Fukuoka

[ foo-koo-oh-kuh; Japanese foo-koo-aw-kah ]

noun

1. a city on N Kyushu, in SW Japan.

Fukuoka

/ ˌfuːkuːˈəʊkə /

noun

1. an industrial city and port in SW Japan, in N Kyushu: an important port in ancient times; site of Kyushu university. Pop: 1 302 454 (2002 est)

Example Sentences

"I don't think it was until I saw the World Championships in Fukuoka without me in the breaststroke events, seeing Qin doing some really good times, that a flame ignited that had long gone out," Peaty says.

From BBC

In December 2022, Fukuoka city filed for a court injunction to close down an office led by the Kobe Yamaguchi-gumi branch of yakuza near elementary and junior high schools and forced it off the street six months later.

From Seattle Times

One restaurant, Shinbusakiya, offers “Hokkaido classics” from the northernmost main island, while another, Nagi, offers “Fukuoka fusion,” from the southern main island of Kyushu.

From Seattle Times

The next month, Okajima signed a one-year contract with the Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks and moved back to Japan.

From Los Angeles Times

For example, the pools used at the Tokyo Olympics in 2021 — when six world records were set in swimming — were reused for the world championships in Fukuoka last year and reinstalled again at local schools in Japan.

From Seattle Times