Location of Yahata-nishi ward Kita-Kyushu city Fukuoka prefecture Japan

is a

ward Ward may refer to: Division or unit * Hospital ward, a hospital division, floor, or room set aside for a particular class or group of patients, for example the psychiatric ward * Prison ward, a division of a penal institution such as a pris ...

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 o ...

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. ...

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 ...

. It covers 83.04 square kilometres, and had a population of 260,318 in January, 2005. The ward contains JR

Kurosaki Station Kurosaki Station (黒崎駅) is a railway station in Yahatanishi-ku, Kitakyushu serving Kagoshima Main Line, Fukuhoku Yutaka Line and Chikuhō Electric Railroad Line. It was first opened in 1891. Express trains, including the Sonic, stop here. ...

, and JR

Orio Station is a junction passenger railway station located in Yahatanishi-ku, Kitakyushu, Japan, operated by the JR Kyushu. Lines Orio Station is served by the Kagoshima Main Line and Chikuhō Main Line. It is located 30.1 km from the start of th ...

on the

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

, with several schools and universities nearby. It is chiefly a residential area, bounded by the Onga river in the West. In the south of the ward by the Onga river is Koyanose-juku, a former

post town A post town is a required part of all postal addresses in the United Kingdom and Republic of Ireland, Ireland, and a basic unit of the postal delivery system.Royal Mail, ''Address Management Guide'', (2004) Including the correct post town in t ...

on the

Nagasaki Kaidō The was a road across Kyūshū from Kokura to Nagasaki, used by ''daimyōs'' for the ''sankin-kōtai'', and also by the chief of the Dutch trading post at Nagasaki on whom a similar obligation of visiting the ''shōgun'' was imposed. The rou ...

which has recently become a tourist area. Street of Koyanose-juku 04

Geography

Climate

Economy

Yaskawa Electric The is a Japanese manufacturer of servos, motion controllers, AC motor drives, switches and industrial robots. Their Motoman robots are heavy duty industrial robots used in welding, packaging, assembly, coating, cutting, material handling and ...

, a global

electrical equipment Electrical devices or electric devices are devices that functionally rely on electric energy ( AC or DC) to operate their core parts (electric motors, transformers, lighting, rechargeable batteries, control electronics). They can be contraste ...

and

robot A robot is a machine—especially one Computer program, programmable by a computer—capable of carrying out a complex series of actions Automation, automatically. A robot can be guided by an external control device, or the robot control, co ...

manufacturing company is headquartered in the ward.

Facilities

Honjo Stadium is a small athletic and multi-purpose stadium A multi-purpose stadium is a type of stadium designed to be easily used for multiple types of events. While any stadium could potentially host more than one type of sport or event, this concep ...

Education

North Korean schools:ウリハッキョ一覧

.

Chongryon The General Association of Korean Residents in Japan,
" ''

. Retrieved on October 14, 2015. "九州朝鮮中高級学校 807-0825 北九州市八幡西区折尾3-5-1" and "北九州朝鮮初級学校 807-0825 北九州市八幡西区折尾3-5-1 " *

Kyushu Korean Junior-Senior High School is a North Korean international school in Yahatanishi-ku, Kitakyūshū, Japan.ウリハッキョ一覧
"

*Kitakyushu Korean Elementary School ( 北九州朝鮮初級学校)

References

External links

Yahata Nishi ward office
{{DEFAULTSORT:Yahatanishi-ku, Kitakyushu Wards of Kitakyushu