Fukuoka-Kitakyūshū (北九州・福岡大都市圏 Kitakyushu Fukuoka Daitoshiken?) is one name given to an area of land that is centered on the cities of Fukuoka and Kitakyushu in Fukuoka prefecture, Japan. Usually these cities are referred to separately,but since they are close, their economic areas may overlap. Transportation links tend to overlap in the region as well. Technically the whole region consists of 3 metropolitan regions:
- Fukuoka-Kurume-Saga within Greater Fukuoka (2.7 million)
- Kitakyushu-Shimonoseki (Greater Kitakyushu) or often called Kanmon area after the Kanmon Straits ), with around 1.2-2.3 million. Estimates vary depending on definition, please see for details.
- Metropolitan Iizuka () area which are suburbs of both Fukuoka or Kitakyushu with (220,000), but often are lumped in with the either of two above.
with sometimes:
- Metropolitan Shimonoseki (下関都市圏) may be considered a separate or integral part of Greater Kitakyushu/Kanmon (700,000), including Ube, Yamaguchi City.
Oita, Sasebo, Kumamoto are never included in any above estimates, despite their relative proximity to Fukuoka and Kitakyushu.
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| Fukuoka Subway lines | ■Hakozaki • ■Kūkō • ■Nanakuma |
| JR Kyūshū lines | Chikuhi • Chikuhō (Fukuhoku Yutaka • Haruda • Wakamatsu) • Gotōji • Hitahikosan • Kagoshima • Karatsu • Kashii • Nippō • Sasaguri (Fukuhoku Yutaka) |
| Nishitetsu lines | Amagi • Dazaifu • Kaizuka • Tenjin Ōmuta |
| Other lines | Amatetsu • Chikutetsu • Heichiku • Hobashira Cable • Kitakyūshū monorail |
| Terminals | Hakata • Kashii • Kokura • Kurosaki • Nakasu-Kawabata • Nishitetsu Fukuoka • Orio • Tenjin • Tenjin-Minami |
| Miscellaneous | nimoca • SUGOCA |
