Fukuoka (jpn)

Fukuoka

Fukuoka ranks 252nd in number of biographies on Pantheon, behind Rouen, Kaunas, and Essen. Memorable people born in Fukuoka include Yoshinori Ohsumi, Kane Tanaka, and Sonny Chiba. Memorable people who died in Fukuoka include Empress Kōgyoku, Kane Tanaka, and Cai E. Fukuoka has been the birth place of many soccer players, and athletes and the death place of many politicians, and religious figures. Fukuoka is located in Japan.

Fukuoka is the sixth-largest city in Japan and the capital city of Fukuoka Prefecture, Japan. 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 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. Because of the cross-cultural exposure, and the 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. Read more on Wikipedia