Kyushu-Okinawa Summit 2000
Outline of Kyushu-Okinawa Summit Meeting
 Hakata Port |
Fukuoka Prefecture is located in northeastern Kyushu and is an important link for travel between Kyushu and Honshu Islands. The distance between Fukuoka and Tokyo is 1,100km (686 miles), whereas Seoul is only about half the distance at 540km (340 miles). Even Shanghai is closer than Tokyo at 870km (544 miles) from Fukuoka. Because of its proximity to the Korean Peninsula and the Chinese Continent, Fukuoka has long been an international district playing an important role as a gateway to foreign countries. Fukuoka City, the planned site of the July 2000 Summit's Meeting of Finance Ministers, is located at the center of the semicircle-shaped Fukuoka Plains. The City faces the Sea of Genkai with the Sefuri and Sangun mountain ranges to its back. The area around the coastal region is part of the Genkai Quasi-National Park. |
 "Tsubame" express train  "Beetle" high-speed hydrofoil |
Flight time from Tokyo is 1 hour 30 minutes, and only 1 hour from Osaka. There are eleven daily flights to Naha, Okinawa (flight time 1 hour 35 minutes) as well as eleven daily flights to Miyazaki (flight time 40 minutes). Fukuoka can also be reached by Shinkansen (Bullet train), and travel time is approximately 5 hours from Tokyo and 2 hours 30 minutes from Osaka. There is also a regular passenger boat service, which connects Hakata Port with Pusan, South Korea. Fukuoka airport not only links the Prefecture with numerous domestic airports but also plays an important role as an international airport with regular services to over twenty cities overseas. Destinations include Seoul, Taipei, Hong Kong and Bangkok among others. |
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