Yahatanishi-ku, Kitakyūshū
# Yahatanishi-ku, Kitakyūshū

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.

## Geography

### Climate

Climate data for Yahatañishi-ku, Kitakyushu (1991−2020 normals, extremes 1977−present) :

| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Record high °C (°F) | 19.0 (66.2) | 24.0 (75.2) | 25.2 (77.4) | 30.1 (86.2) | 32.4 (90.3) | 34.2 (93.6) | 36.9 (98.4) | 36.7 (98.1) | 34.5 (94.1) | 33.0 (91.4) | 26.4 (79.5) | 24.8 (76.6) | 36.9 (98.4) |
| Average high °C (°F) | 9.8 (49.6) | 10.9 (51.6) | 14.4 (57.9) | 19.6 (67.3) | 24.2 (75.6) | 27.0 (80.6) | 30.7 (87.3) | 31.9 (89.4) | 28.1 (82.6) | 23.2 (73.8) | 17.7 (63.9) | 12.2 (54.0) | 20.8 (69.5) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | 6.2 (43.2) | 6.9 (44.4) | 10.0 (50.0) | 14.7 (58.5) | 19.3 (66.7) | 22.7 (72.9) | 26.8 (80.2) | 27.8 (82.0) | 24.0 (75.2) | 18.8 (65.8) | 13.3 (55.9) | 8.3 (46.9) | 16.6 (61.8) |
| Average low °C (°F) | 2.8 (37.0) | 3.2 (37.8) | 5.9 (42.6) | 10.2 (50.4) | 14.9 (58.8) | 19.3 (66.7) | 23.7 (74.7) | 24.6 (76.3) | 20.6 (69.1) | 14.8 (58.6) | 9.3 (48.7) | 4.7 (40.5) | 12.8 (55.1) |
| Record low °C (°F) | −4.6 (23.7) | −6.2 (20.8) | −3.8 (25.2) | 0.5 (32.9) | 6.4 (43.5) | 10.5 (50.9) | 15.4 (59.7) | 17.6 (63.7) | 8.9 (48.0) | 3.5 (38.3) | 0.7 (33.3) | −3.6 (25.5) | −6.2 (20.8) |
| Average precipitation mm (inches) | 87.9 (3.46) | 79.2 (3.12) | 114.2 (4.50) | 125.4 (4.94) | 142.9 (5.63) | 239.5 (9.43) | 314.6 (12.39) | 198.1 (7.80) | 165.9 (6.53) | 85.2 (3.35) | 91.8 (3.61) | 75.9 (2.99) | 1,720.5 (67.74) |
| Average precipitation days (≥ 1.0 mm) | 10.8 | 10.4 | 10.9 | 10.0 | 9.0 | 12.3 | 11.8 | 10.0 | 9.7 | 7.3 | 9.4 | 9.8 | 121.4 |
| Mean monthly sunshine hours | 101.8 | 113.2 | 159.5 | 188.6 | 205.0 | 139.2 | 167.6 | 196.2 | 159.8 | 170.5 | 131.5 | 102.9 | 1,835.7 |
| Source: Japan Meteorological Agency ||||||||||||||

## Economy

Yaskawa Electric, a global electrical equipment and robot manufacturing company is headquartered in the ward.

## Facilities

* Honjo Stadium

## Education

North Korean schools:

* Kyushu Korean Junior-Senior High School
* Kitakyushu Korean Elementary School (北九州朝鮮初級学校)
