Fukuoka Prefectur

is a prefectur o Japan locatit on Kyushu Island. The caipital is the ceety o Fukuoka.

## History
Fukuoka Prefecture includes the umwhile provinces of Chikugo, Chikuzen, an Buzen.

### Shrines an temples
*[[Kōra taisha]]*, *[[Sumiyoshi-jinja]]*, *[[Hakosagi-gū]]* an *[[Usa Shrine|Usa jinjū]]* are the chief Shinto shrines (*[[ichinomiya]]*) in the prefecture.  

## Geografie
Fukuoka Prefectur faces the sea on three sides, borderin on Saga, Ōita, an Kumamoto prefecturs an facin Yamaguchi Prefectur athort the Kanmon Straits.

Fukuoka includes the twa lairgest ceeties on Kyūshū, Fukuoka an Kitakyushu, an much o Kyūshū's industrie. It includes a nummer o smaw islands near the north coast o Kyūshū.

### Ceeties
Twinty-aicht ceeties are locatit in Fukuoka Prefectur:

### Touns an veelages

Thir are the touns an veelages in each destrict.

### Mergers

## Economie
Fukuoka prefectur's main ceeties form ane o Japan's main industrial centres, accoontin for nearly 40% o the economie o Kyūshū. Major industries include automobiles, semiconductors, an steel. Fukuoka prefectur is notewirthy as the place whaur tire manufacturer Bridgestonehttp://www.bridgestone.com/corporate/news/2009080401.html  an consumer electronics chain Best Denki wur foondit.

## Universities

## Cultur
*Fukuoka Art Museum  – In Ohori Pairk; contains a wide selection o contemporar an ither airt frae aroond the warld.
*Fukuoka Asian Art Museum  – contains airt frae various kintras o Asie.
*Fukuoka City Museum – displays a broad range o items frae the region's history, includin a spectacular gowd seal.
*Genko Historical Museum  (元寇史料館; Museum o the Mongol Invasion) – In Higashi Koen (East Park) ; displays Japanese an Mongolie airms an armour frae the 13t century as well as paintins on historical subjects.  Open on weekends.
*Hakata Machiya Folk Museum  – Dedicatit tae displayin the tradeetional weys o life, speech, an cultur o the Fukuoka region.
* Fukuoka Masjid Al Nour Islamic Cultur Center, Dedicatit tae share Islamic subjects an cultur.

## Major events an festivals
* Hakata Dontaku Harbour Festival, Tenjin, Fukuoka on Mey 3 an 4
* Hakata Gion Yamagasa, Kushida Shrine, Fukuoka on Julie
* Kokura Gion Yamagasa, Kitakyushu on Julie
* Tobata Gion Yamagasa, Kitakyushu on Julie 
* Kurosaki Gion Yamagasa, Kitakyushu on Julie
* Kitahara Hakushu Festival, Yanagawa on November 1 tae 3

## Sports
The sports teams leetit belaw are based in Fukuoka.

;Fitbaa (soccer)
*Avispa Fukuoka  (Fukuoka)
*Giravanz Kitakyushu  (Kitakyushu)

;Basebaa
*Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks  (Fukuoka)

;Basketbaa
*Fukuoka Rizing (Fukuoka)

;Rugby
*Coca Cola West Red Sparks  (Fukuoka)
*Fukuoka Sanix Blues  (Munakata)
*Kyuden Voltex
*Sanix World Rugby Youth Tournament

The prefectur haes twa significant annual athletics events: the Fukuoka International Cross Country an the Fukuoka International Open Marathon Championship. The marathon race haes been held in Fukuoka syne 1959 an haes seen a nummer o warld records breuken durin its history.

## Creeme an safety
Fukuoka Prefectur haes the lairgest nummer o designatit yakuza groups amang aw o the prefecturs, at 5; the Kudo-kai, the Taishu-kai, the Fukuhaku-kai, the Dojin-kai an the Kyushu Seido-kai. Atween 2004 an 2009, an in early 2011, Fukuoka Prefectur leads the naition in gun-relatit incidents. Thir incidents wur maistly relatit tae the local yakuza syndicates, specifically the Kudo-kai, the Dojin-kai an the Kyushu Seido-kai.

Fukuoka Prefectur haes haed the heichest frequency o youth creeme amang aw o the prefecturs o Japan syne 2003.

*Kokura prefectural office
*New Kitakyushu airport

## Tourism
The maist popular place for tourism is Fukuoka Ceety, especially at the time o the Dontaku festival, an Dazaifu, awtho Kitakyūshū haes tree'd tae attract tourists an aw.

## Transportation
**Train**
*West Japan Railway Company(=JR Nishinihon)
**Sanyō Shinkansen
**Hakata Minami Line
*JR Kyushu
**Kyūshū Shinkansen, Kagoshima Main Line, Chikuhō Main Line, Nippō Main Line, Kyudai Main Line
**Chikuhi Line, Gotōji Line, Kashii Line, Hitahikosan Line, Sasaguri Line
*Nishi-Nippon Railroad
**Tenjin Ōmuta Line, Dazaifu Line, Nishitetsu Amagi Line, Kaizuka Line
*Amagi Railway
**Amagi Railway Amagi Line
*Heisei Chikuhō Railway
**Ita Line, Itota Line, Tagawa Line
*Fukuoka City Subway
**Kūkō Line, Hakozaki Line, Nanakuma Line
*Kitakyushu Monorail

## Sister regions
* Hawaii, Unitit States
* Jiangsu, Fowkrepublic o Cheenae
* Delhi, Indie
* Bangkok, Thailand
* Hanoi, Vietnam

## Notes

## References
* Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric an Käthe Roth. (2005).  ''Japan encyclopedia.'' Cambridge: Harvard University Press. 10-ISBN 0-674-01753-6; 13-ISBN 978-0-674-01753-5;  OCLC 58053128

## Freemit airtins

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* Offeecial Fukuoka Prefectur wabsteid  
* Offeecial Fukuoka Tourism Association wabsteid  
* Fukuoka information hamepage  
* Fukuoka Talk 
* Inglis labelled map o Fukuoka Prefectur  
* Naitional Archives of Japan  ... Fukuoka map (1891)