Yahatanishi-ku (八幡西区) is a ward of Kitakyūshū, Fukuoka, Japan. It covers 83.04 square kilometres, and had a population of 260,318 in January, 2005. The ward contains JR Kurosaki Station, and JR Orio Station on the Kagoshima Main Line, with several schools and universities nearby. It is chiefly a residential area, bounded by the Onga river in the West.
In the south of the ward by the Onga river is Koyanose-juku, a former post town on the Nagasaki Kaidō which has recently become a tourist area.
Koyanose-juku, a former post town on the Nagasaki KaidōRugby (Japan v Tonga) at Honjo on June 4, 2006
Geography
Climate
Climate data for Yahatañishi-ku, Kitakyushu (1991−2020 normals, extremes 1977−present)