is one of the seven wards

Wards of Japan

A is a subdivision of one of the cities of Japan that is large enough to have been designated by government ordinance. Wards are used to subdivide each city designated by government ordinance...

 of Fukuoka

Fukuoka, Fukuoka

is the capital city of Fukuoka Prefecture and is situated on the northern shore of the island of Kyushu in Japan.Voted number 14 in a 2010 poll of the World's Most Livable Cities, Fukuoka is praised for its green spaces in a metropolitan setting. It is the most populous city in Kyushu, followed by...

 city in Japan

Japan

Japan is an island nation in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south...

. The ward is located in the center of the city.

It includes Tenjin

Tenjin, Fukuoka

refers to the downtown area of Fukuoka City, Japan. It is located in Central ward....

 and Daimyō which are among the largest downtown areas in Kyūshū

Kyushu

is the third largest island of Japan and most southwesterly of its four main islands. Its alternate ancient names include , , and . The historical regional name is referred to Kyushu and its surrounding islands....

, Nagahama, which is known for its fish market

Fish market

A fish market is a marketplace used for marketing fish products. It can be dedicated to wholesale trade between fishermen and fish merchants, or to the sale of seafood to individual consumers, or to both...

, and Ōhori Park

Ōhori Park

is a park in Chūō-ku, Fukuoka, Japan.The name Ōhori means a trench and it derives from the fact that Kuroda Nagamasa, the old lord of Fukuoka, reclaimed the land called Kusagae which was facing Hakata Bay and made a trench for the Fukuoka Castle....

.

Main facilities

• Acros Fukuoka
• Fukuoka Art Museum
• Fukuoka Municipal Zoo and Botanical Garden
  Fukuoka Municipal Zoo and Botanical Garden
  The , also known as the Fukuoka City Zoological Garden, is a zoo and botanical garden established in 1953 and located within Minami-koen park at 1-1, Minami-Koen, Chūō-ku, Fukuoka, Fukuoka, Japan....
  
  
• Fukuoka Yahoo! Japan Dome
  Fukuoka Dome
  The is a baseball field, located in Chūō-ku, Fukuoka, Japan. Built in 1993, the stadium can accommodate 35,695 spectators and was Japan's first stadium with a retractable roof....
  
  

Japan Airlines

Japan Airlines

is an airline headquartered in Shinagawa, Tokyo, Japan. It is the flag carrier of Japan and its main hubs are Tokyo's Narita International Airport and Tokyo International Airport , as well as Nagoya's Chūbu Centrair International Airport and Osaka's Kansai International Airport...

 at one time operated a ticketing facility on the second floor of the Ayasugi Building in Chūō-ku. On March 31, 2009 the facility closed.

See also

• Kūkō Line (Fukuoka City Subway)
• Nanakuma Line
• Tenjin Omuta Line
  Tenjin Omuta Line
  The is a heavy rail line in Fukuoka Prefecture in Kyūshū, Japan, being the main line of a Japanese private railway company Nishi-Nippon Railroad . The line is from Nishitetsu Fukuoka Station in Chūō-ku, Fukuoka, stretching south to Ōmuta Station in Ōmuta...
  
  
• Love FM (Japan)
  Love FM (Japan)
  -History:*1997: On April 1 opens as the third multi-lingual radio station in Japan.*1999: On December 1 joins MegaNet.*2002: On February 11 Fukuoka Tower transmission begins....
  
  
• Nakasu
  Nakasu
  is the red-light district which exists between the sandbank of the and the in Fukuoka City, Fukuoka Prefecture, Japan. It is named after a popular, but very short-lived, entertainment quarter of Edo, which existed in the late 18th century...
  
  
• Kōki Hirota
  Koki Hirota
  was a Japanese diplomat, politician and the 32nd Prime Minister of Japan from March 9, 1936 to February 2, 1937.-Early life:Hirota was born in what is now part of Chūō-ku, Fukuoka city, Fukuoka Prefecture. His father was a stonemason, and he was adopted into the Hirota family. After attending...
  
  
• Fukuoka Japan Temple
  Fukuoka Japan Temple
  The is the 88th operating temple of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. The Fukuoka temple serves more than 7,700 members in Kyūshū, Okinawa, Yamaguchi and Hiroshima....
  
   of the LDS Church

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