Fukuoka Prefectur

Fukuoka Prefectur (福岡県, Fukuoka-ken) is a prefectur o Japan locatit on Kyushu Island.^[1] The caipital is the ceety o Fukuoka.^[2]

Fukuoka Prefecture 福岡県
Prefectur
Japanese transcription(s)
• Japanese	福岡県
• Rōmaji	Fukuoka-ken
Seembol
Coordinates: 33°36′N 130°35′E
Kintra	Japan
Region	Kyūshū
Island	Kyūshū
Caipital	Fukuoka
Govrenment
• Govrenor	Hiroshi Ogawa (syne Aprile 2011)
Area
• Total	4,971.01 km2 (1,919.32 sq mi)
Area rank	29t
Population  (1 September 2010)
• Total	5,071,732
• Rank	9th
• Density	1020.26/km2 (2,642.5/sq mi)
ISO 3166 code	JP-40
Destricts	12
Municipalities	60
Flouer	Ume blossom (Prunus mume)
Tree	Azalea (Rhododendron tsutsusi)
Bird	Japanese Bush Warbler (Cettia diphone)
Website	www.pref.fukuoka.lg.jp/somu/ multilingual/english/top.html

History

Fukuoka Prefecture includes the umwhile provinces of Chikugo, Chikuzen, an Buzen.^[3]

Shrines an temples

Kōra taisha, Sumiyoshi-jinja, Hakosagi-gū an Usa jinjū are the chief Shinto shrines (ichinomiya) in the prefecture. ^[4]

Geografie

Fukuoka Prefectur faces the sea on three sides, borderin on Saga, Ōita, an Kumamoto prefecturs an facin Yamaguchi Prefectur athort the Kanmon Straits.

Fukuoka includes the twa lairgest ceeties on Kyūshū, Fukuoka an Kitakyushu, an much o Kyūshū's industrie. It includes a nummer o smaw islands near the north coast o Kyūshū.

Ceeties

Twinty-aicht ceeties are locatit in Fukuoka Prefectur:

Asakura Buzen Chikugo Chikushino Dazaifu

Fukuoka (caipital) Chūō-ku Hakata-ku Higashi-ku Jonan-ku Minami-ku Nishi-ku Sawara-ku

Fukutsu Iizuka Itoshima Kama Kasuga

Kitakyushu Kokurakita-ku Kokuraminami-ku Moji-ku Tobata-ku Wakamatsu-ku Yahatahigashi-ku Yahatanishi-ku

Koga Kurume Miyama Miyawaka Munakata Nakama Nōgata Ogōri

Ōkawa Ōmuta Ōnojō Tagawa Ukiha Yame Yanagawa Yukuhashi

Touns an veelages

Cairt o Fukuoka Prefectur.

Thir are the touns an veelages in each destrict.

Asakura Destrict Chikuzen Tōhō Chikujō District Chikujō Kōge Yoshitomi Chikushi Destrict Nakagawa

Kaho Destrict Keisen Kasuya Destrict Hisayama Kasuya Sasaguri Shime Shingū Sue Umi

Kurate Destrict Kotake Kurate Mii Destrict Tachiarai Miyako Destrict Kanda Miyako

Mizuma Destrict Ōki Onga Destrict Ashiya Mizumaki Okagaki Onga

Tagawa Destrict Aka Fukuchi Itoda Kawara Kawasaki Ōtō Soeda Yame Destrict Hirokawa

Mergers

Main airticle: Leet o mergers in Fukuoka Prefectur

Economie

Fukuoka prefectur's main ceeties form ane o Japan's main industrial centres, accoontin for nearly 40% o the economie o Kyūshū. Major industries include automobiles, semiconductors, an steel. Fukuoka prefectur is notewirthy as the place whaur tire manufacturer Bridgestone Archived 2013-10-27 at the Wayback Machine an consumer electronics chain Best Denki wur foondit.

Universities

Institution	Location
Fukuoka University	Fukuoka
Kurume University	Kurume
Kyushu Institute of Technology	Kitakyushu an Iizuka
Kyushu University	Fukuoka an Kasuga
Seinan Gakuin University	Fukuoka
Kyushu Institute of Information Sciences	Dazaifu
Kyushu Sangyo University	Fukuoka
Fukuoka Women's University	Fukuoka

Cultur

• Fukuoka Art Museum Archived 2012-02-04 at the Wayback Machine – In Ohori Pairk; contains a wide selection o contemporar an ither airt frae aroond the warld.
• Fukuoka Asian Art Museum Archived 2007-01-17 at the Wayback Machine – contains airt frae various kintras o Asie.
• Fukuoka City Museum – displays a broad range o items frae the region's history, includin a spectacular gowd seal.
• Genko Historical Museum Archived 2013-09-05 at the Wayback Machine (元寇史料館; Museum o the Mongol Invasion) – In Higashi Koen (East Park) Archived 2012-04-06 at the Wayback Machine; displays Japanese an Mongolie airms an armour frae the 13t century as well as paintins on historical subjects. Open on weekends.
• Hakata Machiya Folk Museum Archived 2007-10-12 at the Wayback Machine – Dedicatit tae displayin the tradeetional weys o life, speech, an cultur o the Fukuoka region.
• Fukuoka Masjid Al Nour Islamic Cultur Center, Dedicatit tae share Islamic subjects an cultur.

Major events an festivals

• Hakata Dontaku Harbour Festival, Tenjin, Fukuoka on Mey 3 an 4
• Hakata Gion Yamagasa, Kushida Shrine, Fukuoka on Julie
• Kokura Gion Yamagasa, Kitakyushu on Julie
• Tobata Gion Yamagasa, Kitakyushu on Julie
• Kurosaki Gion Yamagasa, Kitakyushu on Julie
• Kitahara Hakushu Festival, Yanagawa on November 1 tae 3

Sports

The sports teams leetit belaw are based in Fukuoka.

Fitbaa (soccer)

• Avispa Fukuoka (Fukuoka)
• Giravanz Kitakyushu (Kitakyushu)

Basebaa

• Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks (Fukuoka)

Basketbaa

• Fukuoka Rizing (Fukuoka)

Rugby

• Coca Cola West Red Sparks (Fukuoka)
• Fukuoka Sanix Blues (Munakata)
• Kyuden Voltex
• Sanix World Rugby Youth Tournament

The prefectur haes twa significant annual athletics events: the Fukuoka International Cross Country an the Fukuoka International Open Marathon Championship. The marathon race haes been held in Fukuoka syne 1959 an haes seen a nummer o warld records breuken durin its history.^[5]

Creeme an safety

Fukuoka Prefectur haes the lairgest nummer o designatit yakuza groups amang aw o the prefecturs, at 5; the Kudo-kai, the Taishu-kai, the Fukuhaku-kai, the Dojin-kai an the Kyushu Seido-kai.^[6] Atween 2004 an 2009, an in early 2011,^[7] Fukuoka Prefectur leads the naition in gun-relatit incidents.^[8] Thir incidents wur maistly relatit tae the local yakuza syndicates, specifically the Kudo-kai, the Dojin-kai an the Kyushu Seido-kai.^[7]

Fukuoka Prefectur haes haed the heichest frequency o youth creeme amang aw o the prefecturs o Japan syne 2003.^[9]

• Kokura prefectural office
• New Kitakyushu airport

Tourism

The maist popular place for tourism is Fukuoka Ceety, especially at the time o the Dontaku festival, an Dazaifu, awtho Kitakyūshū haes tree'd tae attract tourists an aw.

Relatit page: Kyushu Naitional Museum

Transportation

Train

• West Japan Railway Company(=JR Nishinihon)
  • Sanyō Shinkansen
  • Hakata Minami Line
• JR Kyushu
  • Kyūshū Shinkansen, Kagoshima Main Line, Chikuhō Main Line, Nippō Main Line, Kyudai Main Line
  • Chikuhi Line, Gotōji Line, Kashii Line, Hitahikosan Line, Sasaguri Line
• Nishi-Nippon Railroad
  • Tenjin Ōmuta Line, Dazaifu Line, Nishitetsu Amagi Line, Kaizuka Line
• Amagi Railway
  • Amagi Railway Amagi Line
• Heisei Chikuhō Railway
  • Ita Line, Itota Line, Tagawa Line
• Fukuoka City Subway
  • Kūkō Line, Hakozaki Line, Nanakuma Line
• Kitakyushu Monorail

Sister regions

• Hawaii, Unitit States
• Jiangsu, Fowkrepublic o Cheenae
• Delhi, Indie
• Bangkok, Thailand
• Hanoi, Vietnam