Fukuoka Hidden Gems
Puerta de entrada a Kyushu y capital indiscutible del ramen de Japón. Desde los puestos callejeros (yatai) junto al río hasta el santuario milenario de Dazaifu, Fukuoka concentra gastronomía, historia y costa a menos de una hora de distancia.
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La ciudad puerta de entrada a Kyushu: ramen tonkotsu, puestos callejeros yatai al aire libre y un santuario al dios del saber, todo compacto y recorrible a pie.
Clima y mejor temporada
Templado, con veranos calurosos y húmedos e inviernos cortos; ocasionalmente algo de nieve. Primavera y otoño son ideales, aunque los yatai funcionan todo el año.
Gastronomía típica
- Ramen tonkotsu de Hakata
- Mentaiko
- Motsunabe
- Mizutaki
Lugares emblemáticos
- Puestos yatai de Nakasu
- Dazaifu Tenmangu
- Costa de Itoshima
- Paseo en barca por Yanagawa
Nanzoin Temple
Deep in the cedar forests of Sasaguri, 20 minutes by train from Hakata, Nanzoin Temple houses a bronze reclining Buddha…
Dazaifu Tenmangu
Dazaifu Tenmangu was built in 905 to enshrine the spirit of Sugawara Michizane, a Heian-period scholar and court officia…
Mizuma Temple
Perched on a 221-meter hilltop above the Chikugo River plain, Mizuma-dera (水分寺) offers an extraordinary panoramic view t…
Raizan Sennyoji Temple
On the upper slopes of Mt. Raizan, behind a cedar forest that filters almost all direct sunlight, Sennyoji Temple has be…
Homan-zan Jinguji
Homan-zan (829m) has been sacred simultaneously to both Buddhism and Shinto since the 8th century — a mountain deity-hab…
Kushida Shrine
Kushida Shrine, tucked behind the Hakata Station shopping district, is the spiritual center of Hakata's merchant culture…
Tochoji Temple
Tochoji, founded in 806 by the monk Kukai (Kobo Daishi) on his return from Tang Dynasty China, is Fukuoka's oldest Shing…
Hakozaki Shrine
Hakozaki Shrine, established in 923, is one of Japan's three great Hachiman shrines and holds the unique distinction of…
Sumiyoshi Shrine
Sumiyoshi Shrine predates written Japanese history — established, according to shrine records, in 211 AD to honor the go…
Shofukuji Temple
Shofukuji, founded in 1195 by the monk Eisai after returning from Chinese Song Dynasty, is the first Zen Buddhist temple…
Atago Shrine
Atago Shrine sits on Atago Hill (68m) in the Nishi-ku district of Fukuoka City, overlooking the full arc of Hakata Bay f…
Sakurai Futamigaura
At Sakurai Beach in western Itoshima, two granite rocks rise from the shallow water 150 meters offshore — connected by a…
Komyozenji Temple
One hundred meters from the crowds of Dazaifu Tenmangu, through a gate that most visitors walk past, lies Komyozenji — a…