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  • Fukuoka City Art Museum
  • 092-714-6051
    1-6, Ohori Koen, Chuo-ku, Fukuoka

    If you wish to enjoy looking at art while strolling around Ohori Park, you should come here. Fukuoka City Art Museum is a simple but elegant house designed by the pupil of a famous architect, Le Corbusier in the 20th century. There are not only the works of world-famous artists such as Milo, Dali...
  • Fukuoka Prefectural Art Museum
  • 092-715-3551
    5-2-1, Tenjin, Chuo-ku, Fukuoka

    This museum, themed as “a museum for playing with art”, has a permanent exhibition of works by local artists such as Sakamoto Hanjiro or Koga Harue. There are rentable rooms for exhibitions and events from the first to the third floor. It has a high-vision gallery where you can appreciate famous ...
  • Ohori Park
  • Ohori Koen, Chuo-ku, Fukuoka

    The name Ohori means a trench and it derives from the fact that Kuroda Nagamasa, old lord of Fukuoka, reclaimed the land of this area, originally called Kusagae, which used to be a part of the Hakata Bay and made a trench for Fukuoka castle.

    The present park was re-constructed by Fukuoka city,...
  • Nishi Park
  • Nishi Koen, Chuo-ku, Fukuoka

    Nishi Park used to be called Aratsu Mountain in Man-yo era, boasting its fantastic scenery. In the park is Koun Shrine dedicated to Kuroda Josui and Kuroda Nagamasa, statues of Mori Tomonobu and Hirano Kuniomi, a soldier of the late Edo period who contributed to the Meiji Restoration, poetic monu...
  • Yusentei Garden
  • 092-711-0415
    1-46, Yusentei, Jonan-ku, Fukuoka

    Yusentei is a beautiful strolling style(kaiyu-shiki) garden. Originally, this was built by Kuroda Tsugutaka, the 6th lord of Fukuoka as a second house. The place is named after a poem by Kuze Michinatsu, chosen by a Confucianist Takeda Sadanao, who appreciates the coolness of spring in summer an...
  • Maizuru Park
  • 092-781-2153
    Jonai, Chuo-ku, Fukuoka

    This park built around Fukuoka castle ruins is within just 15 minutes from Tenjin (the center of Fukuoka city) and is well known as a beauty spot of cherry blossom and other seasonal plants and flowers. The park has a sports facility such as an athletic field and is adjoined by Ohori Park and Fuk...
  • Kego Park
  • Tenjin 2-chome, Chuo-ku, Fukuoka

    This urban park is just behind Nishitetsu Fukuoka (Tenjin) station, the center of Tenjin. Many business people and shoppers take a rest here. Various events are held in this park on holidays and attract a lot of young people. Fantastic illuminations of the park in the Christmas season are well kn...
  • The ruins of Fukuoka Castle
  • Jonai, Chuo-ku, Fukuoka

    Kuroda Nagamasa, the first lord of Fukuoka province, started constructing Fukuoka castle in 1601, taking 7 years to finish. The castle was a flat-land type and didn’t have a keep tower (Tenshukaku). There were 47 observatory towers of various sizes. Tamon-yagura (designated as an important cultur...
  • Kego Shrine
  • 2-2-20, Tenjin, Chuo-ku, Fukuoka

    This shrine is dedicated to the gods of Kamukahobi-no-mikoto, Ohkahobi-no-mikoto and Yasomagatsuhi-no-kami. It is named after a defense facility of Dazaifu called Keigo-sho, which was sited near Korokan (ancient guesthouse for diplomats). You can find the name in Manyoshu (an ancient collection o...
  • Tochoji Temple
  • 2-4, Gokusho-machi, Hakata-ku, Fukuoka

    This head temple of Shingon Buddhism Kyushu sect is given the special name Nangakuzan. It is dedicated to a famous monk called Kobo-Daishi (Kukai). According to tradition, Kobo-daishi set up this temple when he came back from China and prayed for the eastward dissemination of Tantric Buddhism. Th...
  • Hakata Ningyo (doll)
  • Hakata doll is said to have originated in the early 17th century when the clay for making roof tile was used to make dolls. The excellent curves and real facial expressions capture the hearts of many and this beautiful craft had an ace-high reputation at international expositions in Paris and oth...
  • Minamimaruta Gate of Fukuoka Castle Ruin
  • 1-6, Jonai, Chuo-ku, Fukuoka

    Fukuoka castle was a home castle of Kuroda clan for 270 years during the 12 generations of lords. This is one of the existing ruins of the castle along with Shiomi Yagura, Tamon Yagura and Nagatomon and designated by the government as an important cultural property.
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