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Fukuoka – the Cosmopolitan Heart of Kyushu

"Fukuoka, the cosmopolitan heart and largest city in the southern Japanese Home Island of Kyushu, is different things to different people. From shopping in Tenjin or Hakata, or dining on the local speciality Hakata ramen or motsunabe offal stew, or even enjoying one of Japan's largest festivals, Fukuoka's draws are far more versatile and diverse than what one may expect this far away from the main Japanese Island of Honshu."

Restaurants For Every Budget in Fukuoka

Fukuoka's cuisine features elements of Chinese and Korean cooking, due to the city’s proximity to the Asian mainland. Local specialities include Hakata ramen, a noodle soup with pork broth and marinated pollock roe. For adventurous eaters, motsunabe is a flavoursome offal stew from Fukuoka which is considered a delicacy. Beyond local cuisine, you will find many other options, from food carts to fine dining restaurants with fantastic views.
2-8-27 Nakasu, Hakata Ward, Fukuoka 810-0801

Yoshizuka Unagiya Restaurant

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When you’ve been in business serving the same dish for more than 140 years, you know you are doing something right.
3-17-10 Hakataekimae, Hakata Ward, Fukuoka 812-0011

Udon Taira

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Udon noodles are made using wheat flour and cut thicker, and form the base of a very hearty meal.
Tenjin Toho Building 1F, 2-6-27 Tenjin, Chuo Ward, Fukuoka 812-0853

Tempura Hirao Tenjin Restaurant

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The fact that everything is made to order, coupled with the restaurant’s popularity, means that queues start forming well before it opens.
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Shopping Destinations in Fukuoka

When it comes to shopping, Fukuoka’s two large commercial districts span every preference and price range. Whether you are looking luxury designer wear or bargain souvenirs, shops in either Tenjin or Hakata will have you covered. Tenjin is home to upmarket department stores and malls, which stock international goods and luxury brands. Hakata features traditional shopping arcades, as well as the vast JR Hakata City complex and huge Canal City mall.
Shintencho Shopping Street
Daiso Tenjin 100 Yen Store
Don Quijote Discount Store

Sightseeing In Fukuoka

While many modern Japanese cities are concrete jungles with relatively little in the way of green space, Fukuoka is unique in that it offers visitors the chance to unwind in both parklands and on a beach. The stretch of white sand at Momochi Seaside Park was installed on reclaimed land 1990, and provides the perfect place to escape the summer heat. For a break from the city altogether, nearby Nokonoshima Island is just a short ferry ride away.
Fukuoka

Kita-Kyushu Innovation Gallery and Studio [KIGS]
Fukuoka

Kushida Shrine
Fukuoka

Ohori Park
Fukuoka

Hakata Machiya Folk Museum
Fukuoka

Tochoji Temple

The Tocho-ji is the oldest Shingon Buddhism temple on Kyushu Island.

Great Places To Stay in Fukuoka

From inexpensive hostels and capsule hotels to large international chain hotels offering big, Western-style rooms, Fukuoka provides a range of accommodation options for every budget. Much of the city’s tourist accommodation is in the area around JR Hakata Station, which also provides convenient access to the nearby airport, or the Tenjin area, which is within easy walking distance of Nagoya’s biggest cluster of malls and department stores.
812-0011 Fukuoka, Fukuoka, Hakata District Hakataekimae 4-9-2

Yaoji Hakata Hotel

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Relax at Yaoji Hakata Hotel and relieve your travelling aches and pains in the hotel's hot-spring baths, sauna and massage services.
812-0039 Fukuoka, Fukuoka, Hakata Reisen-cho 1-12, Japan

Dormy Inn Hakata Gion

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Pumped up from more than 2,500 feet underground, the Dormy Inn Hakata Gion has the best urban natural hot springs in the Fukuoka area.
2-14-15 Hakataekimae, Hakata District, Fukuoka, 812-0011

Royal Park Hotel The Fukuoka

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The modern European style Royal Hotel is located a short stroll from the Canal City Entertainment Complex and less than 10-minute walk to the Kushida-Jinja Shinto Shrine and Fukuoka Asian Art Museum.
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