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	Fukuoka, Fukuoka - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		Fukuoka (福岡市; -shi) is the capital city of Fukuoka Prefecture and is situated on the northern shore of the island of Kyushu in Japan, across the Korea Strait from South Korea's Busan.
		Fukuoka was formerly the residence of the powerful daimyo of Chikuzen, and played a conspicuous part in the medieval history of Japan; the renowned temple of Ieyasu in the district was destroyed by fire during the Boshin war of 1868.
		Fukuoka's most famous major fault, the Kego fault, was runs northwest to southeast, roughly parallel to Omuta train line, and was previously thought to be 22 km long.
	www.sevenhills.us /project/wikipedia/index.php/Fukuoka,_Fukuoka (1971 words)

	Fukuoka, Fukuoka - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		On the other hand, the Fukuoka area was home to many samurai, and its name has been used since Kuroda Nagamasa, the first daimyo of Chikuzen, named it after his birthplace in Okayama Prefecture.
		Fukuoka's most famous major fault, the Kego fault, was runs northwest to southeast, roughly parallel to Nishitetsu's Omuta train line, and was previously thought to be 22 km long.
		Fukuoka is home to many festivals that are held throughout the year.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Fukuoka,_Fukuoka (2059 words)

	Fukuoka on Encyclopedia.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		Fukuoka is also the seat of five universities, including Kyushu Univ. The well-known Hakata dolls have been made there for centuries.
		FUKUOKA, JAPAN -- A section of sidewalk is left buckled after an earthquake hit Fukuoka, Japan, on Sunday, March 20, 2005.
		Un arbre bloque une rue à Fukuoka Le typhon Chaba a tué 13 personnes et en a laissées quatre autres disparues au Japon où.
	www.encyclopedia.com /html/F/Fukuoka.asp (732 words)

	Fukuoka (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		Fukuoka (福岡市; -shi), often referred to as Hakata, is the capital city city of Fukuoka prefecture at the northern tip of the island of Kyushu in Japan, facing Honshu across Kanmon Strait.
		Fukuoka is one of two largest cities in Kyusu besides Kitakyushu.
		Fukuoka was formerly the residence of the powerful daimyo of Chikuzen, and played a conspicuous part in the medieval history of Japan; the renowned temple of Ieiyasu in the district was destroyed by fire during the revolution of 1868.
	www.theezine.net /f/fukuoka.html (468 words)

	ASIANOW \| Asia's Best Cities: FUKUOKA
		The LDP was good to Fukuoka in a traditional way: Mega-development projects stimulated economic growth, enhanced the city's prestige and left it in debt.
		These projects left Fukuoka with an $18-billion debt, though, mostly a result of the generous issue of city bonds.
		Fukuoka was among the first cities to privatize garbage collection from homes.
	www.asiaweek.com /asiaweek/asiacities/fukuoka.html (500 words)

	About Fukuoka City: Genki Japanese and Culture School
		Fukuoka Prefecture is part of Kyushu, a large island to the south of Honshu, Japan's main island.
		Fukuoka City is the capital city of Fukuoka Prefecture, and has a population of approximately 1.3 million people.
		Fukuoka is also unparalleled in convenience - the international airport is a mere 10 minutes from the center of the city by subway, and from there it is only another 10 minutes by bus or bicycle to the nearest beach.
	www.genkijacs.com /fukuoka.htm (454 words)

	Japan Guide : Fukuoka & Hakata 　福岡＆博多 - Japan Reference
		Fukuoka was a castle town, although only some walls of the castle remain today.
		The 234m tall Fukuoka Tower is the highest seaside tower in Japan, and the undeniable landmark of the city.
		Fukuoka boast one of the largest commercial complex in Japan, Canal City, which has shops, restaurants, cinemas, an art theatre, hotels, banks, business offices, showrooms and a Sega amusement park.
	www.jref.com /practical/fukuoka.shtml (528 words)

	Public Transportation in Fukuoka (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		Regardless of these disadvantages, Fukuoka’s citizens often find it necessary to utilize buses, because even in Japan, trains are limited in the places to which they can convey people.
		However, it is common, especially in highly urbanized sections of Fukuoka, to spend in excess of six to eight hundred yen, or approximately five to seven dollars, to travel an average distance within Fukuoka.
		Fukuoka’s public transportation network has been developed to a level consistent with the rest of Japan.
	pigseye.kennesaw.edu /~qxc1637/fukuoka.htm (1309 words)

	FUKUOKA (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		Fukuoka, also known by its traditional name Hakata, is the largest city on the Japanese island of Kyushu.
		Historically, it was divided into Hakata and Fukuoka, two separate cities divided by the central river, but although the main Japan Railways station is located in Hakata, and is called JR Hakata, Hakata-ku is now merely one ward of Fukuoka city.
		Fukuoka airport (IATA code FUK) is located to the east of the city at the end of one branch of the subway.
	www.japaneselifestyle.com.au /travel/fukuoka.htm (650 words)

	Fukuoka Travel Guide
		Fukuoka is Kyushu's largest and one of Japan's ten most populated cities.
		Because of its closeness to the Asian mainland (closer to Seoul than to Tokyo), Fukuoka has been an important harbor city for many centuries and was chosen by the Mongol invasion forces as their landing point in the 12th century.
		Today's Fukuoka is the product of the fusion of two cities in the year 1889, when the port city of Hakata and the former castle town of Fukuoka were united into one city called Fukuoka.
	www.japan-guide.com /e/e2161.html (126 words)

	Encyclopedia article on Fukuoka, Fukuoka [EncycloZine] (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		Fukuoka (福岡市; -shi) is the capital city of Fukuoka prefecture on the northern tip of the island of Kyushu in Japan.
		The city is served by Fukuoka Airport, the Sanyo Shinkansen high speed rail line at Hakata Station and by ferry.
		Sky Dream Fukuoka, located in Fukuoka City's western ward, is one of the world's largest ferris wheels at a height of 120 metres.
	encyclozine.com /Fukuoka,_Fukuoka (1269 words)

	Photo Gallery Japan - Fukuoka (W.Pietsch) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		Fukuoka, with the largest population in Kyushu (~ 1,300,000) and the 8th largest in Japan, is the capital city of Fukuoka Prefecture, located in the northern part of Kyushu Island, and the southernmost of the japanese four main islands.
		On the other hand, Fukuoka was a castle town of the feudal lord Kuroda in the "Edo Period" (1603-1867) and functioned as a center of politics, foreign diplomacy and military affairs in western Japan at this time.
		Although Fukuoka has developed into the most modern metropolis in Kyushu, people there preserve traditional industries and cultures as can be found in their local products of Hakata-ori silk textiles or Hakata Ningyo dolls.
	wpxx02.toxi.uni-wuerzburg.de /~winstel/walter/fuku.html (315 words)

	Kasuga, Fukuoka - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		There are several places in Japan with the same name, see Kasuga (disambiguation).
		Kasuga (春日市; -shi) is a city located in Fukuoka, Japan.
		As of 2003, the city has an estimated population of 108,029 and the density of 7,634.56 persons per km².
	www.butte-silverbow.us /project/wikipedia/index.php/Kasuga,_Fukuoka (134 words)

	Iizuka, Fukuoka - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		Iizuka (飯塚市; -shi) is a city located at the confluence of the Honami and Onga rivers in central Fukuoka Prefecture, Japan.
		However, its proximity to both Fukuoka city and Kitakyushu city cushioned the effect of the coal industry shutdown and kept the local economy from going into freefall.
		Now Izuka has a strong light industrial base and is a center for education and a rapidly expanding IT economy.
	www.secaucus.us /project/wikipedia/index.php/Iizuka,_Fukuoka (274 words)

	Fukuoka -- Encyclopædia Britannica
		Fukuoka faces the Inland Sea on the northwest, Shimonoseki Strait (on the north), the Tsushima Strait, or Eastern Channel (west), and the Ariake Sea (south).
		The western coast of Fukuoka is heavily indented.
		A graduate of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and an important member of Japan's business elite, Dan was assassinated by right-wing nationalists who regarded him as a symbol of the evil power of high finance in government.
	www.britannica.com /eb/article-9035607?tocId=9035607 (595 words)

	Fukuoka - Current News & Information (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		FUKUOKA â” Prosecutors indicted a 45-year-old woman and her two sons Friday on charges of abandoning the bodies of a woman and two teenage boys last month in...
		FUKUOKA â” The police on Thursday conducted an autopsy on the body of slain Japanese hostage Shosei Koda at a hospital in Kitakyushu, Fukuoka Prefecture...
		FUKUOKA â” The family of Shosei Koda in Nogata, Fukuoka Prefecture was shocked by the news that he was beheaded by his captors in Iraq, Nogata officials said.
	news.daylightonline.com /2003/Fukuoka.html (5703 words)

	J League Teams: Avispa Fukuoka (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		In 1994, due to the large number of teams in Shizuoka already (including Shimizu S-Pulse and Jubilo Iwata), the team was convinced to move to Fukuoka, in Kyushu (western Japan) where it took the official name Fukuoka Blux, later romanized as "Fukuoka Brooks".
		Avispa Fukuoka remained one of the cellar dwellers in the J.League continuously from the team's admission in 1995 through 2001.
		Fukuoka fans were finally hoping that this would mean the end of the team's long battle for respectability.
	www.wldcup.com /Asia/j2/avispa.html (739 words)

	Fukuoka-August 2004
		The hub of the island of Kyushu, Fukuoka is the Amsterdam of Japan.
		Fukuoka is home to Japan's oldest Zen temple.
		Fukuoka castle sits in a lovely park on the slopes of a steep hill.
	homepage.mac.com /gabbyprice/chezgabby_pix/PhotoAlbum7.html (106 words)

	The Delights of Fukuoka !!
		This is Fukuoka Tower, which is one of the biggest landmarks of the city.
		Next to it is another landmark, the Fukuoka Dome, which is used for the Daiei Hawks baseball team as well as some big concerts and special events.
		Bayside Place is a recently renovated dock for Fukuoka, and the international ship port where the ferry and hydrofoil (the Beetle) dock for landing.
	www.geocities.com /ohorikoen/fukpic.html (1215 words)

	The Natural Way of Farming: Masanobu Fukuoka (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		In Japan there is a farmer by the name of Masanobu Fukuoka who practices what he calls the "no-plowing, no-fertilizing, no-weeding, no-pesticides, do-nothing method of natural farming".
		Fukuoka was born in 1914 and schooled in the Western sciences of microbiology and plant pathology.
		Western readers may be challenged by the "no method" thought riddles Fukuoka uses throughout his books, but there are real gems of Eastern wisdom there that apply to much more than just farming.
	www.hollowtop.com /cls_html/thestore/Fukuoka.htm (348 words)

	FUKUOKA - LoveToKnow Article on FUKUOKA
		Fukuoka was formerly the residence of the powerful daimlo of Chikuzen, and played a conspicuous part in the medieval history of Japan; the renowned temple of Yeiyas in the district was destroyed by fire during the revolution of 1868.
		There are several other places of this name in Japan, the most important being Fukuoka in the province of Mutsu, North Nippon, a railway station on the main line from Tokyo to Aimori Ura Bay.
		To properly cite this FUKUOKA article in your work, copy the complete reference below:
	www.1911encyclopedia.org /F/FU/FUKUOKA.htm (152 words)

	Fukuoka citizens step in for tsunami victims
		Fukuoka, 24 February, 2005 – Residents of Fukuoka in Japan have donated more than US$ 300,000 through UN-HABITAT to help bring relief to victims of the giant tsunami wave that claimed thousands of lives and destroyed vast tracts of land and property in several Indian Ocean countries last December.
		Governor Wataru Aso of Fukuoka Prefecture also expressed his wish that the UN-HABITAT Fukuoka Office would convey through its works the goodwill of the people of Fukuoka to the tsunami-affected people.
		The UN-HABITAT Fukuoka Office will allocate the funds collected to countries in the region hit by the tsunami, including Sri Lanka, Indonesia, Thailand and the Maldives.
	www.unchs.org /fukuoka_citizens.asp (383 words)

	Fukuoka Hotels : Hyatt Regency Fukuoka : Japan : Hotel Home Page
		Hyatt Regency Fukuoka is an outstanding combination of the comfort and service of a traditional hotel with the extraordinary post-modern architecture of a world-famous landmark.
		Graves ensured that the hotel's monumental scale is balanced by the warmth and simplicity of wood and marble in the hotel's public and guest rooms, and indeed by the renowned friendliness of the hotel staff.
		Only 20 minutes' drive from Fukuoka International Airport, Hyatt Regency Fukuoka is well positioned for access to the business districts and beyond, as it is located five minutes' walk from Hakata subway station and just a minute by car from the Fukuoka Urban Expressway.
	fukuoka.regency.hyatt.com (285 words)

	AllRefer.com - Fukuoka, Japan (Japanese Political Geography) - Encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		AllRefer.com - Fukuoka, Japan (Japanese Political Geography) - Encyclopedia
		It is known for iron and steel production, the manufacture of computer components and textiles, and a large fishing industry.
		The city of Fukuoka has three noted shrines : the Buddhist temple of Kannonji, the Dazaifu Temmangu shrine, and a 16th-century Shinto temple.
	reference.allrefer.com /encyclopedia/F/Fukuoka.html (272 words)

	Fukuoka Hotels : Grand Hyatt Fukuoka : Japan : Hotel Home Page
		Grand Hyatt Fukuoka is in Canal City Hakata, a multi-dimensional complex of business, entertainment and shopping facilities in the heart of the dynamic city of Fukuoka.
		Within reach of the hotel are many of Fukuoka's attractions, and the best way to see them all is through the eyes of Grand Hyatt Fukuoka.
		Grand Hyatt Fukuoka also offers two dedicated floors of meeting and wedding facilities that include a Grand Ballroom for up to 1500 guests, a Junior Ballroom which can accommodate up to 600 and a range of hotel function rooms for meetings of various sizes.
	fukuoka.grand.hyatt.com (314 words)

	UrbanRail.Net > Asia > Japan > FUKUOKA Subway
		Fukuoka lies in the north of Japan's southernmost island Kyushu and has 1.2 million inhabitants.
		While all urban tramway lines were closed during the late 1970's, construction of the subway began in 1975.
		The Fukuoka Subway has 1067 mm gauge and overhead power supply (1500V dc).
	www.urbanrail.net /as/fuku/fukuoka.htm (278 words)

	The Fukuoka Asian Urban Research Center(URC)
		The Fukuoka Asian Urban Research Center is a research institute dedicated to the study of urban policy and to propose urban strategies for the future extending its perspective of research and study further to the Asian region with cooperation and coordination of various quarters of society.
		From the two-fold viewpoint of “contributing to urban development of the city of Fukuoka” and “collaboration with and contribution to the Asian region,” the Fukuoka Asian Urban Research Center carries out practical studies and research and makes proposals for the formulation of urban policy.
		As an urban research center serving the needs of the city of Fukuoka and the Asian region, the Center feeds back, in a readily understandable way, urban information that capitalizes on the network and achievements of its research into local communities, through journals and the Internet.
	www.urc.or.jp /english/index.html (730 words)

	Fukuoka Japan Hotels ... Jake.com
		This international deluxe hotel is located in the center of Fukuoka City on the Southern Japanese island of Kyushu.
		The Hotel Okura Fukuoka is a Member of Okura Hotels and Resorts.
		A city rich in history and tradition, Fukuoka is fast becoming a major international convention center and a gateaway to the Orient.
	hotels.jake.com /int/jp/fukuoka-hotels.html (179 words)

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