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east of the river, is an
entertainment district
with over 3,000 night-
clubs, restaurants, and
bars. Fukuoka Yafuoku!
Dome is a large base ball
stadium with a 12,000-
ton retractable roof.
The stadium is also
used for rock concerts.
The waterfront
develop ment of
Momochi is dominated
Riverside view of the Nakasu district, Fukuoka by the Fukuoka Tower
and the massive resort
6 Fukuoka its first mercantile district. of Hawks Town. The nearby
Fukuoka Eschewing the heavy manu- Fukuoka City Museum has
facturing indus tries of nearby exhibits tracing the relationship
Fukuoka prefecture. * 1,480,000. Kokura in favor of administra- between the city and its Asian
k £ n Hakata stn (092) 431-3003; tion, wholesaling, and distribu- neighbors, including a gold
Rainbow Plaza, IMS Bldg, Tenjin (092) tion, Japan’s closest city to 3rd century Chinese seal.
733-2220. ∑ city.fukuoka.lg.jp/ mainland Asia has, for at least a Despite its modernity,
english/index.html _ Hakata millennium, been the country’s Fukuoka also has religious
Dontaku Matsuri (May 3–4); Hakata main port of entry for Chinese sights of impressive antiquity.
Gion Yamakasa Matsuri (Jul 1–15).
and Korean culture. This has lent Shofuku-ji, northwest of Hakata
Strikingly modern, Fukuoka it an attractive foreign Asian station, is said to be the oldest
bills itself as the gateway to flavor that the local government Zen Buddhist temple in Japan.
southern Japan. Divided in is eager to exploit. Tenjin, to the It was founded in the late 12th
two by the Naka River, the east west of the river is the city’s century by the priest Yosai, who
side of the city is also known as commercial and shopping introduced both Zen and tea to
Hakata, a name deriving from district, while Nakasu, to the Japan. The Kushida Shrine, just

Fukuoka City Center
1 Shofuku-ji Temple
2 Hakata Machiya
Folklore Museum
3 Fukuoka Asian Art Museum Mikasa River
4 Kushida Shrine Shofuku-ji Fukuoka Airport
3 km (2 miles)
5 Canal City Temple
6 Sumiyoshi Shrine F U K U O K A HI G H W A Y TAIHAKU-DORI
Gofukumachi
7 Ohori Park Gion Hakata
Station
8 Hawks Town Fukuoka Asian NAKASU
Art Museum
9 Fukuoka Tower Aratsu Nakasu- Hakata Machija
Folklore Museum
0 Fukuoka City Museum Bridge Kawabata
Kushida Canal
City
Shrine
Tenjin Sumiyoshi
MEIJI-D ORI TENJIN Naka Ri ver Shrine
NANOTSU-DORI SHOWA- DORI KOKUTAI-DORO WATANABE-DORI
Fukuoka -DORI Ohori- Akasaka DAZAIFU,
Yafuoku! koen NAGASAKI,
KU ROMONGAWA
Hawks Town Dome Fukuoka KUMAMOTO
Castle
Tojin- Ohori Park
Fukuoka machi
Tower
MOMOCHI MEIJI-DORI
Fukuoka
City Museum
Nishijin
0 meters 1000
0 yards 1000
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