Town that includes the name 'Higashino' is the former Oaza Higashino, Yamashinacho Town, that was reorganized into eleven towns when it was integrated into Higashiyamaku Ward in 1931.
「東野」を冠称する町名はもとの山科町大字東野で、昭和6年、当時の東山区へ編入された際、11町に編成された。