Minami-Kokura Station

Minami-Kokura Station is a junction passenger railway station located in Kokuraminami-ku, Kitakyushu, Fukuoka Prefecture, Japan. It is operated by JR Kyushu.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include TOTO Museum and Kokura Castle.

TOTO Museum

Museum

Photo: tak.wing, CC BY-SA 2.0.

TOTO Museum is situated 740 metres east of Minami-Kokura Station.

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. Kokura Castle is situated 2 km northeast of Minami-Kokura Station.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Kokuraminami-ku and Tobata-ku.

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 3½ km southeast of Minami-Kokura Station.

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 northwest of Minami-Kokura Station.

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 5 km west of Minami-Kokura Station.

Minami-Kokura Station

Type: Railway stop
Also known as: “Minami-Kokura”, “Minamikokura Eki”, and “Minamikokura-eki”
Categories: transport stop and transportation
Location: Kokurakita-ku, Kitakyushu, Fukuoka, Kyushu, Japan, East Asia, Asia
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Latitude

33.87035° or 33° 52′ 13″ north

Longitude

130.86443° or 130° 51′ 52″ east

Elevation

14 metres (46 feet)

Operator

九州旅客鉄道

Network

JR日豊線

Open location code

8Q5GVVC7+4Q

OpenStreetMap ID

node 6845406502

OpenStreetMap feature

public_transport=stop_position

OpenStreetMap feature

railway=stop

GeoNames ID

7563024

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In Other Languages

From French to Korean—“Minami-Kokura Station” goes by many names.

French: “Minami-Kokura”
Japanese: “みなみこくらえき”
Japanese: “南小倉”
Japanese: “南小倉駅”
Korean: “미나미코쿠라”

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