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Kokura (小倉市,
Kokura-shi) is an
ancient castle town and the
center of Kitakyushu, ****an,
guarding the
Straits of
Shimonoseki between Honshu and Kyushu...
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Kokura Castle (小倉城,
Kokura-jō) is a
castle in Kitakyushu, ****an. It was
built by
Hosokawa Tadaoki starting in 1602, with
construction completed in 1608...
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Kokura Station (小倉駅,
Kokura-eki) in Kokurakita-ku is the main
railway station in Kitakyushu, ****an. It is part of the JR
Kyushu network and the San'yō...
- of what used to be
Kokura City
before the
merger of five
cities to
create the new city of Kitakyūshū in 1963. JR Kyūshū's
Kokura Station is the main...
- The short-lived
Kokura Prefecture (小倉県,
Kokura-ken) of ****an was
founded in
December 1871
after the clan
system was
abolished earlier that year. It was...
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Kokura Airport (小倉空港,
Kokura Kūkō),
previously called Kitakyūshū
Airport (北九州空港, Kitakyūshū Kūkō)
until 2005, was a
small airport in
Kokura Minami-ku...
- region.
Kokura Prefecture was
founded separately from ****uoka
Prefecture in 1871 when the clan
system was abolished. The old wooden-built
Kokura Prefectural...
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Kokura Racecourse (小倉競馬場,
Kokura-keibajō) is
located in
Kokura Minami-ku Kitakyushu, ****an. It is used for
horse racing. It was
built in 1994. It has a...
- to be
Kokura City,
which was
merged into Kitakyūshū city when the
latter was
created out of the
merger of five
cities in 1963. At this time
Kokura was divided...
- The
Kokura Kinen (****anese 小倉記念) is a
Grade 3
horse race for
Thoroughbreds aged
three and over, run in
August over a
distance of 2000
metres on turf at...
