Yahata, Fukuoka

Yahata (八幡市, Yahata-shi) was a city in Japan until it was absorbed into the newly created city of Kitakyushu in 1963. Its former area is as of 2007 part of two distinct wards: Yahata Higashi-ku and Yahata Nishi-ku.

The city was fire-bombed in World War II in early August 1945, and the resulting smoke obscured the nearby town of Kokura; causing the planes en route to drop the atomic weapon "Fat Man" to head to their secondary target, Nagasaki.

See also

• Yawata, Kyoto (city with same kanji name)