Which prefecture of Japan did Hoto originate from ?
Fukuoka , Gifu , a town in Gifu Prefecture , Japan Fukuoka , Toyama , a town in Toyama Prefecture , Japan Fukuoka 17 , a World War II - era Japanese POW camp at the Mitsui Kozan Miike Kogyo - Sho coal mine and Mitsui Zinc Foundry in Shinminato , Omuta , Fukuoka Prefecture , Japan Fukuoka Domain , a Japanese domain of the Edo period , located in Hizen Province ( in modern - day Fukuoka Prefecture ) Fukuoka Prefecture , one of the 47 prefectures in Japan Fukuoka - Kitakyūshū , a metropolitan area encompassing the cities of Fukuoka and Kitakyūshū in Fukuoka Prefecture , Japan The village of Fukuoka , in Osafune , Setouchi City , Okayama Prefecture from which Fukuoka City and Fukuoka Prefecture take their names .