Fukuoka — Sights
Five minutes from the runway to a bowl of ramen by the river.
- teamLab Forest Fukuoka — An interactive digital forest that responds to movement
- Nanzoin Temple — A monumental reclining Buddha at the end of a wooded approach
- Ohori Park — A castle moat turned city lake, with a 2 km loop path
- Fukuoka Castle Ruins (Maizuru Park) — A castle of stone walls and no keep, best in cherry season
- Fukuoka Tower — Sea and city in one view, best at sunset
- Canal City Hakata — A mall built around a canal, famous for its fountain show
- Tenjin Underground Shopping Center — A European-style arcade underground, perfect on rainy days
- Kushida Shrine — Hakata's guardian shrine, with a giant festival float on show
- Tochoji Temple (Fukuoka Daibutsu) — A red five-storey pagoda and a wooden Buddha over 10 m tall
- Fukuoka Art Museum — A lakeside museum, from Dalí to old Japanese art
- Fukuoka City Museum — See Japan's famous gold seal, a national treasure, in person
- Nokonoshima Island Park — Ten minutes by ferry to hillside flower fields above the sea
- Nakasu Yatai Stalls — Food stalls lined along the river, Fukuoka's night icon
- Dazaifu Tenmangu — Shrine to the god of learning, with plum-cake stalls on the way
- Yufuin (Lake Kinrin & Yunotsubo Street) — A hot-spring village under Mt Yufu, with a misty morning lake
- Beppu Hells (Umi Jigoku) — Cobalt-blue and blood-red hot pools steaming away
- Itoshima: Sakurai Futamigaura — A white torii and wedded rocks in the sea, a sunset spot
- Uminonakamichi Seaside Park — Flower hills and bay views, best by bike
- Shofukuji Temple — Japan's first Zen temple (1195), pine-shaded
- Jotenji Temple — Small temple with the udon and soba origin stone
- Kawabata Shopping Arcade — Covered arcade with a Yamakasa float on display
- Hakata Machiya Folk Museum — Restored merchant house with Hakata-ori weaving
- Fukuoka Asian Art Museum — Contemporary Asian art, right on the river
- Sumiyoshi Shrine — An old shrine near Hakata Station, with a pond and Noh stage
- Marine World Uminonakamichi — A bayside aquarium with dolphin and sea lion shows
- Mizuho PayPay Dome Fukuoka — Home of the SoftBank Hawks, baseball with big crowds
- Yanagawa Donko-bune River Cruise — Willow-lined canals by punt, poled by a boatman