Okura
Okura is a quarter in Yahatahigashi-ku, Kitakyushu, Fukuoka. Okura is situated nearby to the quarter Yutakamachi, as well as near the neighborhood Kawachi 1-chome.Places of Interest
Highlights include Kawachi Wisteria Garden and Mount Sarakura.
Kawachi Wisteria Garden
Garden
Photo: そらみみ, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Kawachi Wisteria Garden is a private garden located in Kitakyushu founded by Higuchi Masao. The garden contains over 20 kinds of wisterias in a 10,000m2 area.
Mount Sarakura
Peak
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Mount Sarakura is a 622 m mountain in Yahatahigashi-ku, Kitakyūshū, Fukuoka, Japan. This mountain is a part of Kitakyūshū Quasi-National Park.
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 Municipal Museum of Art is situated 3½ km north of Okura.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Higashida and Yahatanishi-ku.
Higashida
Quarter
Photo: Kugel, Public domain.
Higashida is a quarter, which is situated 3½ km north of Okura.
Yahatanishi-ku
Suburb
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Yahatanishi-ku is a ward of Kitakyūshū, Fukuoka, Japan. It covers 83.04 square kilometres, and had a population of 260,318 in January, 2005. The ward contains JR Kurosaki Station, and JR Orio Station on the Kagoshima Main Line, with several schools and universities nearby. Yahatanishi-ku is situated 6 km northwest of Okura.
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 6 km east of Okura.
Okura
- Type: Quarter
- Also known as: “Ōkura”
- Category: locality
- Location: Yahatahigashi-ku, Kitakyushu, Fukuoka, Kyushu, Japan, East Asia, Asia
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Latitude
33.83801° or 33° 50′ 17″ northLongitude
130.81664° or 130° 48′ 60″ eastElevation
65 metres (213 feet)Open location code
8Q5GRRQ8+6MOpenStreetMap ID
node 8487555206OpenStreetMap feature
place=quarterGeoNames ID
10316932
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In Other Languages
“Okura” goes by many names.
- Japanese: “おおくら”
- Japanese: “大蔵”
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