Hidden Gems Across Japan
1,610 spots
Itoshima Organic Farm Trail
The inland areas of Itoshima Peninsula are defined by rice paddy agriculture — the combination of volcanic soil from Mt.…
Fukuoka PayPay Dome
Baseball in Japan is both sport and theater, and the SoftBank Hawks at PayPay Dome perform this double function at the h…
Fukuoka's Chinatown
Fukuoka has maintained a Chinese commercial presence since the Tang Dynasty trading period, and while the city lacks a f…
Yame Lantern Festival
The Yame Lantern Festival, held annually in mid-November on the grounds of Yame Hachimangu Shrine, is a gathering of ove…
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…
Fukuoka Beer Scene
Fukuoka's craft beer scene has grown from two brewpubs in 2015 to over 20 operations in 2024, concentrated in the Nakasu…
Hakozaki Shrine
Hakozaki Shrine, established in 923, is one of Japan's three great Hachiman shrines and holds the unique distinction of…
Homan-zan Jinguji
Homan-zan (829m) has been sacred simultaneously to both Buddhism and Shinto since the 8th century — a mountain deity-hab…
Shofukuji Temple
Shofukuji, founded in 1195 by the monk Eisai after returning from Chinese Song Dynasty, is the first Zen Buddhist temple…
Kitakyushu Space World
Kitakyushu was Japan's industrial heartland — the Yawata Steel Works (now Nippon Steel) was established here in 1901, ma…
Canal City Hakata
Canal City Hakata (1996) is designed by architect Jon Jerde — the American responsible for CityWalk in Los Angeles and F…
Fukuoka's Hakata-Ori Textile Workshop
Hakata ori is a silk weaving tradition dating to 1241, when a merchant named Mitsuda Yazaemon brought the technique from…
Yakuin Neighborhood
Yakuin, a grid of low-rise streets between the Nishitetsu Fukuoka and Nanakuma subway lines, is where Fukuoka's creative…
Nakagawa River Walk
The Nakagawa River runs 4km through the center of Fukuoka from Ohori Park to Hakata Bay, its banks lined with a continuo…
Hakata Dontaku Festival Route
The Hakata Dontaku Minato Matsuri, held every May 3–4, draws 2 million people to Fukuoka's streets — one of the largest…
Meinohama's Quiet Fishing Harbour
Before the Itoshima seafood market crowds arrive, Meinohama's working fishing harbor on the southwestern edge of Fukuoka…
Uminonakamichi Seaside Park
Uminonakamichi National Seaside Park occupies the entirety of a 10km-long sand spit between Hakata Bay and the Genkai Se…
Fukuoka City Waterfront
The Momochi district, built on reclaimed land in the 1990s to host the 1989 Asia-Pacific Expo, contains an unexpectedly…
Kurume Tochiku Pottery
Kurume is the centre of Tochiku pottery — a glazing tradition dating to the Edo period, characterized by a rustic iron-r…
Imazu Bay Flamingo Sunset Café Row
Along the Imazu Bay coastline of Itoshima, a loose collection of surf cafés, beach bars, and open-air restaurants has em…
Amago Falls
In the mountain river valleys of Asakura, the Amago River has carved a narrow gorge where the water drops through a seri…
Kokura Castle
Kokura Castle (1602) stands at the mouth of the Murasaki River where it meets the Kanmon Strait, commanding views of bot…
Sumiyoshi Shrine
Sumiyoshi Shrine predates written Japanese history — established, according to shrine records, in 211 AD to honor the go…
Fukuoka Tenjin Underground City
Tenjin Chikagai (天神地下街) is a 590-meter underground shopping street connecting Tenjin Station to Tenjin-Minami Station —…
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