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Katakasu, Fukuoka — Area Guide & Where to Stay
Katakasu, registered as 堅粕一丁目, is a block of Fukuoka on Kyushu, with Ishikura-shuzō the one name entered against it.
About Katakasu
Where to stay in Katakasu
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One entry, one address, and little else to sell a stay in Katakasu beyond its place inside Fukuoka, which is exactly what some travellers are after when the Hakata Bay sights can wait. Ishikura-shuzō is the local marker. Beyond it the quarter runs on ordinary streets, and the museums sit elsewhere in Fukuoka Prefecture. 堅粕一丁目 is the form on the paperwork.
About Katakasu
What are the main landmarks in Katakasu?
Ishikura-shuzō stands as the single entry recorded inside Katakasu. One name. Everything else a visitor might want is held by Fukuoka at large, whether that is the Former Miura Residence, the Daijō-ji Ruins or the Kōrokan Historical Museum, none of them inside this block. 堅粕一丁目 keeps its one line in the register.
What is the history of Katakasu?
Katakasu has no founding year on file. Whatever age Ishikura-shuzō carries, the block itself is recorded only as 堅粕一丁目, a numbered unit of a city whose port has faced the Asian mainland across Hakata Bay since ancient times. The documented history belongs to Fukuoka rather than to Katakasu.
Ishikura-shuzō and a lot number close the file.
Where is Katakasu?
Katakasu occupies a numbered patch of Fukuoka, the largest city on Kyushu and the seat of Fukuoka Prefecture.
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Updated August 2026