka, Japan, between Koga and Higashi-ku, Fukuoka City.As of 2003, the town has an estimated population of 22,914 and a density of 1,211.74 persons per km². The total area is 18.91 km². A JR station opened in March 2010....

.

The annual Fukuoka International Cross Country

Fukuoka International Cross Country

The Fukuoka International Cross Country is an annual cross country running competition which takes place in Fukuoka, Japan in either late February or Early March...

 meeting takes place in this ward.

Parks

There are approximately 400 public parks in Higashi-ku. One of these is in Maidashi district. Set in Fukuoka's greenbelt, the park was built on land formerly occupied by the Nishitetsu Miyajidake Line

Nishitetsu Kaizuka Line

The is a Japanese railway line in Fukuoka prefecture, run by Nishitetsu. It serves Kaizuka, Higashi-ku, Fukuoka city, linking it to Nishitetsu Shingū, Shingū. It connects to the Kashii Line of JR Kyushu at Wajiro, and the Hakozaki Line of Fukuoka City Subway at Kaizuka...

, which was sold to the city in 1980.

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