Fukuoka
Fukuoka Prefecture is the most populous prefecture of Kyushu, Japan with a population of over 5 million.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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Essential Destinations
Top destinations include Fukuoka and Kitakyushu.
Fukuoka
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Fukuoka is the capital of Fukuoka prefecture and the largest city on the island of Kyushu. Fukuoka is a good starting point for first-time visitors to Japan.
Kitakyushu
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Kitakyūshū is a large city in Fukuoka prefecture on the island of Kyushu, Japan. Together with Shimonoseki it is part of the Kanmon Straits area. In terms of area it is the largest city in Kyushu, though Fukuoka has the bigger population.
Kurume
Kurume is a city in Fukuoka Prefecture, Japan. As of 1 February 2024, the city had an estimated population of 295,367 in 137,140 households, and a population density of 1309 people per km². The total area of the city is 229.96 km2.
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Dazaifu
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Dazaifu is a city located in Fukuoka Prefecture, Japan. As of 31 March 2024, the city had an estimated population of 71,505 in 33204 households, and a population density of 260 persons per km². The total area of the city is 29.60 km2.
Nogata
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Nōgata is a city located in Fukuoka Prefecture, Japan. As of 29 February 2024, the city had an estimated population of 55,151 in 27684 households, and a population density of 890 persons per km2. The total area of the city is 61.76 km2.
Yame
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Yame is a city located in Fukuoka Prefecture, Japan. As of 31 December 2023, the city had an estimated population of 37,782 in 16050 households, and a population density of 240 persons per km2.
Fukutsu
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Fukutsu is a city located in Fukuoka Prefecture, Japan. As of 29 February 2024, the city had an estimated population of 68,834 in 31114 households, and a population density of 1300 persons per km2. The total area of the city is 52.76 km2.
Chikushino
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Chikushino is a city in Fukuoka Prefecture, Japan. As of 29 February 2024, the city had an estimated population of 106,513 in 48029 households, and a population density of 1200 persons per km2. The total area of the city is 87.73 km2.
Okinoshima
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Okinoshima is an island in Fukuoka prefecture of Japan. It is home to an extremely sacred Shinto shrine and is notoriously almost impossible to get into— in fact, no women whatsoever are allowed on the island.
Fukuoka
Latitude of center
33.6251° or 33° 37′ 30″ northLongitude of center
130.618° or 130° 37′ 5″ eastPopulation
5,000,000Elevation
212 metres (696 feet)OpenStreetMap ID
node 3057396438OpenStreetMap feature
place=province
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In Other Languages
From Achinese to Yue Chinese—“Fukuoka” goes by many names.
- Achinese: “Prefektur Fukuoka”
- Afrikaans: “Fukuoka Prefektuur”
- Afrikaans: “Fukuoka-prefektuur”
- Arabic: “فوكوأوكا”
- Arabic: “فوكوكا”
- Arabic: “فوكووكا”
- Arabic: “محافظة فوكوأوكا”
- Arabic: “محافظة فوكوكا”
- Aragonese: “Prefectura de Fukuoka”
- Armenian: “Ֆուկուոկա”
- Asturian: “Fukuoka (prefeutura)”
- Asturian: “Fukuoka (Xapón)”
- Asturian: “Fukuoka”
- Asturian: “prefeutura de Fukuoka”
- Azerbaijani: “Fukuoka prefekturası”
- Balinese: “Préféktur Fukuoka”
- Bashkir: “Фукуока (префектура)”
- Bashkir: “Фукуока”
- Basque: “Fukuoka”
- Belarusian: “прэфектура Фукуока”
- Belarusian: “Фукуока”
- Bengali: “ফুকুওকা প্রশাসনিক অঞ্চল”
- Bulgarian: “Фукуока”
- Catalan: “prefectura de Fukuoka”
- Catalan: “Prefectura de Fukuoka”
- Cebuano: “Fukuoka-ken”
- Central Kurdish: “پارێزگای فوکوئۆکا”
- Central Kurdish: “فوکوئۆکا”
- Chechen: “Фукуока (префектура)”
- Chechen: “Фукуока”
- Chinese: “Fúgāng Xiàn”
- Chinese: “Hukuoka-koān”
- Chinese: “福冈县”
- Chinese: “福岡縣”
- Croatian: “Fukuoka”
- Croatian: “Prefektura Fukuoka”
- Czech: “prefektura Fukuoka”
- Czech: “Prefektura Fukuoka”
- Danish: “Fukuoka-præfekturet”
- Dutch: “Fukuoka”
- Egyptian Arabic: “محافظة فوكوكا”
- Egyptian Arabic: “محافظه فوكوكا”
- Esperanto: “Fukuoka prefektujo”
- Esperanto: “Fukuoka-prefektujo”
- Esperanto: “Fukuoka”
- Esperanto: “Gubernio Fukuoka”
- Estonian: “Fukuoka prefektuur”
- Finnish: “Fukuokan prefektuuri”
- French: “Fukuoka”
- French: “préfecture de Fukuoka”
- French: “Préfecture de Fukuoka”
- Galician: “Prefectura de Fukuoka”
- Georgian: “ფუკუოკის პრეფექტურა”
- German: “Fukuoka-ken”
- German: “Fukuoka”
- German: “JP-40”
- German: “Präfektur Fukuoka”
- Greek: “Φουκουόκα”
- Gujarati: “ફુકુઓકા પ્રીફેકચર”
- Hakka Chinese: “Fuk-kông-yen”
- Hakka Chinese: “Fukuoka-yen”
- Hebrew: “פוקואוקה”
- Hindi: “फ़ुकुओका प्रांत”
- Hungarian: “Fukuoka prefektúra”
- Iloko: “Fukuoka”
- Iloko: “Prepektura ti Fukuoka”
- Indonesian: “Prefektur Fukuoka”
- Irish: “Maoracht Fukuoka”
- Italian: “prefettura di Fukuoka”
- Italian: “Prefettura di Fukuoka”
- Japanese: “Fukuoka Ken”
- Japanese: “ふくおかけん”
- Japanese: “福岡”
- Japanese: “福岡県”
- Javanese: “Prefektur Fukuoka”
- Javanese: “Préfèktur Fukuoka”
- Kannada: “ಫುಕುಕಾಕಾ ಪ್ರಿಫೆಕ್ಚರ್”
- Korean: “후꾸오까현”
- Korean: “후쿠오카 현”
- Korean: “후쿠오카현”
- Latvian: “Fukuokas prefektūra”
- Literary Chinese: “福岡縣”
- Lithuanian: “Fukuoka prefektūra”
- Lithuanian: “Fukuokos prefektūra”
- Luxembourgish: “Prefektur Fukuoka”
- Macedonian: “Фукуока”
- Malay: “Wilayah Fukuoka”
- Manipuri: “ꯐꯨꯀꯨꯑꯣꯀꯥ ꯂꯝꯈꯥꯢ”
- Marathi: “फुकुओका प्रांत”
- Marathi: “फुकुओका”
- Min Dong Chinese: “Fukuoka-gâing”
- Min Nan Chinese: “Fukuoka-koān”
- Min Nan Chinese: “Hukuoka Koān”
- Min Nan Chinese: “Hukuoka-koān”
- Min Nan Chinese: “Hukuoka-kōan”
- Nepali: “फुकुओका”
- Northern Frisian: “Fukuoka (Prefektüür)”
- Northern Frisian: “Fukuoka”
- Northern Sami: “Fukuoka prefektuvra”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Fukuoka prefektur”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Fukuoka prefektur”
- Norwegian: “Fukuoka”
- Novial: “Fukuoka Prefekture”
- Ossetian: “Фукуокæ (префектурæ)”
- Ossetian: “Фукуокæ”
- Pampanga: “Fukuoka Prefecture”
- Pampanga: “Prepektura ning Fukuoka”
- Persian: “استان فوکوئوکا”
- Polish: “Fukuoka”
- Polish: “Prefektura Fukuoka”
- Portuguese: “Fucuoca”
- Portuguese: “Fukuoka (prefeitura)”
- Portuguese: “Fukuoka”
- Romanian: “Prefectura Fukuoka”
- Russian: “Фукуока”
- Scots: “Fukuoka Prefectur”
- Serbian: “Prefektura Fukuoka”
- Serbian: “Префектура Фукуока”
- Serbian: “Фукуока”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Fukuoka”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Prefektura Fukuoka”
- Sindhi: “فوڪوڪا پريفيڪچر”
- Sinhala: “ෆුකෝකා ප්රාන්තය”
- Slovak: “Fukuoka”
- Slovenian: “JP-40”
- Slovenian: “prefektura Fukuoka”
- Slovenian: “Prefektura Fukuoka”
- South Azerbaijani: “فوکوئوکا اوستانی”
- Spanish: “Fukuoka”
- Spanish: “prefectura de Fukuoka”
- Spanish: “Prefectura de Fukuoka”
- Sundanese: “Fukuoka Prefecture”
- Sundanese: “Préféktur Fukuoka”
- Swahili: “Mkoa wa Fukuoka”
- Swedish: “Fukuoka prefektur”
- Swedish: “Fukuoka”
- Tagalog: “Fukuoka Prefecture”
- Tagalog: “Prepektura ng Fukuoka”
- Tagalog: “Prepekturang Fukuoka”
- Tagalog: “Prepekturang Pukuoka”
- Tajik: “Prefekturai Fukuoka”
- Tajik: “Префектураи Фукуока”
- Tamil: “பிக்குஒக்கா ப்ரீபெக்ட்டுர்”
- Tatar: “Фукуока (префектура)”
- Tatar: “Фукуока”
- Telugu: “ఫుకువోకా ప్రిఫెక్చర్”
- Thai: “จังหวัดฟูกูโอกะ”
- Turkish: “Fukuoka prefektörlüğü”
- Turkish: “Fukuoka”
- Ukrainian: “Префектура Фукуока”
- Ukrainian: “Фукуока”
- Urdu: “فوکوکا پریفیکچر”
- Vietnamese: “Fukuoka”
- Vietnamese: “Phúc Cương”
- Waray (Philippines): “Fukuoka Prefecture”
- Waray (Philippines): “Fukuoka”
- Welsh: “Fukuoka-ken”
- Welsh: “Fukuoka”
- Western Panjabi: “ضلع فوکوکا”
- Wu Chinese: “福冈县”
- Yakut: “Фукуока префектурата”
- Yue Chinese: “福岡”
- Yue Chinese: “福岡縣”
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