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  • A city that people want to live in and preserve forever, Fukuoka
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  • A Comfortable and Convenient City
  • Transportation System and City Planning
  • City Landscape
  • City Development Incorporating the Sea and History
  • Urban Greening and Environmental Protection
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  • Agriculture, Forestry and Fishery
  • Tourism and Knowledge Creation Industries
  • Hakata’s Attractions
  • Revitalization of Culture and Art
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  • Children in Fukuoka
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  • Universal Designs
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  • The Cultural Exchange Center of Asia
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  • A Walk Through History
  • Overview of Fukuoka
  • Fukuoka Asian Culture Prize Winners
  • Events in the History of Fukuoka City

Fukuoka is working on maximizing its proximity to the consuming areas, increasing local production of high value-added products such as agriculture, forestry, and fishery, industrial stabilization, and developing long-term industry training. Specifically, Fukuoka is actively promoting agricultural, forestry, and fishery products of its local brands, including Hakata Amao, Hakata Scallion, Hakata Tomatoes, Hakata Rice, Fukuoka-shimin Rice, Shiowakame Seaweed and Ebisukaki Oysters, each of which is now quite popular. Apart from brand development, Fukuoka is also increasing the construction of local farmland, forests, and fishing ports.

Fukuoka’s fish market, which earns Fukuoka the name City of Seafood and boasts a transaction volume of 14,000 tons, ranks fifth in Japan. Moreover, its access to the sea makes Fukuoka a gathering spot of Chinese and Korean seafood as well. In the central wholesale market, there is a seafood section where one can taste fresh seafood such as fish and shellfish, and there is also a local products market which sells special local products such as Karashi-mentai (spicy cod roe) and Ichiya-boshi (dried fish).

1. Picture 1. In Motooka in Nishi-ku, tomatoes are grown in gravel instead of soil, with necessary nutrition provided through nutrimental fluids.
2. Picture 2. Everyday, indoor-grown Enokitake mushrooms are marked “Hakata Goryonsan” at Uchino in Sawara-ku and delivered to the markets.
3. Picture 3. Nokonoshima Island in Nishi-ku has its original brand of oranges, the New Summer Orange, which is well-known for its sweet and slight tangy taste.
4. Picture 4. Seasonal fruits, seafood, and handmade goods in Shikanoshima Island in Higashi-ku can be delivered door-to-door. This picture shows a packaging of handmade products.
5. Picture 5. The bustling fruit and vegetable market in Hakata-ku auctions off many products everyday.
6. Picture 6. The volume of seafood produce in Fukuoka sees no competition across the country, with the fish market, shown in the picture, being the central hub. Fresh Fish Market Hall, adjacent to the fish market, is home to many restaurants offering fresh seafood.
7. Picture 7. In Fukuoka’s suburban area, there are fishing harbors that are the offloading ports of live fish from the Genkai Sea, one of which is Karatomari fishing port in Kitazaki area to the west of Fukuoka.

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