Yahatanishi-ku, Kitakyūshū

Location of Yahatanishi-ku in Kitakyūshū

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 ward contains JR Kurosaki Station, and JR Orio Station on the Kagoshima Main Line, with several schools and universities nearby. It is chiefly a residential area, bounded by the Onga river in the West.

In the south of the ward by the Onga river is Koyanose-juku, a former post town on the Nagasaki Kaidō which has recently become a tourist area.

Rugby (Japan v Tonga) at Honjo on June 4, 2006

Economy

Yaskawa Electric, a global electrical equipment and robot manufacturing company is headquartered in the ward.^[1]

Facilities

• Honjo Stadium

Education

North Korean schools:^[2]

• Kyushu Korean Junior-Senior High School
• Kitakyushu Korean Elementary School (北九州朝鮮初級学校)

References

External links

Media related to Yahatanishi-ku, Kitakyūshū at Wikimedia Commons

• Yahata Nishi ward office

Fukuoka Prefecture Wards of Fukuoka (capital city) Higashi-ku Hakata-ku Chūō-ku Minami-ku Nishi-ku Jōnan-ku Sawara-ku Wards of Kitakyushu Moji-ku Wakamatsu-ku Tobata-ku Kokurakita-ku Kokuraminami-ku Yahatahigashi-ku Yahatanishi-ku Other Cities Asakura Buzen Chikugo Chikushino Dazaifu Fukutsu Iizuka Itoshima Kasuga Kama Kitakyūshū Koga Kurume Miyama Miyawaka Munakata Nakama Nōgata Ogōri Ōkawa Ōmuta Ōnojō Tagawa Ukiha Yame Yanagawa Yukuhashi Districts Asakura Chikujō Chikushi Kaho Kasuya Kurate Mii Miyako Mizuma Onga Tagawa Yame See also: Towns and villages by district

Coordinates: 33°51′41″N 130°45′37″E / 33.86139°N 130.76028°E / 33.86139; 130.76028