Fukuoka was the main conduit for continental influences, particularly Chinese influences, at a time when China was one of the world's most significant and advanced civilizations.
Between the 7th and 9th centuries Fukuoka was a staging post for the introduction of Buddhism, Confucianism, the Chinese legal system, medicine and science as well as continental architecture.
Fukuoka was pretty much flattened in World War Two - photographs of the central area of the city show - nothing....
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