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Kitakyushu City
Fukuoka Prefecture · City
Official websiteFukuoka Prefecture page
Kitakyushu City is a designated city (a large city with special status) at the northern tip of Kyushu, facing the Kanmon Straits. It was formed by merging 5 cities: Moji, Kokura, Wakamatsu, Yawata, and Tobata. The government-built Yawata Steel Works is a World Heritage Site. Retro Moji Port, Kokura Castle, and Kawachi Wisteria Garden are popular.
Key facts
Source: Statistics Bureau of Japan, 2025 Population Census (population, area and density); area from the Geospatial Information Authority of Japan (GSI), Area Statistics of Prefectures and Municipalities (2025). National ranks are among the 1,741 municipalities, ordered by this site from these values.
Live information
Current weather (observed)
Places to visit
Chosen automatically, most popular first, from landmarks and cultural properties registered in Wikidata (we have not checked whether each is open). Names and descriptions: Wikidata (CC0); photos: Wikimedia Commons (photographer and license under each photo).
Mountains in this city
Mountains whose summit is in this municipality (mountains of 800 m or higher on this site's map, and mountains in the famous-mountain lists). Elevations from Wikidata and other sources.
Neighboring municipalities
Municipalities sharing a boundary (computed from the National Land Numerical Information administrative boundaries, January 2021).
Other municipalities in Fukuoka Prefecture
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