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Kitakyūshū

Kitakyūshū (北九州) 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. Wikivoyage

Population 935,084 (Wikidata)

Live guide From your hotel

Before you go

Emergency numbers in Japan

Visas and entry What your passport needs for Japan

Getting there

Remembered in this browser only, with the last few you used.

Best-documented sights

All of them in the guide

Within a kilometre of the centre, ordered by how well documented each is — not by a "best" anyone decided. Each opens on the map in the guide. Photos from Wikimedia Commons, credited there.

Through the year

  1. Wakamatsu Summer Festival

    July

    Wakamatsu Summer Festival in July

    Official site

  2. Wasshoi Hyakuman Summer Festival

    August

    Early August. Many dance groups. Ends with a parade and firework display

    Official site

Annual events from Wikidata and Wikivoyage (Kitakyūshū); descriptions from Wikipedia where it has one, photos from Wikimedia Commons. Dates move year to year — check before you plan around one.

Markets

  • Tanga Ichiba

    旦過市場

    No hours mapped

    360 m from the centre

Markets mapped on OpenStreetMap, with their hours where someone has added them. Check locally before you go.

Eating nearby

All 89 places to eat

Somewhere to run

Getting around

More train stations: Kawaraguchi Mihagino 1.1 km, Katano 2.0 km, Minami-Kokura 2.2 km, Jōno 2.7 km, Kitagata 3.8 km, Kyūshūkōdaimae 4.4 km, Keibajōmae 4.5 km, Abeyamakōen 4.8 km, Moji 5.2 km, Moritsune 5.3 km, Ishida 5.7 km, Tobata 6.0 km

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Places © OpenStreetMap contributors, as of 9 October 2026. Description from Wikivoyage (CC BY-SA). Events from Wikidata and Wikivoyage, population from Wikidata.