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Fukuoka (Japanese: 福岡市, Fukuoka-shi, [ɸɯ̥kɯokaꜜɕi] ⓘ) is the sixth-largest city in Japan and the capital city of Fukuoka Prefecture, Japan. The city is built along the shores of Hakata Bay , and has been a center of international commerce since ancient times.
- 57 AD
- Fukuoka Prefecture
East Asia. Japan. Kyushu. Fukuoka is the capital of Fukuoka prefecture and the largest city on the island of Kyushu with 2.5 million citizens including its suburbs. Map. Directions. Satellite. Photo Map. commons.wikimedia.org. city.fukuoka.lg.jp. Wikivoyage. Wikipedia. Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 3.0. Photo: Krauser levyl, CC BY-SA 3.0.
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Fukuoka, city and port, capital of Fukuoka ken (prefecture), northern Kyushu, Japan. It is located on the southern coast of Hakata Bay, about 40 miles (65 km) southwest of Kitakyushu, and incorporates the former city of Hakata.
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Jan 27, 2024 · Fukuoka (福岡) [1] is the capital of Fukuoka prefecture and the largest city on the island of Kyushu . Understand [ edit] Watanabe-dori, in the Tenjin area of Fukuoka. Fukuoka is a modern city; most of its buildings are new.
Fukuoka is the capital and largest city of Fukuoka Prefecture, and the largest city on Kyūshū, with other major cities including Kitakyushu, Kurume, and Ōmuta. Fukuoka Prefecture is located at the northernmost point of Kyūshū on the Kanmon Straits , connecting the Tsushima Strait and the Seto Inland Sea across from Yamaguchi Prefecture on ...
Fukuoka is Japan's fifth largest city and is nestled on the northern coast of Kyushu. The city is loosely divided into two halves, Hakata and Tenjin , with the island of Nakasu in the middle. Formerly these areas used to be two separate cities: the merchant town of Hakata to the east and the castle town of Fukuoka (which included Tenjin) to the ...
Fukuoka (福岡) is the capital of Fukuoka prefecture and the largest city on the island of Kyushu with 2.5 million citizens including its suburbs. Understand [ edit] Hakata Port in Fukuoka, as seen from a landing airplane. Watanabe-dori, in the Tenjin area of Fukuoka.
