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Fukuoka

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Country: Japan

Population:1,612,392

Time Zone:UTC+9

Fukuoka has been a hub of international commerce since ancient times, welcoming some of the earliest Yayoi-period settlers. Along Hakata Bay in Japan’s Kyushu region, it became a gateway to the Asian mainland and grew in prominence during the Yamato period. Its distance from Kyoto, Osaka, and later Edo helped shape a distinctive local culture and dialect that remain today.