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Kokurakita-ku, Kitakyūshū

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Coordinates:33°52′51″N130°52′25″E / 33.88083°N 130.87361°E /33.88083; 130.87361

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Ward of Kitakyūshū in Fukuoka Prefecture, Japan

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Kokurakita-ku (小倉北区) is award ofKitakyūshū,Fukuoka,Japan. It is the north part of what used to beKokura City before the merger of five cities to create the new city ofKitakyūshū in 1963. JR Kyūshū'sKokura Station is the main rail hub of Kitakyūshū, and theSanyō Shinkansen stops there.It has a population of 184,545 persons as of the 2000 national census and an area of 39.27 km².

Industry & Commerce

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The largest commercial and shopping areas of Kitakyūshū, mainly in Uomachi (魚町 "fish town"), are clustered aroundKokura Station.

The two main department stores are Colet (next to Kokura Station) and Izutsuya (next to the Murasaki River and oppositeRiverwalk Kitakyūshū). The Tanga Market is a traditional open-air market where fresh fish, meat and vegetables are the main produce for sale.

The Shin Kokura Building in Kokurakita-ku formerly housed theStarFlyer headquarters

Headquarters of companies include

TOTO Ltd. - south of Riverwalk^[1]
Zenrin - in Riverwalk
Asahi Shimbun (West area) - in Riverwalk
The head office ofStarFlyer Inc. was in the Shin Kokura Building in Kome-machi.^[2]^[3] In 2010 the airline announced that the headquarters will move to Kitakyushu Airport.^[4]

Tourism

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Kokura Castle (built by the Hosokawa family in 1602) and theRiverwalk Kitakyūshū shopping complex (completed in 2003) are about a ten-minute walk from JR Kokura Station. So also is the house once inhabited byMori Ōgai when he was a doctor to the Kokura garrison and wroteKokura Nikki ("Kokura Diary").

TheKitakyūshū Monorail terminus is in Kokura Station and serves the commuters and residents living in Kokurakita and Kokuraminami Wards.

Crime and safety

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TheKudo-kai yakuza syndicate is headquartered in Kokurakita.^[5] Adesignated yakuza group, the Kudo-kai is the largest yakuza syndicate in the Kitakyushu area.^[6]

Education

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The ward has aNorth Korean kindergarten, Kokura Korean Kindergarten (小倉朝鮮幼稚園).^[7]

Photo gallery

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Riverwalk Kitakyūshū andKokura Castle moat
Tokiwabashi
Kokura Station
Kokura-kita Police Station
COLET(former Kokura Isetan)
Cherry blossoms (sakura) and the keep of Kokura Castle, March 2002
Matsumoto Seicho Memorial Museum
Mori Ōgai house
Zenrin head office
Kokura Gion Daiko statue at Kokura Station
Fukuju-ji, anŌbaku Zen temple
Tanga Market

References

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^"Corporate Data Archived 2016-02-11 at theWayback Machine."TOTO. Retrieved on April 9, 2014.
^"Company Profile." StarFlyer. Retrieved on May 26, 2009. "Location Shin-Kokura Bldg.,2-2-1 Komemachi Kokurakita-ku, Kitakyusyu-shi Fukuoka 802-0003 JPN"
^"会社概要." StarFlyer. March 24, 2008. Retrieved on December 20, 2010. "本社〒802-0003 福岡県北九州市小倉北区米町二丁目2番1号　新小倉ビル JR小倉駅より徒歩10分."
^"スターフライヤー、北九州空港へ本社移転－業務効率化目指し今秋に Archived 2011-08-11 at theWayback Machine." Hangata Communications. January 4, 2010. Retrieved on February 15, 2010. "同社の本社機能についてはかねてより2011年に同空港内への移転計画が伝えられていたが、予定を早めて今年秋に実施することを決めたもの。"
^"2010 Police White Paper Chapter 2 : Furtherance of Organized Crime Countermeasures", 2010,National Police Agency(in Japanese)
^"Japan's mobsters get a big-screen reality check with policeman's film", July 22, 2006,The Independent
^"ウリハッキョ一覧 Archived 2005-11-06 at theWayback Machine" (Archive).Chongryon. Retrieved on October 14, 2015.