Every Place in the Catalogue
1,610 spots
Hakozaki Shrine
Locally knownHakozaki Shrine, established in 923, is one of Japan's three great Hachiman shrines and holds the unique distinction of…
Shofukuji Temple
Locally knownShofukuji, founded in 1195 by the monk Eisai after returning from Chinese Song Dynasty, is the first Zen Buddhist temple…
Canal City Hakata
Locally knownCanal 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
Locally knownHakata ori is a silk weaving tradition dating to 1241, when a merchant named Mitsuda Yazaemon brought the technique from…
Yakuin Neighborhood
Locally knownYakuin, a grid of low-rise streets between the Nishitetsu Fukuoka and Nanakuma subway lines, is where Fukuoka's creative…
Nakagawa River Walk
Locally knownThe 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
Locally knownThe Hakata Dontaku Minato Matsuri, held every May 3–4, draws 2 million people to Fukuoka's streets — one of the largest…
Uminonakamichi Seaside Park
Locally knownUminonakamichi National Seaside Park occupies the entirety of a 10km-long sand spit between Hakata Bay and the Genkai Se…
Fukuoka City Waterfront
Locally knownThe Momochi district, built on reclaimed land in the 1990s to host the 1989 Asia-Pacific Expo, contains an unexpectedly…
Sumiyoshi Shrine
Locally knownSumiyoshi Shrine predates written Japanese history — established, according to shrine records, in 211 AD to honor the go…
Fukuoka Tenjin Underground City
Locally knownTenjin Chikagai (天神地下街) is a 590-meter underground shopping street connecting Tenjin Station to Tenjin-Minami Station —…
Hakata Gion Machiya Folk Museum
Locally knownThe Hakata Machiya Folk Museum occupies three restored machiya (merchant townhouses) from the early 20th century in the…
Fukuoka Asian Art Museum
Locally knownFukuoka's position as the closest major Japanese city to continental Asia has shaped its cultural identity, and the Asia…
Tochoji Temple
Locally knownTochoji, founded in 806 by the monk Kukai (Kobo Daishi) on his return from Tang Dynasty China, is Fukuoka's oldest Shing…
Kushida Shrine
Locally knownKushida Shrine, tucked behind the Hakata Station shopping district, is the spiritual center of Hakata's merchant culture…
Fukuoka Castle Ruins
Locally knownFukuoka Castle (Maizuru Castle) was one of Japan's largest castle complexes — its outer moat enclosed an area of 47 hect…
Nokonoshima Island
Locally knownNokonoshima, a teardrop-shaped island by ferry from Meinohama Port in western Fukuoka, is barely 3 km long and home to 8…
Hakata Udon Taira
Locally knownHakata udon is the polar opposite of the springy, al-dente udon of Kagawa. The noodles are soft, almost yielding, design…
Daimyo Motsunabe
Locally knownMotsunabe is Fukuoka's answer to the question: what do you do with beef offal? The answer is a rich, umami-drenched hot…
Fukuya Mentaiko
Locally knownMentaiko — spicy marinated cod roe — was essentially invented in Fukuoka. The story begins in the late 1940s when Toshio…
Illustration — not a photographTadami
Well knownTadami is at the western edge of Fukushima against the Niigata border, and it is the only UNESCO Biosphere Reserve in To…
Tsuchizaki Float Festival
Well knownTsuchizaki was Akita's port, and its shrine festival has been running since the eighteenth century. On 20 and 21 July ea…
Isedotai Site
Well knownIsedotai has four stone circles, which is unique in Japan — every other Jomon circle site has one or two. They sit on a…
Oyu Stone Circles
Well knownTwo stone circles, Manza and Nonakado, stand on a river terrace in Kazuno, each a double ring of river cobbles carried u…
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