page_title: Kokurakita-ku, Kitakyūshū
section_title: Industry & Commerce
hierarchical_section_title: Kokurakita-ku, Kitakyūshū / Industry & Commerce
caption_attribution_description: English: Shin Kokura Building, Kitakyushu - The former StarFlyer headquarters 日本語: 新小倉ビル本館 - スターフライヤーの本社 (前)
context_page_description: 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.
context_section_description: 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
  TOTO Ltd. - south of Riverwalk
  Zenrin - in Riverwalk
  Asahi Shimbun (West area) - in Riverwalk
  The head office of StarFlyer Inc. was in the Shin Kokura Building in Kome-machi. In 2010 the airline announced that the headquarters will move to Kitakyushu Airport.
caption: The Shin Kokura Building in Kokurakita-ku formerly housed the StarFlyer headquarters
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