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    Kitakyushu (Japanese: 北九州市, Hepburn: Kitakyūshū-shi) is a city located in Fukuoka Prefecture, Japan. As of June 1, 2019, Kitakyushu has an estimated population...
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    Kitakyushu Tunnel (北九州トンネル, Kitakyushu tonneru) is a railway tunnel on JR's Sanyo Shinkansen line located between Midorigaoka, Kokura-kita Ward and Kamitsuyaku-higashi...
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    Fukuoka-Kitakyushu Greater Metropolitan Region (福岡・北九州大都市圏, Fukuoka Kitakyūshū Daitoshiken) is the most common name given to the region comprising the...
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    Kitakyushu Airport (北九州空港, Kitakyūshū-kūkō) (IATA: KKJ, ICAO: RJFR), sometimes called Kokuraminami Airport, is an airport in Kokuraminami-ku, Kitakyushu...
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    The Kitakyushu Monorail (北九州モノレール, Kitakyūshū monorēru) is a monorail system in the city of Kitakyushu in Fukuoka Prefecture, Japan, operated by Kitakyushu...
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    The University of Kitakyushu (北九州市立大学, Kitakyūshū shiritsu daigaku) is a public university in Kitakyushu, Japan. The main campus is located next to Keibajomae...
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    The Kitakyushu Municipal Museum of Art (北九州市立美術館, Kitakyūshū Shiritsu Bijutsukan) is located in Tobata-ku, Kitakyushu, Fukuoka Prefecture, Japan. Designed...
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    Prefecture, and the largest city on Kyūshū, with other major cities including Kitakyushu, Kurume, and Ōmuta. Fukuoka Prefecture is located at the northernmost...
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    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...
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    Yahatahigashi-ku (八幡東区) is a ward of Kitakyūshū, Fukuoka, Japan. It is the second smallest ward in Kitakyūshū after Tobata ward at only 36.36 square kilometres...
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    Riverwalk Kitakyushu (リバーウォーク北九州, Ribāwōku Kitakyūshū) is a prestigious shopping centre near the Murasaki river and Kokura Castle in Kokura Kita ward...
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    population is concentrated along the northwest, in the cities of Fukuoka and Kitakyushu, with population corridors stretching southwest into Sasebo and Nagasaki...
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    (小倉南区) is a ward of Kitakyūshū, Fukuoka, Japan. It is the southern part of what used to be Kokura City, which was merged into Kitakyūshū city when the latter...
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    Kitakyushu Museum of Natural History & Human History (北九州市立いのちのたび博物館[自然史・歴史博物館], Kitakyūshū Shiritsu Inochi-no-Tabi Hakubutsukan (Shizenshi-Rekishi Hakubutsukan))...
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    Yahatanishi-ku (八幡西区) is a ward of Kitakyūshū, Fukuoka, Japan. It covers 83.04 square kilometres, and had a population of 260,318 in January, 2005. The...
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    The Kitakyushu Kinen (in Japanese: 北九州記念), short for TV Nishinippon Corp. Sho Kitakyushu Kinen, is a Grade III Handicap race for fillies and mares in the...
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  • Giravanz Kitakyushu (ギラヴァンツ北九州, Giravantsu Kitakyūshū) is a Japanese football club based in Kitakyushu, Fukuoka Prefecture. They currently play in J3...
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    Wakamatsu-ku (若松区) is a ward of Kitakyūshū, Fukuoka, Japan. It has an area of 67.86 km2 (26.20 sq mi) and a population of about 88,594 (national census...
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    Kūkō), previously called Kitakyūshū Airport (北九州空港, Kitakyūshū Kūkō) until 2005, was a small airport in Kokura Minami-ku, Kitakyūshū, Japan. There used to...
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    Tobata-ku (戸畑区) is a ward of Kitakyūshū, Fukuoka, Japan. It is the smallest ward of Kitakyūshū city at 16.66 km2. The population was 64,330 as of the...
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    Osaka Osaka 2,691,185 13 Chiba Chiba 971,882 4 Nagoya Aichi 2,295,638 14 Kitakyushu Fukuoka 961,286 5 Sapporo Hokkaido 1,952,356 15 Sakai Osaka 839,310 6...
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    whole of Kitakyushu (approx. one million) and Shimonoseki (approx. 300,000), although detailed definitions vary widely (see Fukuoka–Kitakyushu). Fireworks...
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  • The Takagi Kitakyushu Water Wave (タカギ北九州ウォーターウェーブ, Takagi Kitakyūshū Wōtā Wēbu) are a Japanese women's softball team based in Kitakyushu, Fukuoka. The...
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    ward of the city of Kitakyushu in Fukuoka Prefecture. It is the former city of Moji which was one of five merged to create Kitakyūshū in 1963. It faces...
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    Transport in Fukuoka-Kitakyushu is similar to that of other large cities in Japan, but with a high degree of private transport. The region is a hub of...
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    Kitakyūshū Freight Terminal (北九州貨物ターミナル駅, Kitakyūshū Kamotsu-tāminaru-eki) is a freight terminal on the Kagoshima Main Line in Moji-ku, Kitakyūshū, Japan...
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    The Kudo-kai (工藤會, Kudō-kai) is a yakuza group headquartered in Kitakyushu, Fukuoka on the Kyushu island of Japan, with an estimated 200 active members...
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    StarFlyer (category Kitakyushu)
    Japanese airline headquartered on the grounds of Kitakyushu Airport in Kokuraminami-ku, Kitakyūshū, Fukuoka Prefecture. It describes itself as a "hybrid...
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    Creative Management, New York, US House of Music (1993) - Kitakyushu International Center, Kitakyushu, Japan Louisiana Museum, Humlebaek, Denmark McCrory Corporation...
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  • The Kitakyushu Film Commission (北九州フィルム・コミッション, KFC), not to be confused with the American Fast Food Chain Kentucky Fried Chicken or KFC, is an organisation...
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