Tamachi

Tamachi is a quarter in Kokurakita-ku, Kitakyushu, Fukuoka. Tamachi is situated nearby to the quarter Jonai, as well as near the neighborhood Tatemachi 2-chome.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Kokura Castle and Matsumoto Seicho Memorial Museum.

Kokura Castle

Castle

Photo: G43, CC BY 3.0.

Kokura Castle is a five-story castle in Kitakyushu, Japan. A castle was first built at the current site in 1569. Construction of a more substantial replacement commenced in 1602 under the direction of daimyo Tadaoki Hosokawa.

Matsumoto Seicho Memorial Museum

Museum

Photo: 663highland, CC BY 2.5.

The Matsumoto Seicho Memorial Museum is a literature museum in Kitakyushu, Japan. It is dedicated to Seichō Matsumoto, who spent the first half of his life in Kitakyusyu. The museum is located next to Kokura Castle.

Kitakyushu Public Library

Library

Photo: 八幡鏡太郎, CC BY 4.0.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Tobata-ku and Kokuraminami-ku.

Tobata-ku

Suburb

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Tobata-ku is a ward of Kitakyushu, Fukuoka, Japan. It is the smallest ward of the city at 16.66 km2. The population was 64,330 as of the national census in 2000. Tobata-ku is situated 4 km west of Tamachi.

Kokuraminami-ku

Suburb

Photo: Kugel, Public domain.

Kokuraminami-ku is a ward of Kitakyūshū, Fukuoka, Japan. It is the southern part of what used to be Kokura City, which was merged into Kitakyūshū city when the latter was created out of the merger of five cities in 1963. Kokuraminami-ku is situated 4 km south of Tamachi.

Yahatahigashi-ku

Suburb

Photo: JKT-c, CC BY 3.0.

Yahatahigashi-ku is a ward of Kitakyūshū, Fukuoka, Japan. It is the second smallest ward in Kitakyūshū after Tobata ward at only 36.36 square kilometres. Yahatahigashi-ku is situated 6 km west of Tamachi.

Tamachi

Type: Quarter
Category: locality
Location: Kokurakita-ku, Kitakyushu, Fukuoka, Kyushu, Japan, East Asia, Asia
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Latitude

33.88185° or 33° 52′ 55″ north

Longitude

130.86837° or 130° 52′ 6″ east

Elevation

9 metres (30 feet)

Open location code

8Q5GVVJ9+P8

OpenStreetMap ID

node 8487501929

OpenStreetMap feature

place=quarter

GeoNames ID

1850765

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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

“Tamachi” goes by many names.

Japanese: “たまち”
Japanese: “田町”

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