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Fukuoka City
Fukuoka Prefecture · City
- Designated city
- Prefectural capital
Official websiteFukuoka Prefecture page
Fukuoka City, the prefectural capital, is the designated city (a large city with special status) with Kyushu's largest population. Long a gateway to the Asian mainland, it joined merchant Hakata with Fukuoka, the Kuroda clan's castle town. It is known for the Hakata Gion Yamakasa festival, yatai food stalls, and the National Treasure gold seal found on Shikanoshima.
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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