Fukuoka

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Fukuoka

Total population

1,612,392

Air quality index

47Good

Coordinates33.59°, 130.40°

Demographic figures from Statistics Bureau of Japan. Overview below cites Wikipedia and may reference a different year.

Overview

Fukuoka is a designated city in the Kyushu region of Japan and the capital city of Fukuoka Prefecture. The city is built along the shores of Hakata Bay, and has been a center of international commerce since ancient times. The area has long been considered the gateway to the country, as it is the nearest point among Japan's main islands to the Asian mainland. Although humans have occupied the area since the Jomon period, some of the earliest settlers of the Yayoi period arrived in the Fukuoka area. The city rose to prominence during the Yamato period, and because of the cross-cultural exposure, and relatively great distance from the social and political centers of Kyoto, Osaka, and later, Edo (Tokyo), Fukuoka gained a distinctive local culture and dialect that has persisted to the present day.

Geography

Coordinates & boundaries from the US Census TIGER/Line shapefiles.

Air quality

Current readings from Open-Meteo Air Quality API (Copernicus CAMS European reanalysis).

Wildlife & biodiversity

Citizen-science & research observations from the Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF).

Earthquake history

Events from the USGS Earthquake Catalog (global) (FDSN Event Web Service).

Notable people from here

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Shinsuke Ogura

baseball player

Yu Aoi

Japanese actress

Yoshihiro Ito

baseball player

Tōyama Mitsuru

Japanese politician (1855−1944)

Ai Nonaka

Japanese voice actress and singer

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Katsu Aki

Japanese mangaka

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Aoi Teshima

Japanese singer and voice actress

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Kamei Nanmei

Marina Kawano

Japanese singer

Takanori Takeyama

Japanese comedian

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Tom G

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Shunsaku Tomose

Japanese illustrator

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Hidenori Yasu

Japanese screenwriter

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Yuki

Japanese actor

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Kōji Ryū

Japanese musician, drummer (1962-2022)

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Takashi Hikida

Japanese seiyū

People born within ~10 km, from Wikidata (CC0). Click any name for their Wikipedia article.

Nearby places in Fukuoka

• Shime
  4.5 mi away · pop. 45,256
• Kasuya
  4.8 mi away · pop. 45,360
• Kasuga
  5.6 mi away · pop. 111,023
• Onojo
  5.8 mi away · pop. 102,085
• Sue
  6.1 mi away · pop. 27,263
• Nakagawa
  6.4 mi away · pop. 50,004
• Umi
  6.5 mi away · pop. 37,927
• Hisayama
  6.9 mi away · pop. 8,225
• Sasaguri
  7.5 mi away · pop. 31,210
• Dazaifu
  8.8 mi away · pop. 73,164
• Shingū
  9 mi away · pop. 30,344
• Chikushino
  10.1 mi away · pop. 103,311

Browse all places in Fukuoka →

Geography & sun

Elevation, sunrise/sunset and daylight from Open-Meteo. Solar climatology from NASA POWER.

Public attention

Pageview totals from the Wikimedia Pageviews API.

Books about Fukuoka

Shizen nōhō wara ippon no kakumei

Masanobu Fukuoka · 1978

The One-Straw Revolution

Masanobu Fukuoka

FUKUOKA

Fukuoka-shi (Japan) · 1987

The road back to nature

Masanobu Fukuoka · 1987

Fukuoka kenshi

Senzō Hidemura · 1983

Fukuoka shishi

Fukuoka Shishi Henshū Iinkai · 2010

Billie B Brown

Sally Rippin

One-Straw Revolution

Masanobu Fukuoka · 2010

Search results from Open Library.

Recent natural events nearby

• Kikai Volcano, Japan
  Volcanoes · 2026-05-17 · 193 mi

Wildfires, storms and other events from NASA EONET (last 12 months, within 250 mi).

Recently spotted species

Sinopoda forcipata

Sinopoda forcipata

Seen 2026-06-27

club-like tuning fork

Calocera cornea

Seen 2026-06-27

Radigryllacris japonica

Radigryllacris japonica

Seen 2026-06-27

Lake prawn

Palaemon paucidens

Seen 2026-06-27

Mallard

Anas platyrhynchos

Seen 2026-06-25

Amur Carp

Cyprinus rubrofuscus

Seen 2026-06-25

Japanese Jewel Beetle

Chrysochroa fulgidissima

Seen 2026-06-21

Eumorphus quadriguttatus

Eumorphus quadriguttatus

Seen 2026-06-21

Luidia quinaria

Luidia quinaria

Seen 2026-06-20

Research-grade observations from iNaturalist (within ~15 mi).

Gallery

Geotagged photos within ~6 miles of Fukuoka, from Wikimedia Commons contributors.

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