Yahatanishi-ku, Kitakyūshū

Yahatanishi-ku (八幡西区) is a ward of Kitakyūshū, Fukuoka, Japan. It covers 83.04 square kilometres, and had a population of 260,318 in January, 2005. 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.



Economy
Yaskawa Electric, a global electrical equipment and robot manufacturing company is headquartered in the ward.

Facilities

 * Honjo Stadium

Education
North Korean schools:
 * Kyushu Korean Junior-Senior High School
 * Kitakyushu Korean Elementary School (北九州朝鮮初級学校)