Kitakyushu Fukuoka

Kitakyushu Fukuoka - Outdated and inaccurate reputation. Kitakyūshū has suffered unfairly from the unfortunate image and reputation - both domestically and overseas - of an industrial and heavily polluted city with many smokestacks, which it indeed was back in the 1960s when it was a major engine of the Japanese economy and local people took pride in the multi-coloured rainbows of smoke. As a result some superficial and ill-informed guidebooks have described the city as "hideous", "ugly" etc. - but nowadays this is becoming more and ...

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Nippon Steel Corporation is still a major employer but the Yahata and Tobata plants are much reduced from the heyday of the 1960s. The Zenrin company known for its mapping and navigation software is based here, and so is TOTO, the biggest Japanese toilet manufacturer. The major department stores in Kokura Kita ward are Kitakyushu-based Izutsuya by the Murasaki river and Isetan, in front of the South exit of Kokura Station ...

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Located at a strategic position on the south side of the Kanmon Straits, Kitakyūshū is an important transport hub for traffic between Honshū and Kyūshū and has a large port. Kitakyushu Fukuoka - Trains. Kokura Station owned by JR Kyushu is the penultimate stop on the Sanyo Shinkansen before the Hakata Station terminus and all Shinkansen services stop here. It is also served by local and express trains on the Kagoshima and the Nippo main lines. Within the cit ...

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Hiraodai (平尾台) karst plateau and Mount Adachi （足立） in Kokura Minami ward; and Mount Sarakura (皿倉), and Kawachi (河内) reservoir in Yahata Higashi ward are all great walking areas with fine scenery. Hiraodai includes the Shonyudo cave, where in summer you can walk for about one kilometre in freezing cold water. Very cool, in more ways than one. ...

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As of March 2005, the city has an estimated population of 998,999 and the total area is 484.18 km². The average population density is thus 2,063.28 persons per square kilometre. The city has a much larger total area than that of Fukuoka which is only 340.03km². ...

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Kitakyushu Fukuoka - Kokura prefecture. Kokura prefecture was founded separately from Fukuoka prefecture in 1871 when the clan system was abolished. The old wooden-built Kokura prefectural office is still standing, though it needs a coat of paint, and it is now used as a medical clinic. It is opposite Riverwalk Kitakyushu. In 1876 Kokura prefecture was absorbed by Fukuoka prefecture. The city of Kokura was founded in 1900. See also:

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Kitakyūshū has 7 wards (ku): Kokura Kita-ku (小倉北区) Area: 39.27 km² Kokura Minami-ku (小倉南区) Area: 170.25 km² Moji-ku (門司区) Area: 73.37 km² Tobata-ku (戸畑区) Area: 16.66 km² Yahata Higashi-ku (八幡東区) Area: 36.36 km² Yahata Nishi-ku (八幡西区) Area: 83.04 km² Wakamatsu-ku (若松区) Area: 67.86 km² Nakama city was to become the eighth ward of Kitakyūshū in 2005, to be called Nakama-ku, Ki ...

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Kitakyushu Fukuoka - Writers. The novelist Mori Ogai lived in Kokura for several years and his house is open to the public in Kokura Kita ward. He wrote Kokura Nikki (Kokura diary) here. It is a ten minute walk from Kokura Station. The writer Matsumoto Seicho [2] was born in Kokura. A museum dedicated to him is located in the city centre near Kokura Castle. The writer Hino Ashihei was born in Wak ...

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