Higashi

Higashi is the romanized Japanese word for east.

Higashi may also refer to several places in Japan:

• Higashi, Tokyo, a district of Shibuya, Tokyo
• Higashi, Fukushima, a village in Fukushima Prefecture
• Higashi, Okinawa, a village in Okinawa Prefecture

• Higashi-ku is the name of wards of four cities:
  • Higashi-ku, Fukuoka, a ward of Fukuoka
  • Higashi-ku, Hiroshima, a ward of Hiroshima
  • Higashi-ku, Nagoya, a ward of Nagoya
  • Higashi-ku, Sapporo, a ward of Sapporo

Other

• Higashi (food), Japanese confectionery
• One of the Maug Islands
• Kotaro Higashi, an alter ego of Ultraman Taro from the 1973 tokusatsu film of the same name

See also

• Azuma (disambiguation) (The Japanese character for east is also pronounced azuma)