Location of Wakamatsu ward Kita-Kyushu city Fukuoka prefecture Japan

is a

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Kitakyūshū is a city located in Fukuoka Prefecture, Japan. As of June 1, 2019, Kitakyushu has an estimated population of 940,978, making it the second-largest city in both Fukuoka Prefecture and the island of Kyushu after the city of Fukuoka. It is one of ...

Fukuoka 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 ...

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 ...

. It has an area of and a population of about 88,594 (national census, 2000).

Facilities

Important facilities include Green Park, Ecotown recycling area, Gakuen Toshi academic area, and Hibiki container terminal (opened on April 1, 2005). An underwater tunnel was being constructed in 2005–2006 between Tobata and Wakamatsu wards to link the Hibiki

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with

Kokura is an ancient castle town and the center of Kitakyushu, Japan, guarding the Straits of Shimonoseki between Honshu and Kyushu with its suburb Moji. Kokura is also the name of the penultimate station on the southbound San'yō Shinkansen lin ...

Green Park

Green Park is a large green area which includes a tropical house with rare plants, fish and birds; a herb garden; a rose garden (rare in Japan); a children's play area; a Japanese garden; a wallaby enclosure and boating facilities. It is not well known outside Kitakyushu. Sometimes indoor and open-air concerts are staged. There is also an observation tower.

Wind farm

There is a

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on the coast, harnessing

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for electricity. There is no particular controversy about the sightliness or otherwise of this wind farm, as in some other countries. It is on windy reclaimed land.

Beaches

The beaches are small and pleasant. A larger one is at Ashiya-machi to the west, beyond the city limits. Swimming is limited to the summer months.

Culture

The writer

Hino Ashihei (born 玉井勝則, ''Tamai Katsunori''; 25 January 1907 – 24 January 1960) was a Japanese writer, whose works included depictions of military life during World War II. He was born in Wakamatsu (now Wakamatsu ward, Kitakyūshū) and in 1937 h ...

was born in Wakamatsu and his birthhouse can be visited.

Photo gallery

File:Wakamatsu Green Park rose garden.jpg, The rose garden at Green Park in late May 2003 File:Marigold bed at Green Park Wakamatsu.jpg, Marigold beds at Green Park in mid-November 2004 File:Wakamatsu wind farm.jpg, Wakamatsu wind farm File:Iwaya beach Wakamatsu.JPG, Iwaya beach, Wakamatsu

External links

Wakamatsu ward office
(Japanese)
Green Park
Official Page (Japanese)

is in the Gakuen Toshi Academic zone.
Hino Ashihei
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