福岡市

福岡市

JP
Population1,612,392
Fukuoka (福岡市, Fukuoka-shi; [ɸɯ̥.kɯꜜ.o.ka, -kɯ.o.kaꜜ.ɕi] ) is the 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. The area has long been considered the gateway to the country, as it is the nearest point among Japan's main islands to the Asian mainland. Although humans occupied the area since the Jomon period, some of the earliest settlers of the Yayoi period arrived in the Fukuoka area. The city rose to prominence during the Yamato period. Because of the cross-cultural exposure, and the relatively great distance from the social and political centers of Kyoto, Osaka, and later, Edo (Tokyo), Fukuoka gained a distinctive local culture and dialect that has persisted to the present. Fukuoka is the most populous city on Kyūshū island, followed by Kitakyushu. It is the largest city and metropolitan area west of Keihanshin. The city was designated by government ordinance on April 1, 1972. Greater Fukuoka, with a population of 2.5 million people (2005 census), is part of the heavily industrialized Fukuoka–Kitakyushu zone. As of 2015, Fukuoka is Japan's sixth largest city, having passed the population of Kobe. In July 2011, Fukuoka surpassed the population of Kyoto. Since the founding of Kyoto in 794, this marks the first time that a city west of the Kansai region has had a larger population than Kyoto.

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九州大学 医学歴史館

九州大学 医学歴史館

博多千年門

博多千年門

西南学院大学博物館

西南学院大学博物館

福岡市博物館

福岡市博物館

Fukuoka City Museum (福岡市博物館, Fukuoka-shi hakubutsukan) opened in Fukuoka, Japan, in 1990. The permanent exhibition, which tells the history of …

福岡東洋陶磁美術館

福岡東洋陶磁美術館

Fukuoka Oriental Ceramics Museum (福岡東洋陶磁美術館, Fukuoka tōyō tōji bijutsukan) opened in Fukuoka, Japan, in 1999. The rotating displays of Chinese, …

九州大学総合研究博物館

九州大学総合研究博物館

南公園西展望台

南公園西展望台

福岡市科学館

福岡市科学館

樂水園

樂水園

Rakusui-en (楽水園) is a garden in Hakata-ku, Fukuoka, Japan. It was originally built in 1906 for Shimozawa Zenemon Chikamasa, a …

福岡県立美術館

福岡県立美術館

Fukuoka Prefectural Museum of Art (福岡県立美術館, Fukuoka kenritsu bijutsukan) opened in Fukuoka, Japan, in 1985. The collection focuses upon artists …

福岡市埋蔵文化財センター

福岡市埋蔵文化財センター

九州産業大学美術館

九州産業大学美術館

九州国立博物館

九州国立博物館

The Kyushu National Museum (九州国立博物館, Kyūshū Kokuritsu Hakubutsukan) opened on October 16, 2005, in Dazaifu near Fukuoka—the first new national …

舞鶴公園

舞鶴公園

キャナルシティ博多

キャナルシティ博多

Canal City Hakata (キャナルシティ博多) is a large shopping and entertainment complex in Fukuoka, Japan. Called the "city within the city," …

博多ポートタワー

博多ポートタワー

Hakata Port Tower is a 103 metre high lattice tower with an observation deck in a height of 73.5 metres …

福岡アジア美術館

福岡アジア美術館

Fukuoka Asian Art Museum (福岡アジア美術館, Fukuoka Ajia Bijutsukan) is a museum of Asian art that opened in Hakata, Fukuoka, Fukuoka …

福岡市美術館

福岡市美術館

Fukuoka Art Museum (福岡市美術館, Fukuoka-shi Bijutsukan) is an art museum in Fukuoka, Japan. It contains a notable collection of Western …

聖福寺

聖福寺

Shōfuku-ji (聖福寺) is a Buddhist temple located in the Gokushōmachi neighborhood of Hakata, Fukuoka, Japan. It belongs to the Rinzai …

東長寺

東長寺

Tōchō-ji (東長寺) is a Shingon temple in Hakata, Fukuoka, Japan. Its honorary sangō prefix is Nangakuzan (南岳山). It was founded …

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