Kitakyushu City Museum of Peace
Kitakyushu City Museum of Peace is a museum in Kokurakita-ku, Kitakyushu, Fukuoka. Kitakyushu City Museum of Peace is situated nearby to Kitakyushu Public Library, as well as near Matsumoto Seicho Memorial Museum.Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Matsumoto Seicho Memorial Museum and Kokura Castle.
Matsumoto Seicho Memorial Museum
Museum
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The Matsumoto Seicho Memorial Museum is a literature museum in Kitakyushu, Japan. It is dedicated to Seichō Matsumoto, who spent the first half of his life in Kitakyusyu. The museum is located next to Kokura Castle. Matsumoto Seicho Memorial Museum is situated 100 metres north of Kitakyushu City Museum of Peace.
Kokura Castle
Castle
Kokura Castle is a castle in Kitakyushu, Japan. It was built by Hosokawa Tadaoki starting in 1602, with construction completed in 1608. Kokura Castle is situated 230 metres northeast of Kitakyushu City Museum of Peace.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Kokuraminami-ku and Tobata-ku.
Kokuraminami-ku
Suburb
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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 4 km south of Kitakyushu City Museum of Peace.
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 4 km west of Kitakyushu City Museum of Peace.
Yahatahigashi-ku
Suburb
Yahatahigashi-ku is a ward of Kitakyūshū, Fukuoka, Japan. It is the second smallest ward in Kitakyūshū after Tobata ward at only 36.36 square kilometres. Yahatahigashi-ku is situated 6 km west of Kitakyushu City Museum of Peace.
Kitakyushu City Museum of Peace
- Type: Museum
- Description: museum in Kitakyūshū, Kyushu, Japan
- Categories: peace museum, building, tourism, and tourist attraction
- Location: Kokurakita-ku, Kitakyushu, Fukuoka, Kyushu, Japan, East Asia, Asia
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Latitude
33.88282° or 33° 52′ 58″ northLongitude
130.87276° or 130° 52′ 22″ eastOpen location code
8Q5GVVMF+44OpenStreetMap ID
way 1124067072OpenStreetMap feature
building=yesOpenStreetMap feature
tourism=museumWikidata ID
Q133264733
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In Other Languages
“Kitakyushu City Museum of Peace” goes by many names.
- Japanese: “北九州市平和のまちミュージアム”
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