is one of the seven
wards of
Fukuoka
is the List of Japanese cities by population, sixth-largest city in Japan 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 ancient times. ...
city in Japan. The ward is located in the center of the city and has a high proportion of apartment buildings and single-person households.
It includes
Tenjin and
Daimyō
were powerful Japanese magnates, feudal lords who, from the 10th century to the early Meiji era, Meiji period in the middle 19th century, ruled most of Japan from their vast hereditary land holdings. They were subordinate to the shogun and no ...
which are among the largest downtown areas in
Kyūshū
is the third-largest island of Japan's four main islands and the most southerly of the four largest islands (i.e. excluding Okinawa and the other Ryukyu (''Nansei'') Islands). In the past, it has been known as , and . The historical regio ...
, Nagahama, which is known for its
fish market
A fish market is a marketplace for selling Fish as food, fish and fish products. It can be dedicated to wholesale trade between Fisherman, fishermen and fish merchants, or to the sale of seafood to individual consumers, or to both. Retail fish ma ...
, and
Ōhori Park.
Main facilities
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Fukuoka Art Museum
is an art museum in Fukuoka, Japan. It contains a notable collection of Western and Asian art, and exhibits various temporary exhibitions. In November 2010 it hosted a large exhibition of Marc Chagall's work.
'' The Madonna of Port Lligat'' by S ...
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Fukuoka Municipal Zoo and Botanical Garden
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Fukuoka Kyuden Kinen Gymnasium
* Acros Fukuoka
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Mizuho PayPay Dome Fukuoka
Gallery
File:Tenjin Chikagai(Tenjin Underground City) - 01.JPG, Tenjin Underground City in Chūō-ku, Fukuoka
is the List of Japanese cities by population, sixth-largest city in Japan 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 ancient times. ...
, 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 ...
, Japan
Japan is an island country in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean off the northeast coast of the Asia, Asian mainland, it is bordered on the west by the Sea of Japan and extends from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea ...
File:Tenjin Chikagai(Tenjin Underground City) - 02.JPG, Tenjin Underground City in Chūō-ku, Fukuoka
is the List of Japanese cities by population, sixth-largest city in Japan 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 ancient times. ...
, 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 ...
, Japan
Japan is an island country in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean off the northeast coast of the Asia, Asian mainland, it is bordered on the west by the Sea of Japan and extends from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea ...
File:Fukuoka Acros.JPG, ACROS Fukuoka
File:Hilton Fukuoka Seahawk and Yahoo Dome October 2011.jpg, Hilton Fukuoka Sea Hawk (left) and Fukuoka Yafuoku! Dome (right)
File:Tenjinv2.jpg, Tenjin
File:Fukuoka City Fish Market Center.jpg, Fukuoka City Fish Market Center
See also
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Kūkō Line (Fukuoka City Subway)
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Nanakuma Line
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Tenjin Omuta Line
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Love FM (Japan)
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Nakasu
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Kōki Hirota
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Fukuoka Japan Temple of the
LDS Church
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New Otani Hotels
References
External links
Wards of Fukuoka
Underground cities
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