Fukuoka
Japan
Fukuoka is a designated city in the Kyushu region of Japan and the capital city of Fukuoka Prefecture. The city is built along the shores of Hakata Bay, and has been a center of international commerce since ancient times. The area has long been considered the gateway to the country, as it is the nearest point among Japan's main islands to the Asian mainland. Although humans have occupied the area since the Jomon period, some of the earliest settlers of the Yayoi period arrived in the Fukuoka area.
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Practical facts
- Local time
- UTC+9 · 15 h ahead of Costa Rica
- Main language
- Japanese
- On the map
- 33.59° N, 130.40° E
Near Fukuoka
- Shimonoseki · 64 km away
- Kumamoto · 92 km away
- Aso · 98 km away
- Nagasaki · 105 km away
- Beppu · 107 km away
- Kyushu · 117 km away
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