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EXPERIENCE Kyushu

Fukuoka’s neon-lit buildings
reflected in the mirror-like
Naka River at nighttime

1 Fukuoka Tower is also a
spectacle from the ground –
FUKUOKA every evening, on the hour,
it is illuminated by a light
installation reflecting the
time of year.
福岡
! A6 ⌂ Fukuoka Prefecture k £ n Hakata Stn; 1F Solaria
Terminal Bldg, Tenjin; www.city.fukuoka.lg.jp 3
Strikingly modern, Fukuoka bills itself as the gateway Ohori Park
to southern Japan. The closest city to mainland Asia, it # Fukuoka Art Museum:
has, for at least a millennium, been the country’s main 9:30am–5:30pm daily
port of entry for Chinese and Korean culture. This has ∑ Fukuoka Art Museum:
lent it an attractive foreign Asian flavor, both culturally fukuoka-art-museum.jp
and on its restaurant menus. Located in the west of the
city, Ohori Park is a popular
been gifted to envoys from green space, with delightful
1 " an early Japanese kingdom by pathways, lake, pavilions, and 0 kilometers 1 N F U K UOK A H I G HWAY
Fukuoka City Museum Emperor Guangwu of China. islets connected by traditional 0 miles 1
bridges. The park is also home Maidashikyudaibyoin-
⌂ 3-1-1 Momochihama Mae
# 9:30am–5:30pm Tue–Sun to the Fukuoka Art Museum, Hakata
¢ Dec 28–Jan 4 ∑museum. 2 "\= which houses an impressive Bay Chiyokenchoguchi

city.fukuoka.jp/en Fukuoka Tower collec tion of modern art by FUKUOKA HIGHWAY
artists from around the world.
This museum traces the ⌂ 2-3-26 Momochihama Fukuoka Asian TAIHAKU-DORI Gofukumachi
relationship bet ween Fukuoka # 9:30am–10pm daily Fukuoka Nishi Art Museum
Yafuoku!
Park
and its Asian neighbors from ∑ fukuokatower.co.jp/en INSIDER TIP Dome Nakasukawabata Shofuku-ji
the Ice Age to the city’s modern Use Your Noodle NISHIKOEN Gion
waterfront develop ments. The The city’s tallest structure, at Fukuoka is celebrated Fukuoka JIGYOHAMA KUROMONGAWA- Hakata Issou Hakata Machiya
Tower
museum utilizes four gener­ an impressive 768 ft (234 m) for its yatai. These sit- YOKATOPIA DORI ARATO MAIZURU Tenjin Nakasu Folk Museum
NANOTSU-DORI
DORI
Island
ations of a fictitious local family tall, dominates the waterfront down food stalls are Ohorikoen SHOWA- DORI MEIJI-DORI Ganso Hakata Hakata
to bring this history to life. Momochi district. Resembling legendary, with their Fukuoka Tojinmachi Akasaka Tenjin Mentaiju Station
City Museum
The primary artifact in the a mirrored sail, the tower colorful, lamp-lit stands MEIJI-DORI Maizuru TENJIN
collec tion is a gold 3rd­century boasts the highest seaside serving steaming bowls Ohori Park Park KOKUTAI-DORO Sumiyoshi
Fukuoka
Chinese seal, which was dis­ obser vation deck in Japan, of ramen and open-pot Nishijin Fukuoka Castle WATANABE-DORI Shrine
covered on Shika Island, overlooking the bay and city stews. Head to Nakasu J O N A N R O U T E Art Museum AKASAKA TAISHO-DORO Yakuin
across the bay from the city, below, as well as the swanky Island to find them. S A W A R A H I G H W A Y Yakuin-odori Naka
in 1784. It is believed to have Sky Lounge & Restaurant. JOSEI KUSAGAE JONA N ROUTE YAKUIN TAKASAGO MINOSHIMA
Ropponmatsu Sakurazaka
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