KitaKyushu
Kitakyushu , Kitakyushu-shi, literally "North Kyushu") is a city located in Fukuoka prefecture , Kyushu , Japan . It is midway between Tokyo and Shanghai .
Kitakyushu has a population of just under one million. Together with Shimonoseki on Honshu the city is the major part of the Kanmon Straits area, which has a total population of about 1.3 million, and Kokura station in Kitakyushu is 20 minutes by shinkansen from the largest city in Kyushu, Fukuoka which has a population of about 1.4 million, or 2.33 million in the greater Fukuoka urban area.
Wakata Bridge and city by night
The city and sea
Kokura Monorail Station
Monorail
The coastal Ro-Ro ferry Kairyu for freight including containers which operates to and from
Hibiki CT, Hakata, Naha (Okinawa), Hiagari, Hakata. It stops at the Hibiki CT on Wednesday every week.
A small inner harbour ferry
A spring festival
Kokura Castle in the spring, cherry blossom season
The castle gardens