Yahatahigashi-ku, Kitakyūshū

Yahatahigashi-ku (八幡東区) is a ward of Kitakyūshū, Fukuoka, Japan.

The ward contains the now-closed Space World amusement park.

It also contains the Kawachi Dam, built to provide cooling water for the Yahata steelworks in the 1920s.

[citation needed] An onsen (hot spring) facility, Ajisai no Yu, has recently[when?]

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Location of Yahatahigashi-ku in Kitakyūshū
A wisteria tunnel in Kawachi Wisteria Garden