Kokurakita-ku, Kitakyūshū
Kokurakita-ku (小倉北区) is a ward of Kitakyūshū, Fukuoka, Japan.
Kokurakita-ku (小倉北区) is a ward of Kitakyūshū, Fukuoka, Japan. It is the north part of what used to be Kokura City before the merger of five cities to create the new city of Kitakyūshū in 1963. JR Kyūshū's Kokura Station is the main rail hub of Kitakyūshū, and the Sanyō Shinkansen stops there.
It has a population of 184,545 persons as of the 2000 national census and an area of 39.27 km2.
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Worth seeing in and around Kokurakita-ku, Kitakyūshū
8 places within 25 km that the world writes about, in the order of how widely: the ones a visitor has heard of first, then the ones only a local would name.
- 01Kokura Castle
Kokura Castle is a five-story castle in Kitakyushu, Japan. A castle was first built at the current site in 1569.
400 m · Japanese castle in Kokura, Kitakyushu City, Japan · Wikipedia - 02Matsumoto Seicho Memorial Museum
The Matsumoto Seicho Memorial Museum is a literature museum in Kitakyushu, Japan. It is dedicated to Seichō Matsumoto, who spent the first half of his life in Kitakyusyu.
400 m · museum in Kitakyūshū, Fukuoka, Japan · Wikipedia - 03Mikuni World Stadium Kitakyūshū
Mikuni World Stadium Kitakyushu, often known colloquially as Kitakyushu Stadium, is a stadium located in the city of Kitakyushu in Fukuoka Prefecture, Japan. The stadium was built between 2015 and 2017, being officially opened in February 2017.
1.8 km · building in Kitakyushu, Fukuoka Prefecture, Japan · Wikipedia - 04Kitakyushu City General Gymnasium
Kitakyushu City General Gymnasium is an arena in Yahatahigashi-ku, Kitakyushu, Fukuoka Prefecture, Japan.
3.1 km · arena in Kitakyushu, Fukuoka, Japan · Wikipedia - 05Riverwalk Kitakyushu
Riverwalk Kitakyushu is a shopping centre near the Murasaki River and Kokura Castle in Kokura Kita ward, Kitakyushu, Japan. It was opened as part of the Kitakyushu Renaissance policy on April 19, 2003.
600 m · shopping mall in Kitakyushu, Fukuoka, Japan · Wikipedia - 06Fukuju-ji Temple
Fukuju-ji is an Ōbaku Zen temple in Kokurakita-ku, Kitakyūshū, Fukuoka, Japan. Its honorary sangō prefix is Kōjuzan.
2.9 km · Buddhist temple in Kitakyushu, Japan · Wikipedia - 07Kokura D.C. Tower
The Kokura D.C. Tower is a skyscraper located in Kitakyūshū, Fukuoka Prefecture, Japan. Construction of the 145 metres skyscraper was finished in 2008.
700 m · skyscraper in Kitakyūshū, Fukuoka Prefecture, Japan · Wikipedia - 08Seinan Jo Gakuin University
Seinan Jo Gakuin University is a private women's college in Kitakyushu, Fukuoka, Japan. The predecessor of the school was founded in 1922, and it was chartered as a university in 1994.
2.1 km · private women's college in Kitakyushu, Fukuoka, Japan · Wikipedia
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Getting to Kokurakita-ku, Kitakyūshū
- Airports
- Kitakyushu (KKJ), 15 km · Fukuoka (FUK), 51 km · Kyushu Saga (HSG), 97 km
- Stations
- Kokura Station, 1.1 km · Jōno Station, 2.8 km · Kyūshūkōdaimae Station, 3.8 km · Minami-Kokura Station, 1.4 km · Nishi-Kokura Station, 900 m
- Fukuoka → Kokurakita-ku, Kitakyūshū53 km · quickest by road, 1h 17m · ¥730–990
- Saga → Kokurakita-ku, Kitakyūshū90 km · quickest by road, 2h 11m · ¥1,250–1,710
- Kumamoto → Kokurakita-ku, Kitakyūshū121 km · quickest by road, 2h 31m · ¥1,670–2,280
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No local-transport research exists yet for Kokurakita-ku, Kitakyūshū
Our researched notes are written from a sourced entry: every shared taxi, boat and village bus with its operator, its rule, its fare and the year we saw it, and what could not be confirmed. Nobody has done that work for Kokurakita-ku, Kitakyūshū. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.
- Get inKokura ferry terminal connects with Matsuyama in Ehime Prefecture, Shikoku with an overnight ferry service.
- Get inThe ferry departs at 21:55 and arrives at 05:00 (you may stay on board until 07:00).
- Get inYou need to fill out a short form before boarding the ferry.
- Get inShin Moji ferry terminal connects with Osaka, Kobe and Tokyo.
- Get inThe Tokyo service is operated by Ocean Tokyu Ferry, 03-5148-0109; passenger fares are ¥14,000 for second class and ¥26,600 for first class.
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Next door to Kokurakita-ku, Kitakyūshū
Kokurakita-ku, Kitakyūshū is 4 km from Kitakyushu, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.
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