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Kurume City
Fukuoka Prefecture · City
Official websiteFukuoka Prefecture page
Kurume City, a core city (a city with some prefectural powers), is the Chikugo region's hub and the largest city on the Tsukushi Plain. The former Kurume Domain castle town has the head Suitengu shrine and Kora Taisha, Chikugo Province's leading shrine. It is known for Kurume kasuri cloth and as tonkotsu ramen's birthplace. Spinach production ranks 4th in Japan.
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Source: Statistics Bureau of Japan, 2025 Population Census (population, area and density); area from the Geospatial Information Authority of Japan (GSI), Area Statistics of Prefectures and Municipalities (2025). National ranks are among the 1,741 municipalities, ordered by this site from these values.
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Places to visit
Shinto shrineKora TaishaShinto shrine in Fukuoka Prefecture, Japan
CastleKurume Castlecastle in Kurume, Fukuoka prefecture, Japan.jpg?width=240)
Shinto shrineKurume SuitenguShinto shrine in Fukuoka Prefecture, Japan
Buddhist templeBairin-ji TempleBuddhist temple in Kurume, Fukuoka prefecture, Japan
Buddhist templeZendo-ji TempleBuddhist temple dedicated to Amitābha Buddha in Kurume, Japan
Buddhist templeNaritasan Kurume Bun-in TempleBuddhist temple in Kurume, Fukuoka
MuseumKurume City Art Museumart museum in Kurume, Fukuoka, Japan
Shopping centerYouMe Town Kurume (Shopping center)
Roadside station (Michi-no-Eki)Michi-no-Eki Kurumeroadside station in Kurume, Fukuoka prefecture, Japan
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Neighboring municipalities
Municipalities sharing a boundary (computed from the National Land Numerical Information administrative boundaries, January 2021).
Other municipalities in Fukuoka Prefecture
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