Kokurakita-ku ( 小倉北区 ) is a ward of Kitakyūshū , Fukuoka , Japan . It is the north part of what used to be Kokura City before the merger of five cities to create the new city of Kitakyūshū in 1963. JR Kyūshū's Kokura Station is the main rail hub of Kitakyūshū, and the Sanyō Shinkansen stops there. It has a population of 184,545 persons as of the 2000 national census and an area of 39.27 km².
4-580: The largest commercial and shopping areas of Kitakyūshū, mainly in Uomachi (魚町 "fish town"), are clustered around Kokura Station . The two main department stores are Colet (next to Kokura Station) and Izutsuya (next to the Murasaki River and opposite Riverwalk Kitakyūshū ). The Tanga Market is a traditional open-air market where fresh fish, meat and vegetables are the main produce for sale. Headquarters of companies include Kokura Castle (built by
8-656: Is headquartered in Kokurakita. A designated yakuza group , the Kudo-kai is the largest yakuza syndicate in the Kitakyushu area. The ward has a North Korean kindergarten , Kokura Korean Kindergarten (小倉朝鮮幼稚園). 33°52′51″N 130°52′25″E / 33.88083°N 130.87361°E / 33.88083; 130.87361 Kokura Station Kokura Station ( 小倉駅 , Kokura-eki ) in Kokurakita-ku
12-683: Is the main railway station in Kitakyushu , Japan. It is part of the JR Kyushu network and the San'yō Shinkansen stops here. It is the second largest station in Kyushu with 120,000 users daily. In the late 1990s, the Kokura station area was expanded and remodelled. Kokura). In fiscal 2016, the station was used by an average of 35,431 passengers daily (boarding passengers only), and it ranked 2nd among
16-647: The Hosokawa family in 1602) and the Riverwalk Kitakyūshū shopping complex (completed in 2003) are about a ten-minute walk from JR Kokura Station. So also is the house once inhabited by Mori Ōgai when he was a doctor to the Kokura garrison and wrote Kokura Nikki ("Kokura Diary"). The Kitakyūshū Monorail terminus is in Kokura Station and serves the commuters and residents living in Kokurakita and Kokuraminami Wards. The Kudo-kai yakuza syndicate
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