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Kasuya District, Fukuoka
is a district located in Fukuoka Prefecture, Japan, east of Fukuoka City. As of 2003, the district has an estimated population of 200,503 and a density of 1,218.05 persons per km2. The total area is 164.61 km2. It has four stations on the Sasaguri Line, seven on the Kashii Line. Chojabaru Station serves both lines. Towns and villages * Hisayama * Kasuya *Sasaguri is a town in Kasuya District, Fukuoka Prefecture, Japan Japan ( ja, 日本, or , and formally , ''Nihonkoku'') is an island country in East Asia. It is situated in the northwest Pacific Ocean, and is bordered on the west by the Sea o ... * Shime * Shingū * Sue * Umi Towns and Villages formerly in this district * Koga（古賀町）:Upgraded to City（古賀市） on October 1, 1997 Districts in Fukuoka Prefecture {{Fukuoka-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kasuya District In Fukuoka Prefecture
Kasuya may refer to: People * Kasuya (surname) Places * Kasuya, Fukuoka is a town located in Kasuya District, Fukuoka Prefecture, Japan. As of April 30, 2017, the town has an estimated population of 46,709 and a density of 3,300 persons per km². The total area is 14.12 km². The district is served by the K ..., town in Kasuya District, Fukuoka Prefecture, Japan * Kasuya, Tokyo, district of Setagaya, Tokyo, Japan {{disambig, geo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hisayama, Fukuoka
is a town located in Kasuya District, Fukuoka Prefecture, Japan. As of May 1, 2017, the town has an estimated population of 8,641 and a density of 230 persons per km2. The total area is 37.43 km2. Hisayama has had a Costco Costco Wholesale Corporation ( doing business as Costco Wholesale and also known simply as Costco) is an American multinational corporation which operates a chain of membership-only big-box retail stores ( warehouse club). As of 2022, Cost ... since 1999. References External links *Hisayama official website Towns in Fukuoka Prefecture {{Fukuoka-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Umi, Fukuoka
is a town located in Kasuya District, Fukuoka Prefecture, Japan. As of 2016, the town has an estimated population of 37,663 and a density of 1,200 persons per km². The total area is 30.22 km². The town has a river, the Umigawa, flowing through it, a large Hachiman shrine and a small Protestant church. It also has some ancient burial mounds ( kofun). It is reputedly the birthplace of Emperor Ōjin, an early Japanese emperor. A railway was built in 1919 to facilitate the removal of coal, but this local industry ended in 1963. The railway line was closed in 1985 and has been made into a pleasant semi-rural walkway. Umi still has another JR line, the Kashii Line. Ban-dai sake Sake, also spelled saké ( ; also referred to as Japanese rice wine), is an alcoholic beverage of Japanese origin made by fermenting rice that has been polished to remove the bran. Despite the name ''Japanese rice wine'', sake, and ind ... is also made in Umi. References External ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sue, Fukuoka
is a town located in Kasuya District, Fukuoka Prefecture, Japan. As of 2016, the town had an estimated population of 27,459 and a density of 1,700 persons per km². The total area is 16.33 km². See also * Sue Station (Fukuoka) *Shinbaru Station is a railway station on the Kashii Line operated by JR Kyushu in Sue, Fukuoka Prefecture, Japan. Lines The station is served by the Kashii Line and is located 21.1 km from the starting point of the line at . Station layout The station, ... References External links *Sue official website Towns in Fukuoka Prefecture {{Fukuoka-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shingū, Fukuoka
is a town located in Kasuya District, Fukuoka Prefecture, Japan, between Koga and Higashi Ward of Fukuoka City. As of 2016, the town has an estimated population of 31,236 and a density Density (volumetric mass density or specific mass) is the substance's mass per unit of volume. The symbol most often used for density is ''ρ'' (the lower case Greek letter rho), although the Latin letter ''D'' can also be used. Mathematicall ... of 1,700 persons per km2. The total area is 18.93 km2 and includes the island Ainoshima. A JR station opened in March 2010. Famous people * Yui, stylized as YUI or yui was born in Kasuya. References External links *Shingū official website Towns in Fukuoka Prefecture {{Fukuoka-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shime, Fukuoka
is a town located in Kasuya District, Fukuoka Prefecture, Japan. As of April 1, 2017, the town has an estimated population of 45,307 and a density of 5,200 persons per km2. The total area is 8.70 km2. Although the town still has a railway station the line is no longer used, but has been converted into a cycle path A bike path is a bikeway separated from motorized traffic and dedicated to cycling or shared with pedestrians or other non-motorized users. In the US a bike path sometimes encompasses '' shared use paths'', "multi-use path", or "Class III bike .../ footpath. References External links *Shime official website Towns in Fukuoka Prefecture {{Fukuoka-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sasaguri, Fukuoka
is a town in Kasuya District, Fukuoka Prefecture, Japan Japan ( ja, 日本, or , and formally , ''Nihonkoku'') is an island country in East Asia. It is situated in the northwest Pacific Ocean, and is bordered on the west by the Sea of Japan, while extending from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north .... As of 2016, the town has an estimated population of 31,213 and a population density of 800 persons per km2. The total area is 38.90 km2. The town has three railway stations, , , and , all operated by JR Kyushu on the Sasaguri Line linking it to Hakata Station in Fukuoka. The center of Sasaguri is directly south of Narufuchi Dam. The town is known for its reclining Buddha statue at Nanzo-in, considered one of the largest bronze statues in the world. Nanzo-in is the initial temple on the 88-temple Sasaguri pilgrimage route. The town jointly manages the 17-hectare Sasaguri Kyudai Forest with Kyushu University. References External links * Towns in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kasuya, Fukuoka
is a town located in Kasuya District, Fukuoka Prefecture, Japan. As of April 30, 2017, the town has an estimated population of 46,709 and a density of 3,300 persons per km². The total area is 14.12 km². The district is served by the Kashii Line and the Sasaguri Line is a railway line in Japan operated by Kyushu Railway Company (JR Kyushu). It connects Keisen Station in Keisen, Fukuoka with Yoshizuka Station in Fukuoka, Fukuoka. Stations History The Kyushu Railway Co. opened the Yoshizuka - Sasaguri se .... References External links *Kasuya official website Towns in Fukuoka Prefecture {{Fukuoka-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Districts Of Japan
In Japan, a is composed of one or more rural municipalities ( towns or villages) within a prefecture. Districts have no governing function, and are only used for geographic or statistical purposes such as mailing addresses. Cities are not part of districts. Historically, districts have at times functioned as an administrative unit. From 1878 to 1921The governing law, the district code (''gunsei'', 郡制Entry for the 1890 originalanentry for the revised 1899 ''gunsei''in the National Diet Library ''Nihon hōrei sakuin''/"Index of Japanese laws and ordinances"), was abolished in 1921, but the district assemblies (''gunkai'', 郡会) existed until 1923, the district chiefs (''gunchō'', 郡長) and district offices (''gun-yakusho'', 郡役所) until 1926. district governments were roughly equivalent to a county of the United States, ranking below prefecture and above town or village, on the same level as a city. District governments were entirely abolished by 1926. History ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kashii Line
The is a railway line in Japan operated by Kyushu Railway Company (JR Kyushu). It connects Saitozaki Station in Fukuoka with Umi Station is a train station in Umi, Fukuoka Prefecture, Japan. It is operated by Kyushu Railway Company (JR Kyushu). It is the southern terminus of the Kashii Line. Lines *JR Kyushu **Kashii Line Layout It is a ground level station with single side pl ... in Umi. Stations History The Hakata Bay Railway Co. opened the Saitozaki - Sue section in 1904, extending it to the Otani coal mine (1 km beyond Umi) the following year. In 1942, the company merged with the Nishi-Nippon Railroad company, which was nationalised in 1944. The line beyond Umi closed in 1980. Former connecting lines Sakado station - The 14 km Katsuta line was opened by the Chikuzen Sangu Railway Co. from Yusu (on the Sasaguri Line) - Chikuzenkatsuta in 1918-19. The connection to Sakado opened in 1942, and the line was nationalised in 1944. Freight service ceased in 19 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sasaguri Line
is a railway line in Japan operated by Kyushu Railway Company (JR Kyushu). It connects Keisen Station in Keisen, Fukuoka with Yoshizuka Station in Fukuoka, Fukuoka. Stations History The Kyushu Railway Co. opened the Yoshizuka - Sasaguri section in 1904, and extended it to Hakata with a line paralleling the Kagoshima Main Line the following year. The company was nationalised in 1907. In 1911 the Kagoshima Main line was duplicated utilising the parallel line, and the junction between the lines became Yoshizuka. Petrol railcars were introduced on the line in 1936. In 1968 the line was extended from Sasaguri to Katsura (on the Chikuho Main Line), with freight services commencing on that section in 1970. Freight service on the entire line ceased in 1984. The line was electrified in 2001. Former connecting lines Yusu Station: The 14 km Katsuta Line was opened by the Chikuzen Sangu Railway Co. to Chikuzenkatsuta between 1918 and 1919. A connection to Sakado on the Kashii Line ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
