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

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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

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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. 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

33.838° or 33° 50′ 17″ north

Longitude

130.81664° or 130° 48′ 60″ east

Elevation

65 metres (213 feet)

Open location code

8Q5GRRQ8+6M

OpenStreetMap ID

node 8487555206

OpenStreetMap feature

place=quarter

GeoNames 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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