Higashi-ku, Fukuoka

Higashi-ku is in darker green

Marker for the location of a fortress used to defend against the Mongol invasions of Japan

Higashi-ku (東区)　is one of the seven wards of Fukuoka City, Japan. As of 2004, it had a population of 275,652 people and an area of 66.68 sq. km.　Its name literally means "east ward." Kashii is in this ward, as is the Hakozaki campus of Kyushu University. It is south of neighbouring Shingū, Fukuoka.

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Coordinates: 33°37′4″N 130°25′3″E / 33.61778°N 130.4175°E / 33.61778; 130.4175

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