Tobata-ku, Kitakyūshū
Tobata Gion yamagasa float. Tobata hosts the Tobata Gion Yamagasa festival.
Tobata-ku (戸畑区) is a ward of Kitakyūshū, Fukuoka, Japan. It is the smallest ward of Kitakyūshū city. The ward is only 16.66 km2 big. In 2000, the population of the ward was 64,330.
History and Geography
The Waka-To O-hashi bridge from the Tobata side of the Dokai wan
In 1899, the Tobata-cho (Tobata town) was created. The city was merged into Kitakyushu in 1963. It officially became part of the ward on April 1, 1963.
Tobata-ku, Kitakyūshū Media
The Wakato ferry under Wakato bridge
Other websites
Media related to Tobata-ku, Kitakyūshū at Wikimedia Commons
- Tobata Gion festival
- KIT Tobata campus Archived 2010-01-11 at the Wayback Machine
- 100 Photos of Tobata Archived 2016-03-04 at the Wayback Machine (in Japanese)
- Tobata ward office (official page) (in Japanese)
- Kitakyushu Municipal Museum of Art (in Japanese)
- Kitakyushu Techno Center (in Japanese)
- Wel Tobata (in Japanese)
Coordinates: 33°53′41″N 130°49′46″E / 33.89472°N 130.82944°E