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| population_metro_footnotes = <ref>{{Cite web |title=UEA Code Tables |url=http://www.csis.u-tokyo.ac.jp/UEA/uea_code_e.htm |publisher=Center for Spatial Information Science, University of Tokyo |access-date=January 26, 2019 |archive-date=January 9, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190109011635/http://www.csis.u-tokyo.ac.jp/UEA/uea_code_e.htm |url-status=live }}</ref> (2015)

'''Fukuoka''' ({{lang-langx|ja|福岡市}}, {{Transliteration|ja|Fukuoka-shi}}, {{IPA-|ja|ɸɯ̥kɯokaꜜɕiɸɯ̥kɯoka ꜜɕi||TomJ-Fukuoka.ogg}}) is the [[List of Japanese cities by population|sixth-largest city]] in Japan 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 it is the nearest point 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)|Edo]] (Tokyo), Fukuoka gained a distinctive local culture and dialect that has persisted to the present.

There are several historically important Buddhist temples in Fukuoka. Monks would sail back to Japan from China afterupon completing their studies and establish temples in the heart of the port city of Hakata (now Fukuoka) City:

Monk [[Eisai]] founded [[Shōfuku-ji (Fukuoka)|Shōfuku-ji]] which is known today as the oldest zen temple in Japan. Eisai is also known for establishing a new sect of Zen Buddhism ([[Rinzai Zen|Rinzai]]) and for bringing tea and tea culture to Japan.

Monk [[Kukai]] established [[Tocho-ji]], and [[Joten-ji]] was built by [[Enni]] who is also known for bringing Udon noodles first from China to Japan.

Hakata JionGion Yamagata is the most famous festival in Fukuoka and

the origin of it is believed to date back to 1241, when [[Enni]], the founder of Jotenji temple had people carry him around the town on a platform while praying against the plague and eventually getting successfully rid of it. <ref>{{Cite web|title=Spots/Hakata Area/ History and Culture/Jotenji temple|url=https://gofukuoka.jp/spots/detail/26915|access-date=2024-03-20|website=Fukuoka Official Tourist Guide}}</ref>

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Fukuoka is not as seismically active as many other parts of Japan, but does experience occasional earthquakes. The most powerful recent earthquake registered a lower 6 of maximum 7 of the [[Japan Meteorological Agency seismic intensity scale|Japanese intensity scale]] and hit at 10:53&nbsp;am local time on March 20, 2005, killing one person and injuring more than 400.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.earthquaketrack.com/p/japan/fukuoka/biggest |title=Biggest Earthquakes Near Fukuoka, Japan |access-date=May 22, 2018 |archive-date=May 22, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180522111606/https://www.earthquaketrack.com/p/japan/fukuoka/biggest |url-status=live }}</ref> The epicentre of the earthquake was in the Genkai Sea along a yet-undiscovered extension of the Kego fault that runs through the centre of Fukuoka. Genkai island, a part of [[Nishi-ku, Fukuoka|Nishi-ku]], was the most severely damaged by the earthquake and almost all island residents were forced to evacuate. [[Aftershock]]s continued intermittently throughout the following weeks as construction crews worked to rebuild damaged buildings throughout the city. Traditional Japanese houses, particularly in the areas of Daimyo and Imaizumi, were the most heavily damaged and many were marked for demolition, along with several apartment buildings. Insurance payments for damages were estimated at approximately 15.8&nbsp;billion yen.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://ncmro.org/news/news_03.htm |script-title=ja:地震保険について |publisher=Nongovernmental crisis Management & Regeneration Organization (NPO) |access-date=November 9, 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090106154408/http://ncmro.org/news/news_03.htm |archive-date=January 6, 2009 |url-status=dead}}".</ref>

Following reports that the city has only prepared for earthquakes up to a magnitude of 6.5, several strong aftershocks renewed fears regarding the portion of the Kego fault that lies under the city, and the potential for an earthquake as big as, or bigger than, the March 20 quake.<ref>{{Cite journal |lastlast1=Miyashita |firstfirst1=Y. |last2=Azuma |first2=T. |last3=Nikaido |first3=M. |last4=Okazaki |first4=K. |date=2006-12-01 |title=Evaluating Earthquake Potential Caused by the Active Kego Fault Beneath the Largest Urban Area in Southwest Japan Based on the Paleoseismological Surveys |url=https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2006AGUFM.T33A0498M |journal=AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts |volume=2006 |pages=T33A–0498|bibcode=2006AGUFM.T33A0498M }}</ref>

There are many temples with long histories including [[Tōchō-ji]], [[Hakozaki Shrine]], [[Kashii-gū|Kashii shrine]], and [[Jōten-ji]]. The Buddhist [[Nanzo-in|Nanzoin temple]] is located in [[Sasaguri, Fukuoka|Sasaguri]], just east of Fukuoka. It is claimed to be the largest statue of a [[reclining Buddha]] in the world. It has to be mentioned though that in Thailand there are three, and in Myanmar six reclining Buddha statues that are larger than the Sasaguri statue, one of them being 180 meters long as opposed to the 42 meters of the one in Fukuoka prefecture. It is possible though that the Sasaguri reclining Buddha is the largest plastic reclining Buddha statue in the world.

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