is a city

Cities of Japan

||A is a local administrative unit in Japan. Cities are ranked on the same level as and , with the difference that they are not a component of...

 located in Hiroshima Prefecture

Hiroshima Prefecture

is a prefecture of Japan located in the Chūgoku region on Honshu island. The capital is the city of Hiroshima.- History :The area around Hiroshima was formerly divided into Bingo Province and Aki Province. This location has been a center of trade and culture since the beginning of Japan's recorded...

, Japan.

Higashihiroshima is a university town of Hiroshima University

Hiroshima University

, located in the Japanese cities of Higashihiroshima and Hiroshima, was established 1949 by the merger of a number of national educational institutions.-History:Under the National School Establishment Law, Hiroshima University was established on May 31, 1949...

. Higashihiroshima is adjacent to Hiroshima

Hiroshima

is the capital of Hiroshima Prefecture, and the largest city in the Chūgoku region of western Honshu, the largest island of Japan. It became best known as the first city in history to be destroyed by a nuclear weapon when the United States Army Air Forces dropped an atomic bomb on it at 8:15 A.M...

, and so also forms a commuter town

Commuter town

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 of Hiroshima.

From old times, Higashihiroshima is famous for making sake and there are "white walls", "black and white check walls" and "red brick chimneys" along the "Sakagura-dori (sake brewery avenue)". An annual sake matsuri

Festival

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 is held every October.

As of June 30, 2011 the city has an estimated population

Population

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 of 183,834 with 78,525 household

Household

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s and a population density

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 of 289.36 persons per km². The total area is 635.32 km².

The city was founded on April 20, 1974 from the merger of the four towns of Saijō

Saijo, Hiroshima (Kamo)

Saijō-chō was a town located in Kamo District, Hiroshima, Japan. The town is situated Higashihiroshima.-History:From the earliest times, the fertile region around Saijō has been occupied, as displayed by the Mitsushiro Kofun and the Aki-Kokubunji from the 8th Century...

, Hachihonmatsu, Shiwa, and Takaya in Kamo District

Kamo District, Hiroshima

Kamo was a district located in Hiroshima Prefecture until 2005. On March 22, 2005 the town of Daiwa merged with the city of Mihara and two towns to form the city of Mihara at which point the district officially ceased to exist...

.

In 1992, the population reached 100,000.

On February 7, 2005, the towns of Kurose

Kurose, Hiroshima

Kurose was a town located in Kamo District, Hiroshima, Japan.On February 7, 2005 Kurose, along with the towns of Fukutomi, Kōchi and Toyosaka, all from Kamo District, and the town of Akitsu, all from Toyota District, was merged into the expanded city of Higashihiroshima and no longer exists as an...

, Kōchi

Kochi, Hiroshima

was a town located in Kamo District, Hiroshima, Japan.On February 7, 2005 Kōchi, along with the towns of Fukutomi, Kurose and Toyosaka, all from Kamo District, and the town of Akitsu, all from Toyota District, was merged into the expanded city of Higashihiroshima and no longer exists as an...

, Toyosaka

Toyosaka, Hiroshima

Toyosaka was a town located in Kamo District, Hiroshima, Japan.On February 7, 2005 Toyosaka, along with the towns of Fukutomi, Kōchi and Kurose, all from Kamo District, and the town of Akitsu, all from Toyota District, was merged into the expanded city of Higashihiroshima and no longer exists as...

, and Fukutomi

Fukutomi, Hiroshima

Fukutomi was a town located in Kamo District, Hiroshima, Japan.On February 7, 2005 Fukutomi, along with the towns of Kōchi, Kurose and Toyosaka, all from Kamo District, and the town of Akitsu, all from Toyota District, was merged into the expanded city of Higashihiroshima and no longer exists as...

 in Kamo District, and the town of Akitsu

Akitsu, Hiroshima

was a town located in Toyota District, Hiroshima, Japan.On February 7, 2005 Akitsu, along with the towns of Fukutomi, Kōchi, Kurose and Toyosaka, all from Kamo District, was merged into the expanded city of Higashihiroshima and no longer exists as an independent municipality.As of 2003, the town...

 in Toyota District were merged into Higashihiroshima.

External links

• Higashihiroshima official website