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  • Fukuoka City, known for being among the best in the world, offers a moderate climate and easy access to the international gateways Fukuoka Airport and Hakata Port. Fukuoka is without a doubt“One of the World Best Shopping District”, and also historical areas that speak of the past. Fukuoka is also blessed with beautiful nature like mountains and sea. Visitors come to enjoy neighborhood areas that have much to offer including hot springs, volcanic mountains, and theme parks, to enjoy traditional festivals, and to enjoy gourmet food.Twelve months a year, Fukuoka always has something to offer.

The Best City Known as a Base for a Trip in Japan
  • Served by an extensive rail network including the Shinkansen “Bullet”train, as well as the expressways, Fukuoka is the best city known as a base for a trip in Japan. The city provides easy access to beautiful nature like popular hot springs or volcanic mountains, and amusement places such as Huis Ten Bosch. The Fukuoka City Subway is the only line in Japan that directly linked to a station and an airport.
Beppu Hot Spring (Oita Prefecture)  Mount Aso (Kumamoto Prefecture)  Huis Ten Bosch(Nagasaki Prefecture)
Kyushu is the Japan's biggest 'Hot spring Island' with many hot spring resorts, offering an unmatched range of baths to be enjoyed.  Mount Aso is an active volcano in the center of Kyushu, and is among the largest in the world. The crater contains an active volcano, which continuously emits smoke and has occasional eruptions.  Huis Ten Bosch is a residential-style resort built after a mediaeval European town. It is a hot place to visit especially for Chinese and Koreans.(C)ＨＵＩＳ　ＴＥＮ　ＢＯＳＣＨ　
Gourmet
  • Fukuoka is a city where visitors can enjoy fresh seafood at the reasonable price. There are a wide variety of cuisines such as sashimi, sushi, tempura, and Hakata original ramen.
  • A Large Selection of Unique Gourmet Food at Reasonable Price
  • A harbor city Fukuoka has local fresh fish markets, so people can get fresh seafood easily. Visitors can also enjoy many other cuisines including local dishes rich with organic meat and vegetables, authentic French or Italian food, and Japanese or Asian sweets.
Shopping
  • Shopping All Day Long in Department Stores to Shopping Malls
  • Tenjin is the Fukuoka's largest shopping district, considered to be “One of the World Best Shopping District”, Tenjin is clean and just the right size. Visitors can get anything they want in Tenjin such as specialty brand among Chinese,electric goods, cartoon, comics, as well as traditional handicrafts. Department stores and fashion buildings are directly connected to underground shopping arcade. Visitors can also enjoy shopping at Canal City Hakata, a city like mega complex built over an artificial canal, and outlet malls close to Tenjin. Information in foreign languages and currency exchange is available there.
  • Tenjin, A major shopping area with department stores and shopping malls
History&Culture
  • A City Rich with History and Culture
  • Fukuoka is the town with rich history. Visitors can enjoy traditional Japanese culture such as tea ceremony and Hakata silk textile weaving along with the Kyushu National Museum and the Fukuoka City Museum, which exhibit a variety of Japanese treasures, and the Hakata-za, which presents traditional Japanese theatrical arts like Kabuki. And also Fukuoka has a wide variety of the cultural facilities such as the Fukuoka City Museum, which owns the various art works including the works of Juan Miro and Marc Chagall, and the Fukuoka Asian Art Museum, which showcases the “new” of Asia.
    •   A Park to Enjoy Traditional Japanese Garden   The only National Museum in Kyushu  
    Nature
    • The City Combined the Fascination of a Major Metropolis with the Natural Beauty
    • Fukuoka has a moderate climate and it is bordered on three sides by mountains and opens on the north to the sea. It is a beautiful city with nature where visitors can enjoy some buildings with green in the urban center, and flowers in full bloom all throughout the year in an island of the Hakata Bay.

      •   Enjoy marine sports   A chance to enjoy seasonal flowers  
    Events
    • Many Kinds of Festivals throughout the Year
    • Fukuoka is home to many festivals that are held throughout the year. In spring it has a big parade boasting over 800 years of history. In summer it has a race against the clock around a set course carrying on their shoulders floats weighting several thousand pounds. It is the oldest festival with a history of over 700 years. In autumn it has a festival where visitors can enjoy home-style traditional Japanese food and traditional show, along with sumo-matches, Japanese national sport, held in November. There might be a chance to see a bit of Japanese tradition.
      •   The largest parade in Japan   A race against the clock carrying on their shoulders floats  
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    Inquiries About Tourist Information
    Please make inquiries to the Tourist Information Center regarding the sightseeing information. As for inquiries about accommodations, please contact the Hotel Ryokan Association. The tourist information call center for foreign travelers is also conveniently available. The staff at the tourist information center in Tenjin and interpreters have collaborated to provide you with various tourist information of Fukuoka in your language. Feel free to call for any assistance.

    Tourist Information Call Center for Foreign Travelers (Located within Plaza Tenjin, Tourist Information)
    Tel. 092-751-6904

    Hakata Station General Information Center (Inside JR Hakata Station)
    Tel. 092-431-3303

    Hotel Ryokan Association
    Tel. 092-751-6904