Yahatanishi-ku, Kitakyūshū

Yahatanishi-ku (八幡西区) is a ward of Kitakyūshū, Fukuoka, Japan.

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.

[3] North Korean schools:[4] Media related to Yahatanishi-ku, Kitakyūshū at Wikimedia Commons