Online dictionary of geography and travels in Japan: Kitakyushu city

北九州市
alternative words: Kitakyushushi city, Kitakyushushi, Kitakyushu-shi, Kitakyushu shi, Kitakyushu
keywords: harbor , kyushu , town
related topics: Fukuoka Prefecture , Kokura castle , Kanmon bridge
related web sites: http://www.city.kitakyushu.jp , http://www2h.biglobe.ne.jp/~full_h/ , http://www.hikyaku.com/summit/kitakyug.html
explanation: The second biggest town of one million population on Kyushu after Fukuoka, it was born in 1963 from a merger of 5 towns: Moji, Kokura, Tobata, Yahata et Wakamatsu.