Shirakawamachi
Shirakawamachi is a quarter in Yahatahigashi-ku, Kitakyushu, Fukuoka. Shirakawamachi is situated nearby to the neighborhood Hinode 1-chome, as well as near Suwa 2-chome.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest
Highlights include Kitakyushu Municipal Museum of Art and Kitakyushu Museum of Natural History & Human History.
Kitakyushu Municipal Museum of Art
Museum
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The Kitakyushu Municipal Museum of Art is located in Tobata-ku, Kitakyushu, Fukuoka Prefecture, Japan. Designed by Arata Isozaki, it sits on a hill straddling the three wards of Kokura Kita, Tobata, and Yahata Higashi.
Kitakyushu Museum of Natural History & Human History
Museum
Photo: Kugel, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Kitakyushu Museum of Natural History & Human History opened in Kitakyushu, Fukuoka Prefecture, Japan, in 2002. Exhibiting materials relating to the city's natural history, archaeology, and history, it is successor of the Kitakyushu Museum of History, which opened in 1975, the Kitakyushu Museum of Natural History, which opened in 1981, and the Kitakyushu Museum of Archaeology, which opened in 1983.
Kitakyushu Innovation Gallery and Studio
Museum
Photo: Kugel, Public domain.
Kitakyushu Innovation Gallery and Studio is a museum.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Higashida and Tobata-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 2½ km north of Shirakawamachi.
Wakamatsu-ku
Suburb
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Wakamatsu-ku is a ward of Kitakyūshū, Fukuoka, Japan. It has an area of 67.86 km2 and a population of about 88,594. Wakamatsu-ku is situated 3½ km north of Shirakawamachi.
Shirakawamachi
- Type: Quarter
- Category: locality
- Location: Yahatahigashi-ku, Kitakyushu, Fukuoka, Kyushu, Japan, East Asia, Asia
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Latitude
33.87371° or 33° 52′ 25″ northLongitude
130.81974° or 130° 49′ 11″ eastElevation
26 metres (85 feet)Open location code
8Q5GVRF9+FVOpenStreetMap ID
node 8487542184OpenStreetMap feature
place=quarterGeoNames ID
10316902
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In Other Languages
“Shirakawamachi” goes by many names.
- Japanese: “しらかわまち”
- Japanese: “白川町”
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