Fukuoka City’s yatai and Hakata ramen, Dazaifu Tenmangu shrine and the retro port of Mojiko.
Fukuoka Airport is only two subway stops from Hakata Station, making the city an easy gateway to Kyushu and from Korea.
JapaLens editorial guide · Read in about 5 minutesHakata is the station and business district; Tenjin is the shopping centre. In the evening, yatai food stalls open along the river in Nakasu and in Tenjin. Kushida Shrine is home to the Hakata Gion Yamakasa festival in July.
Yatai have few seats; order a dish and a drink, then make room for the next guests.
Read this area guide →Dazaifu Tenmangu enshrines Sugawara no Michizane, the god of learning, and is surrounded by about 6,000 plum trees. The approach sells umegae-mochi rice cakes. The Kyushu National Museum is nearby.
Nishitetsu trains from Tenjin take about 30 minutes with a change at Futsukaichi.
Read this area guide →Mojiko Retro has early 20th-century buildings around the harbour, including the restored Mojiko Station. Try baked curry, then cross to Shimonoseki by ferry or through the undersea walkway.
Kokura is 15 minutes from Hakata by Shinkansen; change there for Mojiko.
Read this area guide →An editorial route idea, not a timed tour. Adjust it for weather, opening days and your walking pace.
Train to Dazaifu Tenmangu.
Umegae-mochi on the approach and lunch.
Shopping in Tenjin.
Yatai dinner and Hakata ramen.
Try Hakata tonkotsu ramen, motsunabe, mentaiko and mizutaki chicken hotpot.
Stay near Hakata Station for rail travel or Tenjin for shopping and food.
The subway links the airport, Hakata and Tenjin. The Sanyo and Kyushu Shinkansen depart from Hakata.
