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Ward of Kitakyūshū, Fukuoka Prefecture, Japan

Kokuraminami-ku, Kitakyūshū

Kokuraminami-ku (小倉南区) is a ward of Kitakyūshū, Fukuoka, Japan.

Kokuraminami-ku, Kitakyūshū
Kokuraminami-ku, Kitakyūshū · Suikotei
The place

Kokuraminami-ku (小倉南区) is a ward of Kitakyūshū, Fukuoka, Japan. It is the southern part of what used to be Kokura City, which was merged into Kitakyūshū city when the latter was created out of the merger of five cities in 1963. At this time Kokura was divided into North and South wards.

Adapted from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.

What is there

Worth seeing in and around Kokuraminami-ku, Kitakyūshū

2 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.

  1. 01
    Kokura Racecourse

    Kokura Racecourse is located in Kokura Minami-ku Kitakyushu, Japan. It is used for horse racing.

    1.2 km · horse racecourse in Kitakyushu, Fukuoka, Japan · Wikipedia
  2. 02
    Fukuju-ji Temple

    Fukuju-ji is an Ōbaku Zen temple in Kokurakita-ku, Kitakyūshū, Fukuoka, Japan. Its honorary sangō prefix is Kōjuzan.

    3.1 km · Buddhist temple in Kitakyushu, Japan · Wikipedia

Ranked by the number of language editions of Wikipedia with an article on each, from Wikidata; the sentences are the openings of those articles, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Go there

Getting to Kokuraminami-ku, Kitakyūshū

Airports
Kitakyushu (KKJ), 14 km · Fukuoka (FUK), 49 km · Kyushu Saga (HSG), 94 km
Stations
Jōno Station, 1.3 km · Abeyamakōen Station, 1.8 km · Minami-Kokura Station, 3.3 km · Ishida Station, 1.6 km · Keibajōmae Station, 800 m
  • Fukuoka → Kokuraminami-ku, Kitakyūshū
    53 km · quickest by road, 1h 17m · ¥730–990
  • Saga → Kokuraminami-ku, Kitakyūshū
    90 km · quickest by road, 2h 11m · ¥1,250–1,710
  • Kumamoto → Kokuraminami-ku, Kitakyūshū
    121 km · quickest by road, 2h 31m · ¥1,670–2,280
  • From anywhere
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Road and air are today’s quick answer; timetabled trains, buses and ferries load on the results page from the operators’ feeds.

Not yet researched

No local-transport research exists yet for Kokuraminami-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 Kokuraminami-ku, Kitakyūshū. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.

What Wikivoyage says about moving around
  • 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.

From Wikivoyage: Kitakyushu, CC BY-SA. Not yet checked by us; that article was last edited 2026-09.

The nearest places where the work is done
  1. 01
    Muuido and the Incheon islandsKR

    9 ways of moving, 20 sources

    564 km
  2. 02
    Zamami and the Kerama IslandsJP

    12 ways of moving, 19 sources

    915 km
  3. 03
    Taketomi and the Yaeyama islandsJP

    12 ways of moving, 17 sources

    1,247 km
  4. 04
    Matsu IslandsTW

    9 ways of moving, 34 sources

    1,352 km
  5. 05
    Orchid Island (Lanyu)TW

    10 ways of moving, 31 sources

    1,599 km

If you know how people move in Kokuraminami-ku, Kitakyūshū – the stand, the rule, the fare – tell us, and the note gets an entry.

Around it

Next door to Kokuraminami-ku, Kitakyūshū

Kokuraminami-ku, Kitakyūshū is 3 km from Kitakyushu, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.