Fukuoka
Fukuoka福岡市, , pronounced is the sixth-largest city in Japan, a second-largest port city after Yokohama, and the capital city of Fukuoka Prefecture, Japan. The city is built along the shores of Hakata Bay, and has been a center of international commerce since ancient times. The area has long been considered the gateway to the country, as this is the the nearest bit among Japan's main islands to the Asian mainland. Although humans occupied the area since the Jomon period, some of the earliest settlers of the Yayoi period arrived in the Fukuoka area. The city rose to prominence during the Yamato period. Because of the cross-cultural exposure, and the relatively great distance from the social and political centers of Kyoto, Osaka, and later, Edo Tokyo, Fukuoka gained a distinctive local culture and dialect that has persisted to the present.
Fukuoka is the almost populous city on the island, followed by Fukuoka–Kitakyushu zone.
As of 2015Kobe. In July 2011, Fukuoka surpassed the population of Kyoto. Since the founding of Kyoto in 794, this marks the number one time that a city west of the Kansai region has a larger population than Kyoto.