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

All of which might not make one particularly sanguine about launching a Fukuoka or Osaka International-esque event in the United States.

From Outside Online

He turned up in Edinburgh in the United Kingdom, Skyped with professors in Israel, and also made the pilgrimage to Hayashi’s center at Kyushu University, in Fukuoka.

From MIT Technology Review

Cross sections depend on particles’ energies, and at the LHC, “we can study the energy range we haven’t studied,” says particle physicist Tomoko Ariga of Kyushu University in Fukuoka, Japan, a member of the FASER collaboration.

From Science News

Shibuya’s move was subsequently echoed in major cities across the country, such as Sapporo, Fukuoka, and Osaka, as well as in smaller communities.

From Time

On December 20, 2012, a hand grenade exploded at the headquarters of the Dojin-kai in Kita-Kyushu, Fukuoka Prefecture.

From The Daily Beast

One was a 19-year-old student at Meiji University and the other a 28-year old man in Fukuoka Prefecture.

From The Daily Beast

After examining the mine I returned very late at night to Fukuoka, having escaped proper meals all day.

From Project Gutenberg

To this is attached the library of the Fukuoka Medical College with 113,000 vols.

From Project Gutenberg