is a

city A city is a human settlement of notable size.Goodall, B. (1987) ''The Penguin Dictionary of Human Geography''. London: Penguin.Kuper, A. and Kuper, J., eds (1996) ''The Social Science Encyclopedia''. 2nd edition. London: Routledge. It can be def ...

Fukuoka Prefecture is a Prefectures of Japan, prefecture of Japan located on the island of Kyūshū. Fukuoka Prefecture has a population of 5,109,323 (1 June 2019) and has a geographic area of 4,986 Square kilometre, km2 (1,925 sq mi). Fukuoka Prefecture borders S ...

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 ...

. Bordering Dazaifu, Onojo, Nakagawa,

Saga Prefecture is a prefecture of Japan located on the island of Kyushu. Saga Prefecture has a population of 809,248 (1 August 2020) and has a geographic area of 2,440 km2 (942 sq mi). Saga Prefecture borders Fukuoka Prefecture to the northeast and Nagasak ...

, Ogori, Yasu, and

Chikuho, Fukuoka was a town located in Kaho District, Fukuoka Prefecture, Japan. , the town had an estimated population of 11,009 and a density of 147.16 persons per km². The total area was 74.81 km². On March 26, 2006, Chikuho, along with the towns of H ...

, Chikushino is essentially a southern suburb of

Fukuoka City is the sixth-largest city in Japan, the second-largest port city after Yokohama, and the capital city of Fukuoka Prefecture, Japan. The city is built along the shores of Hakata Bay, and has been a center of international commerce since ancie ...

. It was founded on April 1, 1972. As of September 30, 2016, the city had an estimated

population Population typically refers to the number of people in a single area, whether it be a city or town, region, country, continent, or the world. Governments typically quantify the size of the resident population within their jurisdiction using a ...

of 103,076 and a

population density Population density (in agriculture: standing stock or plant density) is a measurement of population per unit land area. It is mostly applied to humans, but sometimes to other living organisms too. It is a key geographical term.Matt RosenberPopul ...

of 1,174.92 persons per km². The total area is 87.73 km². The

Tenjin Ōmuta Line Tenjin may be: * Tenjin (kami), the Shinto kami (spirit) of scholarship * Tenjin, Fukuoka, Japan, the downtown region of the city ** Tenjin Station, a subway station * Tenjin River, in Tottori Prefecture, Japan * Tenjin Beach, a recreational be ...

runs through Chikushino at

Nishitetsu Futsukaichi Station is a train station located in Chikushino, Japan. Lines *Nishi-Nippon Railroad **Tenjin Ōmuta Line **Dazaifu Line is a Japanese rail line Rail terminology is a form of technical terminology. The difference between the American term ''r ...

Murasaki Station is a railway station on the Tenjin Ōmuta Line in Chikushino, Fukuoka, Japan, operated by the private railway operator Nishi-Nippon Railroad (Nishitetsu). It is the newest station on any of Nishitetsu’s lines. Lines Murasaki Station is ser ...

(opened 2010),

Asakuragaidō Station is a train station located in Chikushino, Fukuoka. Lines *Nishi-Nippon Railroad **Tenjin Ōmuta Line Tenjin may be: * Tenjin (kami), the Shinto kami (spirit) of scholarship * Tenjin, Fukuoka, Japan, the downtown region of the city ** Tenjin ...

, Sakuradai Station and Chikushi. It has three stations on the

Kagoshima Main Line The is a major railway line operated by the Kyushu Railway Company (JR Kyushu) between Mojikō in Kitakyushu, and Kagoshima Station in Kagoshima City, at the southern end of Kyushu. Until March 13, 2004, it extended 393 km between its two ...

, and the southern terminus of the Chikuho Main Line is at

Haruda Station is a railway station operated by JR Kyushu in Chikushino, Fukuoka Prefecture, Japan. Lines The station is served by the Kagoshima Main Line and is located from the starting point of the line at . The station is also the southern terminus of ...

Education

Junior high schools

*Chikushino *Chikuzan *South Chikushino *Futukaichi *Tenpai

High schools

*Chikushi *Musashidai *Kyūshū Sangyō *Jōyō

Sightseeing

*Futsukaichi

Onsen In Japan, are the country's hot springs and the bathing facilities and traditional inns around them. As a volcanically active country, Japan has many onsens scattered throughout all of its major islands. There are approximately 25,000 hot ...

*Mt. Houman and Tenpaizan *Tatsuiwa campsite

Commerce

*Youme town *Beressa *

Aeon The word aeon , also spelled eon (in American and Australian English), originally meant "life", "vital force" or "being", "generation" or "a period of time", though it tended to be translated as "age" in the sense of "ages", "forever", "timeles ...

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References

External links

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Chikushino City official website
Cities in Fukuoka Prefecture {{Fukuoka-geo-stub