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Iizuka City
Fukuoka Prefecture · City
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Iizuka City is the most populous city and the center of the Chikuho region. The mansion of coal magnate Ito Den'emon is open to the public as a place linked to his wife, Yanagiwara Byakuren. The city has the Kaho Gekijo playhouse and Kagenouma Kogoishi, an ancient mountain fortress, and is the birthplace of the famous sweet Chidori Manju.
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
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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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