| Higashi | |
| Official Name: | Higashi Ward |
| Native Name Lang: | ja |
| Settlement Type: | Ward |
| Pushpin Map: | Japan |
| Pushpin Map Caption: | |
| Coordinates: | 34.7414°N 137.7917°W |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Name: | Japan |
| Subdivision Type1: | Region |
| Subdivision Name1: | Chūbu |
| Subdivision Type2: | Prefecture |
| Subdivision Name2: | Shizuoka |
| Subdivision Type3: | City |
| Subdivision Name3: | Hamamatsu |
| Area Total Km2: | 46.29 |
| Population Total: | 129287 |
| Population As Of: | December 1, 2019 |
| Population Density Km2: | auto |
| Timezone1: | Japan Standard Time |
| Utc Offset1: | +9 |
| Blank Name Sec2: | Phone number |
| Blank Info Sec2: | 053-424-0111 |
| Blank1 Name Sec2: | Address |
| Blank1 Info Sec2: | 20-3 Ryutsu-motomachi, Higashi-ku, Hamamatsu 435-8686 |
| Website: | home page |
was a ward in Hamamatsu, Japan, 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 "designated city").
Higashi-ku is served by Tenryūgawa Station on the Tōkaidō Main Line, and by Jidōsha-Gakkō-Mae Station, Saginomiya Station, Sekishi Station and Enshū-Nishigasaki Station on the Enshū Railway Line.
The Hamamatsu campus of Escola Alegria de Saber, a network of Brazilian international schools, is in Higashi-ku.[1] [2]