Hisahara ruins - Osahara ruins

...The prefectural capital of Fukuoka Prefecture in the northwest. It is the political, economic and cultural center of Kyushu. It was incorporated as a city in 1889. In 1972, it became a city designated by government ordinance and established five wards: Central, Hakata, Higashi, Nishi and Minami. In 1982, Nishi ward was divided into three wards: Jonan, Sawara and Nishi, and a seven-ward system was implemented. The population is 1,284,795 (1995). The city area occupies most of the Fukuoka plain and includes the three islands of Orojima, Genkaijima and Nokonoshima. The southern end of the city borders Saga Prefecture through the Sefuri mountain range. Hakata, which was once called Natsu in the past, is a natural harbor close to the Korean peninsula and China, and a key continental transportation point facing Hakata Bay. It was the outer port of Dazaifu, the port of arrival and departure for Japanese envoys to the Sui and Tang dynasties, and a trading port, and was a gateway for the import of continental culture for a long time.

*Some of the terms mentioned in relation to the Hisawara Ruins are listed below.

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…福岡県北西部の県庁所在都市。九州の政治･経済･文化の中心をなす。1889年市制。1972年政令指定都市となり中央，博多，東，西，南の5区を設置，82年に西区を城南，早良（さわら），西の3区に分けて7区制施行。人口128万4795(1995)。市域は福岡平野の大半を占めて小呂（おろ）島，玄界島，能古島（のこのしま）の3島も含み，南端は脊振（(せふり)）山地で佐賀県に接する。朝鮮半島や中国に近い天然の良港，博多湾に臨む大陸交通の要衝で，古く那津（なのつ）と呼ばれた博多は大宰府の外港，遣隋使や遣唐使の発着港，貿易港として長く大陸文化輸入の門戸であった。…

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