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Chikugo Ogōri Interchange
Chikugo may refer to: * Chikugo, Fukuoka, a city in Fukuoka Prefecture, Japan * Chikugo Province, a former province of Japan * Chikugo River The flows through Kumamoto, Ōita, Fukuoka and Saga prefectures in Japan. With a total length of , it is the longest river on Kyūshū. It flows from Mount Aso and empties into the Ariake Sea. It is also nicknamed "Tsukushi Jirō". The upp ..., a river in Northern Kyushu, Japan * ''Chikugo''-class destroyer escort See also * {{Disambig ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chikugo, Fukuoka
file:HAWKS Baseball Park Chikugo.jpg, 270px, HAWKS Baseball Stadium is a Cities of Japan, city located in Fukuoka Prefecture, Japan. , the city had an estimated population of 49,259 in 20980 households, and a population density of 1200 persons per km2. The total area of the city is . Geography Chikugo is located in the center of the Chikugo Plain in southern Fukuoka Prefecture. It is approximately 45 minutes by train from Fukuoka City. Neighboring municipalities Fukuoka Prefecture *Hirokawa, Fukuoka, Hirokawa *Kurume, Fukuoka, Kurume *Miyama, Fukuoka, Miyama *Ōki, Fukuoka, Ōki *Yame, Fukuoka, Yame *Yanagawa, Fukuoka, Yanagawa Climate Chikugo has a humid subtropical climate (Köppen ''Cfa'') characterized by warm summers and cool winters with light to no snowfall. The average annual temperature in Chikugo is 15.8 °C. The average annual rainfall is 1946 mm with September as the wettest month. The temperatures are highest on average in August, at around 26.7 °C, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chikugo Province
was a province of Japan in the area of northern Kyūshū, corresponding to part of southwestern Fukuoka Prefecture. Chikugo bordered on Higo and Chikugo to the southeast, and Chikuzen to the north and east, Bungo to the east and Hizen to the west. Its abbreviated form name was (a name which it shared with Chikuzen Province), although it was also called . In terms of the Gokishichidō system, Chikugo was one of the provinces of the Saikaidō circuit. Under the ''Engishiki'' classification system, Chikugo was ranked as one of the "superior countries" (上国) in terms of importance, and one of the "far countries" (遠国) in terms of distance from the capital. History Early history Ancient Tsukushi Province was a major power center in the Yayoi period, with contacts to the Asian mainland and may have been the site for the Kingdom of Yamatai mentioned in official Chinese dynastic Twenty-Four Histories for the 1st- and 2nd-century Eastern Han dynasty, the 3rd-century ''Recor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chikugo River
The flows through Kumamoto, Ōita, Fukuoka and Saga prefectures in Japan. With a total length of , it is the longest river on Kyūshū. It flows from Mount Aso and empties into the Ariake Sea. It is also nicknamed "Tsukushi Jirō". The upper reaches of the river are important to forestry, and the middle and lower reaches are important to local agriculture, providing irrigation to some of rice fields on the Tsukushi Plain. The river is also important to industry, with twenty electrical power plants located along its banks, as well as the major city of Kurume in Fukuoka Prefecture. Recognizing the requirement to satisfy divergent needs of various communities along the river, the Japanese Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism designated the Chikugo River (along with six other river systems in Japan) as a "Water Resources Development River System" with a comprehensive utilization plan to develop the river's resources.de Graaf, ''Urban Water in Japan''. page 8 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
