Talk:Kokura

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I removed the following sentence:

Consequently, the expression “Kokura's luck” became common in Japan for escaping a disaster without being aware of it.

As far as I know, there is no such common expression in Japan. If you want to restore this, please present an original Japanese phrase that can be proven as a common expression by, e.g., indicating number of google hits. --Sushiya 03:34, 30 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]

The reference to "Kokua Lucky" is based on the 1997 film Buttoners, by Petr Zelenka. It is an independent Czech film that was shown at the London film festival. Some sources indicate that the film erronously attribute the origin of the phrase "Kokura Lucky" to the Hiroshima bombing when infact Kokura was the primary target for the Nagasaki bombing and only the secondary target relative to Hiroshima. --User:Smulthaup 05:57, 03 April 2008 (CDT)

I removed the mention again due to a lack of supporting references. I concur with Sushiya that "the luck of Kokura" is not used or a well-known phenomenon in Japan. armagebedar (talk) 08:27, 9 November 2009 (UTC)[reply]

My apologies; I reverted an IP edit from an address that had vandalised pages in the past by adding spurious names or dates, and assumed that the extra character added to Kokura was similar. Serves me right for not knowing Japanese! Giantflightlessbirds (talk) 06:13, 5 November 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Hi Giantflightlessbirds, no problem at all. I had a quick look at the articles of some of the major cities of Japan to see whether the character is commonly used. Of those I looked at, Osaka was the only one missing the character, which I've now added. (Tokyo is an expection because it is a "metropolis", not a "city") I'm not planning on checking every city's article though! AtHomeIn神戸 (talk) 06:28, 5 November 2015 (UTC)[reply]

The article remains in largest part "just trust us" Wikipedia editor original research and expression, presenting material in the lede that is not sourced in lede or in article, and extensive further unsourced material in the main body. 2601:246:CA80:3CB5:29B2:B884:17E2:19F7 (talk) 23:52, 9 August 2018 (UTC)[reply]

"Kokura (小倉市, Kokura-shi) is an ancient castle town and the center of Kitakyushu, Japan, guarding the Straits of Shimonoseki between Honshu and Kyushu with its suburb Moji." I'm guessing from the name Kitakyushu that it's on Kyushu -- is that correct? 104.153.40.58 (talk) 19:15, 11 July 2022 (UTC)[reply]