Kokura: is a former arsenal town, that has its specialties in producing iron and steel, and other metal machinery. Moji contains the city’s major port facilities; it is a coal-shipping and fishing port and has oil-storage facilities, a prefecture that is vital to the entire Kyushu island.
Kitakyushu: or "Kita-Kyushu" City, a northern Fukuoka ken (prefecture), northern Kyushu, Japan. The city was established back in 1963 by the amalgamation of the cities of Wakamatsu, Yahata (Yawata), Tobata, Kokura, and Moji, which later became the five wards of a new city (Yahata was later divided into Yahatahigashi and Yahatanishi wards).
Kitakyūshū is one of Japan’s leading manufacturing centers and heavy industry is most prominent. The industrial nucleus, Yahata, specializes in iron and steel, various heavy chemicals, cement, and glass.
Wakamatsu city produces various metals, machinery, ships, and chemicals and is a major coal port for northern Kyushu.
Kokura Castle: the only castle left standing in Fukuoka Prefecture, was first built in 1602 by Hosokawa Tadaoki and completed around six years later. The original Kokura Castle was destroyed by a fire in 1837, with parts of it rebuilt in 1839.
Yasaka Shrine: Originally established in the 9th century. Yasaka Shrine is a branch of the famous Yasaka Jinja in Gion in Kyoto, and its Gion Matsuri held in July is considered one of the top three Gion Matsuri in Japan.
Uomachi Gintengai: Back in 1952, Uomachi Gintengai became the first arcade shopping district in the country, lined up along a 400-meter street that makes its way as far as Tanga Market.
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