Higashiyama Water Tower, Water tower in Chikusa Ward, Nagoya, Japan

The Higashiyama Water Tower is a 37.85-metre water tower in Tashiro-chō, Chikusa Ward, Nagoya, designed by Kaoru Naruse of the city waterworks bureau and completed in March 1930 within the Higashiyama distribution station. Water pumped up from the Nabeya-Ueno purification plant fed a tank at the top and flowed by gravity to the elevated Kakuōzan district. Its flat top received a pointed roof in the 1983 renovation.

Designed by Kaoru Naruse for Nagoya's waterworks department, the tower was completed in March 1930 inside the Higashiyama distribution station. It pumped water from the Nabeyama-Ueno purification plant up to a tank at the top, then used gravity to supply the elevated Kakuozan district. It served as a distribution tower until February 1973 and became an emergency supply facility in 1979.

The tower is known locally as Higashiyama Kyūsuitō and stands in Tashiro-chō, Chikusa Ward, not Showa Ward. It is opened to the public twice a year, on the spring equinox and on August 8 (Maruhachi Day), when visitors can step inside. The 1983 renovation added its pointed roof.

The tower stands in Tashiro-chō, Chikusa Ward, about 15 minutes on foot from Kakuōzan Station on the Higashiyama subway line: leave by exit 1, follow the approach to Nittai-ji temple and continue straight on the road west of the temple. It is normally closed, but opens to visitors on the spring equinox and on 8 August, when you can go inside.

The tower's top was flat when completed in 1930; the pointed spire roof was added during a 1983 renovation. It is normally closed, but it opens to the public on the spring equinox and on 8 August, Maruhachi Day, when visitors can step inside.