Description for “Hakata in Kanji”
A region along the coast of Hakata Bay in Fukuoka City, northwestern Fukuoka Prefecture.
In a narrow sense, it was defined as the Ishido River in the east, the Naka River in the west, Hakata Bay in the north, and the Boshu Moat in the south. There are almost no remaining Boshu moat, and a few remains remain near the Dekimachi Park in the northwest of JR Hakata Station.
Opened from early on, it prospered as a transit point for economy and culture with the continent. There are JR Hakata Station and Hakata Port, and there are many specialties and annual events such as Hakata Ori, Hakata Doll, Hakata Dontaku, and Hakata Gion Yamakasa. Locally, the entire city of Fukuoka is generally called Hakata.
