Kitagata

Kitagata is a railway stop in Kokuraminami-ku, Kitakyushu, Fukuoka. Kitagata is situated nearby to the monorail station Keibajōmae, as well as near the stadium Kokura Racecourse.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Kitagata and Kokura Racecourse.

Kitagata

Monorail station

Photo: おんさき, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Kitagata Station is a Kitakyushu monorail station in Kokura Minami ward, Kitakyushu, Japan.

Kokura Racecourse is located in Kokura Minami-ku Kitakyushu, Japan. It is used for horse racing. It was built in 1994. It has a capacity of 20,000, including 1,192 seats. Kokura Racecourse is situated 1 km southwest of Kitagata.

Keibajōmae

Monorail station

Photo: Rsa, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Keibajōmae Station is a Kitakyūshū Monorail station in Kokuraminami-ku, Kitakyūshū, Japan. It is situated next to Kokura Racecourse and the University of Kitakyushu. Keibajōmae is situated 700 metres south of Kitagata.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Kokurakita-ku and Yahatahigashi-ku.

Kokurakita-ku

Suburb

Kokurakita-ku is a ward of Kitakyūshū, Fukuoka, Japan. It is the north part of what used to be Kokura City before the merger of five cities to create the new city of Kitakyūshū in 1963. Kokurakita-ku is situated 3½ km north of Kitagata.

Yahatahigashi-ku

Suburb

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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 Kitagata.

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 7 km northwest of Kitagata.

Kitagata

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

33.84908° or 33° 50′ 57″ north

Longitude

130.87807° or 130° 52′ 41″ east

Elevation

13 metres (43 feet)

Wheelchair access

yes

Open location code

8Q5GRVXH+J6

OpenStreetMap ID

node 265931102

OpenStreetMap feature

public_transport=stop_position

OpenStreetMap feature

railway=stop

GeoNames ID

7563026

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In Other Languages

From Japanese to Korean—“Kitagata” goes by many names.

Japanese: “きたがたえき”
Japanese: “北方”
Japanese: “北方駅”
Korean: “기타가타”

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