Kitakyushu
Kitakyūshū is a large city in Fukuoka prefecture on the island of Kyushu, Japan. Kokura, the heart of Kitakyushu, is an ancient feudal castle town guarding the Straits of Shimonoseki.
- City with about 935,000 residents
- …lies at an elevation of around 60 metres (190 feet)
- …has the IATA airport code KKJ
- Description: city in Fukuoka Prefecture, Japan
- Also known as“Kitakyūshū City”“Kitakyūshū-shi”
- Neighbors
Places of Interest
Highlights include Kokura Castle and Kokura Station.
Kokura Station
Kokura Station in Kokurakita-ku is the main railway station in Kitakyushu, Japan.
Matsumoto Seicho Memorial Museum
The Matsumoto Seicho Memorial Museum is a literature museum in Kitakyushu, Japan.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Kokurakita-ku and Kokuraminami-ku.
Kokurakita-ku
Suburb
Kokurakita-ku is a ward of Kitakyūshū, Fukuoka, Japan.
Kokuraminami-ku
Kokuraminami-ku is a ward of Kitakyūshū, Fukuoka, Japan.
Kitakyushu
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Latitude
33.883° or 33° 52′ 59″ north
Longitude
130.8749° or 130° 52′ 30″ east
UN/LOCODE
JP KKJ
Open location code
8Q5GVVMF+6X
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
place=city
Satellite Map
Discover this place from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
In Other Languages
From Afrikaans to Yue Chinese—“Kitakyushu” goes by many names.
KitakyushuAfrikaans
كيتاكيوشوArabic
كيتاكيوشو، فوكوكاArabic
ԿիտակյուսյուArmenian
KitakyūshūAsturian
KitakyüşüAzerbaijani
KitakyushuBalinese
КитакюсюBashkir
KitakyūshūBasque
КітакюсюBelarusian
কিটাকিউশুBengali
কিতাকিয়ুশুBengali
KitakyushuBreton
КитакюшуBulgarian
Kita-KyūshūCatalan
KitakyūshūCebuano
КитакюсюChechen
北九州市Chinese
KitakjušuCroatian
KitakjúšúCzech
KitakyūshūDanish
KitakyūshūDutch
كيتاكيوشوEgyptian Arabic
KitakjuŝoEsperanto
KitakjuŝuEsperanto
KitakyūshūEsperanto
KitakyūshūEstonian
KitakyūshūFaroese
Kita-KyūshūFinnish
KitakyūshūGalician
ΚιτακιούσουGreek
કીટાક્યુશુGujarati
KitakyūshūHakka Chinese
Kitakyūshū, FukuokaHakka Chinese
קיטאקיושוHebrew
קיטקיושוHebrew
किताक्यूशूHindi
KitakjúsúHungarian
KitakyūshūIndonesian
Kitakyushu, FukuokaIndonesian
KitakyushuInterlingue
KitakyushuIrish
KitakyūshūItalian
KokuraItalian
KitakyūshūJapanese
Kitakyūshū-shiJapanese
きたきゅうしゅうしJapanese
北九州Japanese
北九州市Japanese
KitakyūshūKalaallisut
ಕಿಟಕುಶುKannada
ಕಿಟಾ - ಕಿಯೂಷೂKannada
KitakyushuKikuyu
КитакюшюKirghiz
기따규슈 시Korean
기타규슈 시Korean
기타큐슈 시Korean
북구주Korean
키타큐슈 시Korean
KitakjusjuLatvian
KitakjušuLatvian
北九州市Literary Chinese
KitakiūšiūLithuanian
KitakyūshūMacedo-Romanian
KitakyushuMalagasy
KitakyūshūMalay
KitakyūshūMaltese
कीटकयुशुMarathi
کیتاکیوشو، فوکوئوکاMazanderani
Pak-kiú-chiu-chhīMin Nan Chinese
КитакюшюMongolian
KitakyūshūNorwegian
KitakyūshūNorwegian Bokmål
KitakyūshūNorwegian Nynorsk
Kita-KyushuOccitan (post 1500)
КитакюсюOssetian
کیتاکیوشوPersian
کیتاکیوشو، فوکوئوکاPersian
KitakyūshūPiemontese
KitakiusiuPolish
KitakyūshūPolish
KitakyūshūQuechua
KitakyūshūRomanian
КитакюсюRussian
KitakyūshūSardinian
KitakyushuScots
KitakjušuSerbian
КитакјушуSerbian
北九州市Serbian
KitakjūshūSerbo-Croatian
KitakjušuSerbo-Croatian
KitakyūshūSerbo-Croatian
KitakiusiuSilesian
කිටාකයුෂුSinhala
KitakjúšúSlovak
KitakjušuSlovenian
کیتاکیوشو، فوکوئوکاSouth Azerbaijani
KitakyushuSundanese
KitakyūshūSwedish
KitakyūshūTagalog
KitakyusyuTagalog
KitakjuşuTajik
КитакюшуTajik
கிடாகியுஷுTamil
КитакүчүTatar
КитакюсюTatar
కిటిక్యూశుTelugu
คิตะกีวชูThai
คิตะคีวชูThai
คิตากีวชูThai
KitakyushuTumbuka
KitakyushuTurkish
KitakyuşuTurkish
Кіта-КюсюUkrainian
Кіта-КюшюUkrainian
کیتاکیوشوUrdu
KitakyusyuUzbek
KitakyūshūVenetian
Bắc Cửu Châu thịVietnamese
KitakyūshūVietnamese
KitakyūshūWaray (Philippines)
KitakyūshūWelsh
کیتاکیوشوWestern Panjabi
北九州市Wu Chinese
北九州市Yue Chinese
Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Muromachi 1-chome and Senbamachi.
“Every day is a journey, and the journey itself is home.”
Fukuoka: Highlights
Learn more about Fukuoka and Kurume.
