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2 unusual facts about Moji-ku, Kitakyūshū


Japanese battleship Ise

Ise arrived back safely in Moji on 19 February 1945, having evaded or escaped pursuit by twenty three Allied submarines along the way.

Kiyoshi Koishi

In 1957, Koishi died by accident fall on the station platform in Moji, Fukuoka Prefecture (present Moji-ku, Kitakyushu) .


715 series

The sets were rebuilt from surplus former 581/583 series EMU cars at JNR factories in Tsuchisaki (Akita), Kōriyama (Fukushima), Mattō (Ishikawa), and Kokura (Kitakyūshū).

Bombing of Yawata

The Japanese city of Yawata (which was incorporated into the larger city of Kitakyushu in 1963) was subjected to three major air raids during World War II.

Japan National Route 198

National Route 198 is a national highway of Japan connecting Moji-ku, Kitakyūshū and Moji-ku, Kitakyūshū in Japan, with a total length of 0.6 km (0.37 mi).

Kitakyushu

The Center for Contemporary Art opened in May 1997 and has during the past years shown works of internationally renowned artists e.g. Maurizio Cattelan and Anri Sala.

The writer Ashihei Hino was born in Wakamatsu ward and his birthplace can be visited.

Moji-ku, Kitakyūshū

For instance, the former Moji Mitsui Club once hosted Dr. Albert Einstein and his wife when they visited Japan in the 1920s.

MS Aramis

Three-hundred of these POWs were sent to Fukuoka Camp 6 in Orio, 350 POWs were sent to Fukuoka Camp 21 in Nakama, 100 Dutch POWs were sent to Fukuoka Camp 9 Miyata, and 250 including 150 Australian POWs were allocated to Mitsui to work in their coal mines at PW Fukuoka Camp 17 in Ōmuta.

Sanjō Station

Sanjō Station (Fukuoka) (山上駅) - Hobashira Cable in Yahatahigashi-ku, Kitakyushu, FUkuoka Prefecture

Seisho Maru

Seisho Maru and seven other ships formed convoy MI-27 which departed Moji for Miri, Borneo, on 15 November that same year.

Tamatsu Maru

It joined convoy Hi-71 departing Moji on 10 August, and stopping at the Mako naval base in the Pescadores on 15 August.

Transport in Fukuoka-Kitakyushu

Pukwan Ferry, Camelia Line, and high speed ferry Beetle (JR Kyushu), Kobee operate out of both Hakata and Shimonseki, there are also ferry services to Shanghai and Dalian in China, Busan, Ulsan in Korea.

Wakato Bridge

The name of the bridge comes from the characters of the Kitakyūshū wards of Wakamatsu (若松) and Tobata (戸畑) that the bridge connects across Dokai Bay.

Wataru Asō

A native of Kitakyūshū, Fukuoka and graduate of Kyoto University, he joined the Ministry of International Trade and Industry in 1963.

Wuji

Wuji (people) (勿吉人), pronounced in ancient times as "Moji or "Merjie", an ancient ethnic group in Manchuria

Yaskawa Electric Corporation

The company was founded in 1915, and its head office is located in Kitakyushu, Fukuoka Prefecture.


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