Online dictionary of geography and travels in Japan: Fukuoka City

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Fukuoka City

福岡市
alternative words: Fukuokashi city, Fukuokashi, Fukuoka-shi, Fukuoka shi, Hakata, Fukuoka
keywords: g8 , harbor , kyushu , town
related topics: Fukuoka Prefecture , Fukuoka airport
related web sites: http://www.city.fukuoka.jp , http://www.yado.co.jp/kankou/fukuoka/fukudai/fudaiindex.htm , http://www.hikyaku.com/summit/fukuokag.html
explanation: Capital of Fukuoka Prefecture and one of the major cities of Kyushu region. Historically the city is composed of 2 sectors: Hakata had been a harbor and merchant town which commanded the communication between Japan and the continent since the 7th century while Fukuoka proper had developed as a castle town of seignior Kuroda during Edo period. The actual Fukuoka comes from a merger of these 2 towns. The population is about 1.3 million.