is a railway station in

Chūō-ku, Fukuoka is one of the seven Wards of Japan, wards of Fukuoka, Fukuoka, Fukuoka city in Japan. The ward is located in the center of the city. It includes Tenjin and Daimyō which are among the largest downtown areas in Kyūshū, Nagahama, which is known ...

in Japan. Its station symbol is a

track and field Track and field is a sport that includes athletic contests based on running, jumping, and throwing skills. The name is derived from where the sport takes place, a running track and a grass field for the throwing and some of the jumping events ...

athlete in red be looks like "

ア A (hiragana: あ, katakana: ア) is a Japanese kana that represents the mora consisting of single vowel . The hiragana character あ is based on the sōsho style of kanji , while the katakana ア is from the radical of kanji . In the modern J ...

" which is Akasaka's initials, in connection with the annual

Fukuoka Marathon The is an IAAF Gold Label international men's marathon race held in Fukuoka, Japan. It was previously known as the Fukuoka International Open Marathon Championship between 1947 and 2021, when it was announced the race would be discontinued on its ...

, which starts and finishes at

Heiwadai Athletic Stadium is an athletic stadium in Fukuoka, Fukuoka, 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 ...

, located 600 m from this station.

Lines

Akasaka Station is served by the Fukuoka City Subway Kūkō Line.

Platforms

File:Platform_of_Akasaka_Station_(Fukuoka_Subway).jpg, Platform

History

The station opened on 26 July 1981.

Surrounding area

*Fukuoka Central District Office *Fukuoka Transportation Bureau *Maizuru Park *Korokan Ruins, Exhibition Hall (formerly

Heiwadai Stadium was a ballpark located in the Fukuoka, Fukuoka Prefecture, Japan. From 1950 to 1978, it served as the home ballpark of the Nishitetsu Lions, a team in Nippon Professional Baseball's (NPB) Pacific League. It also briefly served as the home stadi ...

) *

Fukuoka Castle is a Japanese castle located in Chūō-ku, Fukuoka, Japan. It is also known as Maizuru Castle (舞鶴城 Maizuru-jō) or Seki Castle (石城 Seki-jō). Completed in the early Edo period for ''tozama daimyō'' Kuroda Nagamasa, it has been decreed ...

*Heiwadai Athleic Stadium *Fukuoka High Court *Fukuoka District Court *Fukuoka Legal Affairs Bureau *Fukuoka Public Prosecutors Office *Fukuoka Central Employment Office *Central City Health Center *Fukuoka City Civic Center *Fukuoka Central Fish Wholesale Market

References

Kūkō Line (Fukuoka City Subway) Railway stations in Fukuoka Prefecture Railway stations in Japan opened in 1981 Railway stations in Japan opened in 1982 {{Fukuoka-railstation-stub