Tag: fukuoka
Fukuoka City Beach Park & Momochi Seaside Park
Twenty minutes west of Fukuoka city, Momochi Seaside Park beckons weary travellers with its golden sands and wide-open skies. This man-made beach, part of the Fukuoka City Beach Park, stretches along the gentle coast of Hakata Bay, near attractions such as Fukuoka...
Fukuoka Tower: Japan’s Tallest Seaside Tower
When visiting a new place, there’s nothing like a lofty view to get the lay of the land. And when in Fukuoka, a great spot for this is Fukuoka Tower, Japan’s tallest seaside tower. While it’s not...
Motsunabe: Nothing Offal About It
One of my favourite regional dishes of Fukuoka.
When it comes to regional dishes in Fukuoka, Motsunabe features on the culinary checklist right alongside Hakata ramen, mentaiko, mizutaki and eating at a yatai food stall. It's a firm...
Dazaifu Tenmangu Shrine: Fukuoka’s Favourite Day Trip
When exam season rolls around in Japan, the place to be—other than at your desk studying—is at a Tenmangu Shrine, praying for unbridled academic success. There are thousands of these types of Shinto shrines throughout Japan, each and every one of them...
Fukuoka’s Hakata Ramen Packs Rich, Porky Goodness
A bowl of ramen is a wonderfully comforting thing. The steaming broth, the springy noodles and the carefully prepared toppings are unique in every shop you visit. There’s also a fun duplicity in that some consider it...
Food and Fresh Air at Fukuoka’s Yatai
Mention Fukuoka to any Japanese person, and they’ll reply with one of two things: ramen or yatai. Of course, you’d have to live under a rock to not know what ramen is, but I bet many of you haven’t heard of yatai...
WeBase Hakata: The Fukuoka Hostel With The Giant Cat Statue
As one of Japan’s oldest port cities, Fukuoka has long been an ideal spot for a hostel. Think about it; you’ve got sailors from China, Korea and beyond hanging around at night, jolly on sake, looking to swap language and culture. All...
Stay in Hakata Style at Hotel Vista Fukuoka
Looking for places to stay in Fukuoka? With its fresh ‘Hakata’ aesthetic and convenient location, the three-star ‘Hotel Vista’ is a wonderful choice. Opened in December of 2019, Vista is minutes from the subway and perfectly positioned...
This Romantic Park in Fukuoka is the Perfect Place to Chill Out: Ohori Park
Fukuoka is a shopper’s paradise; its most famous feature being Hakata Canal City, a 2.5 million square foot shopping complex with an honest-to-goodness canal running through it. It’s the largest private development in all of Japan. That said, once the shopping frenzy...
Backpacking Through Japan – An Overview
In the spring of 2019, my fiancée and I spent three weeks backpacking from Tokyo to Okinawa. Traveling over 2000 kilometers using a mix of almost two dozen local trains, five buses, and one boat, we managed to traverse more than half...
