Kokurakita-ku, Kitakyūshū


Kokurakita-ku 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.

Industry & Commerce

The largest commercial and shopping areas of Kitakyūshū, mainly in Uomachi, are clustered around Kokura Station.
The two main department stores are Colet and Izutsuya. The Tanga Market is a traditional open-air market where fresh fish, meat and vegetables are the main produce for sale.
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and the Riverwalk Kitakyūshū shopping complex 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.
The Kitakyūshū Monorail terminus is in Kokura Station and serves the commuters and residents living in Kokurakita and Kokuraminami Wards.

Crime and safety

The Kudo-kai yakuza syndicate is headquartered in Kokurakita. A designated yakuza group, the Kudo-kai is the largest yakuza syndicate in the Kitakyushu area.

Education

The ward has a North Korean kindergarten, Kokura Korean Kindergarten.

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