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Fukuoka

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Attractions, Fukuoka, Kyushu

Canal City Hakata

by touristinjapanupdated on January 5, 2020May 24, 2018Leave a Comment on Canal City Hakata

Canal City Hakata is a huge shopping, dining and entertainment complex in Fukuoka. With around 250 shops and restaurants, cinema, theater, hotels and a half hourly water and light show, Canal City truly is a city in the city, like they brand it. The enormous shopping mall that is Canal City Hakata was built in …

Tenjin Core. Licensed under CC. Credit: yuki5287, flickr.com
Attractions, Fukuoka, Kyushu

Tenjin, Fukuoka

by touristinjapanupdated on January 5, 2020May 17, 2018Leave a Comment on Tenjin, Fukuoka

Tenjin is the downtown area of Fukuoka. It is well known for good shopping opportunities. With the presence of huge department stores and international fashion shops Tenjin has made Fukuoka the fashion capital of Kyushu. Fukuoka is the 6th largest city in Japan, but at 1.5M inhabitants it’s small enough that it has a single …

Nakasu Back Alley
Attractions, Fukuoka, Kyushu

Nakasu, Fukuoka

by touristinjapanupdated on January 29, 2020May 10, 20181 Comment on Nakasu, Fukuoka

Nakasu is the “amusement” district in Fukuoka. This red light district is packed with bars, restaurants and other forms of “entertainment” industry. Let it be said straight away: Nakasu is a gritty area. It does however have a lot of character, tons of good restaurants and some great back alleys. It is also where you …

Cherry Blossoms in front of the Tochoji pagoda
Fukuoka, Kyushu, Temples and Shrines

Tocho-ji Temple, Fukuoka

by touristinjapanupdated on April 19, 2020May 7, 2018Leave a Comment on Tocho-ji Temple, Fukuoka

Tocho-ji is a Shingon Buddhist temple located in Fukuoka. It is one of the major attractions within the city, and is a definite must-visit when in Fukuoka. In this post I will introduce you to a bit of the history of the place along with a walkthrough of some of the temples main attractions. Kukai, …

Bar area at The Life Hostel
Fukuoka, Kyushu, Staying

Review: The Life Hostel, Fukuoka

by touristinjapanupdated on April 19, 2020April 30, 2018Leave a Comment on Review: The Life Hostel, Fukuoka

This is a hostel recommendation of The Life Hostel in Fukuoka and reflects my personal opinion about the facility. In March 2018 I went on an 8 day trip to Kyushu. I decided to have a base in Fukuoka and make day trips from there. Since I was traveling on a budget I booked a …

Reclining Buddha at Nanzo-in temple
Attractions, Fukuoka, Kyushu

The Reclining Buddha at Nanzo-in

by touristinjapanupdated on April 19, 2020April 28, 2018Leave a Comment on The Reclining Buddha at Nanzo-in

By far, the main attraction at Nanzo-in temple is the huge reclining Buddha statue. This is what attracts most people, and admittedly the statue was also what attracted me in the first place, though Nanzo-in has many other things to offer (see my post about Nanzo-in). The huge and impressive statue lays with a nice …

Path at Nanzo-in
Fukuoka, Kyushu, Temples and Shrines

Nanzo-in Temple

by touristinjapanupdated on April 19, 2020April 28, 2018Leave a Comment on Nanzo-in Temple

Nanzo-in Temple near Fukuoka, Kyushu is best known for it’s gigantic reclining Buddha statue. The statue is said to be the largest bronze statue in the world. The temple itself does however have a very interesting history, which is worth telling. The history of Nanzo-in Temple Nanzo-in has a very interesting and unusual history compared …

Dazaifu Shrine
Fukuoka, Kyushu, Temples and Shrines

Dazaifu Tenmangu Shrine

by touristinjapanon April 12, 2018April 12, 2018Leave a Comment on Dazaifu Tenmangu Shrine

Dazaifu Tenmangu Shrine near Fukuoka is a beautiful and very popular Shinto shrine. The shrine, which is dedicated to the scholar and politician Michizane (Tenjin) who lived over a thousand years ago, is very popular amongst students as a place to pray for luck in studies. In this post I talk about my visit to …

Dazaifu Train
Fukuoka, Getting around, Kyushu, Temples and Shrines

How to get to Dazaifu Tenmagu Shrine

by touristinjapanupdated on April 12, 2018April 12, 2018Leave a Comment on How to get to Dazaifu Tenmagu Shrine

In this post I describe some options for how you get to Dazaifu Tenmangu shrine. There are a couple of ways make this trip. Head over to my post about Dazaifu to read more about the shrine.

Fukuoka Tower Entrance
Attractions, Fukuoka, Kyushu

Fukuoka Tower Observation Decks

by touristinjapanupdated on April 19, 2020April 7, 2018Leave a Comment on Fukuoka Tower Observation Decks

Fukuoka Tower is a 234 meter (768ft) tall tower on the west side of central Fukuoka city. It’s a tower which works only as an observation deck for tourists. Reserve tickets for Fukuoka Tower In Tokyo they have Tokyo Tower and Tokyo Skytree. In Fukuoka they have Fukuoka Tower, a 234 metre tall beautiful modern …

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