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MunakataOkinoshima is a deity in its entirety, and the public may not land there. More than 80,000 dedicated objects have been found on the island, many of them National Treasures. That it was a place for praying for safe passage to the continent survives as objects.
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DazaifuA plum said to have flown from the capital in a single night out of longing for Michizane. It blossoms earliest in the grounds.
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DazaifuAt the foot of Mount Homan. As a shrine of matchmaking, young worshippers come without pause.
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FukuokaArt & Crafts, Shrines & Temples · 37 entries
KitakyushuHistoric Districts, Nature & Scenery · 33 entries
YameCraft Experiences, Historic Districts · 15 entries
DazaifuShrines & Temples, Historic Districts · 12 entries
KurumeHistoric Districts, Shrines & Temples · 8 entries
MunakataShrines & Temples, Nature & Scenery · 7 entries
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THINGS TO DO / 6
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01Hakata Yatai HoppingSample ramen and grilled dishes at convivial riverside and street stalls.See related entries →Nesnad · CC BY 4.002Visit Dazaifu TenmanguExplore the celebrated shrine of learning and its lively approach.See related entries →Nesnad · CC BY 4.0
03Drive the Itoshima CoastFollow the coast for sunsets, cafés and freshly caught seafood.See related entries →Pierre André Leclercq · CC BY-SA 4.0
04Cruise Yanagawa's CanalsGlide through the historic canal town aboard a traditional donko boat.See related entries →Shii · Public domain05Stroll Mojiko RetroDiscover historic port architecture and views across the Kanmon Strait.See related entries →Nesnad · CC BY 4.006Taste Yame Green TeaDiscover aromatic gyokuro and sencha in the tea-growing region of Yame.See related entries →STA3816 · CC BY-SA 3.0NEED TO KNOW
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Gwppj569 · CC BY-SA 4.0Cherry blossoms at Maizuru Park and plum blossoms in Dazaifu brighten the season.
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Ka23 13 · CC BY-SA 4.0Experience the energy of Hakata Gion Yamakasa and the beaches of Itoshima.
See recommendations for this season →新幹線 · CC BY-SA 4.0Explore autumn foliage around Mount Hiko and the historic town of Akizuki.
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yamaneko2 · CC BY-SA 3.0Yatai street food and motsunabe hot pot warm up cool winter nights.
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What people have long eaten in this place. We collect the dishes themselves, not restaurants.
Thin, firm noodles in a cloudy broth simmered long from pork bones. Diners can order kaedama, an extra portion of noodles for the same bowl.
Area：Hakata, Fukuoka
Beef offal simmered with cabbage, garlic chives and garlic in a soy- or miso-based broth. Champon noodles or rice porridge finish the pot.
Area：Fukuoka
Bone-in young chicken simmered from cold water for hours; the chicken and vegetables are eaten in that broth, dipped in ponzu or yuzu kosho. Rice porridge finishes the pot.
Area：Fukuoka
Source：Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries (MAFF), "Our Regional Cuisines"
Soft noodles in a light, clear broth of bonito and kombu, topped with burdock or fish-cake tempura.
Area：Hakata, Fukuoka
Skewer houses are numerous here, and besides chicken the standards include pork belly and tori-kawa, chicken skin wound into a spiral and grilled. Cabbage comes alongside.
Area：Kurume
Curry poured over rice, topped with cheese or egg and baked in an oven. It is said to have started at a coffee shop sometime between 1955 and 1964.
Area：Moji, Kitakyushu
Pollock roe cured in a chilli-spiced marinade. Fukuoka leads Japan in both production and consumption.
Area：Throughout Fukuoka Prefecture
Raw mackerel sliced thinner than sashimi and dressed with soy sauce, toasted sesame and mirin. Eaten over rice or as a tea-poured rice dish.
Area：Hakata, Fukuoka
Source：Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries (MAFF), "Our Regional Cuisines"
Bone-in chicken fried with taro, carrot, bamboo shoot and shiitake, then simmered in dashi, soy sauce, mirin and sugar. Also called chikuzen-ni.
Area：Throughout Fukuoka Prefecture
Source：Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries (MAFF), "Our Regional Cuisines"
Chicken, burdock and carrot simmered sweet-salty and folded through cooked rice. In Kyushu chicken is called kashiwa. It is also a familiar station lunchbox.
Area：Throughout Fukuoka Prefecture
Source：Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries (MAFF), "Our Regional Cuisines"
Egonori seaweed boiled down, set firm and rolled thin. Cut into strips and eaten with soy sauce or vinegared soy sauce and condiments.
Area：Fukuoka
Source：Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries (MAFF), "Our Regional Cuisines"
Sardine or mackerel simmered in soy sauce, mirin, sugar and sake, with matured rice-bran pickling bed added partway through.
Area：Kokurakita, Kitakyushu
Source：Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries (MAFF), "Our Regional Cuisines"
Loach simmered with burdock and shiitake in a sweet-salty broth and bound with beaten egg.
Area：Yanagawa
Source：Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries (MAFF), "Our Regional Cuisines"
Green chilli and green yuzu peel chopped with salt and mixed into a condiment. Served with hotpots, udon and sashimi.
Area：Throughout Fukuoka Prefecture
Source：Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries (MAFF), "Our Regional Cuisines"
A New Year soup in flying-fish broth with round rice cakes, yellowtail, katsuo-na greens, dried shiitake and taro.
Area：Hakata, Fukuoka
Source：Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries (MAFF), "Our Regional Cuisines"
Miike takana greens sun-dried, then salted and dusted with chilli powder and pressed under weights. Chopped fine and served with sesame and ginger.
Area：Setaka-machi, Miyama
Source：Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries (MAFF), "Our Regional Cuisines"
A whole suzumedai (pearl-spot chromis, a small damselfish) about 10 cm long, salted and grilled. Eaten scales, innards and bones included.
Area：Fukuoka
Source：Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries (MAFF), "Our Regional Cuisines"
Seasonal vegetables such as shirouri (a pale pickling melon), aubergine, lotus root and carrot, chopped and pickled in sweet vinegar with red chilli.
Area：Fukuoka area
Source：Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries (MAFF), "Our Regional Cuisines"
MICHI-NO-EKI / 17
Rest facilities registered by Japan's national government. Each has parking and toilets open 24 hours, and by definition includes a facility that sells local products. This is where the making and the food of this prefecture can actually be bought.
There are 17 stations in this prefecture in all (national registry).
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CITIES & TOWNS / 31
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INTERESTS / 12
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To the listDazaifu Tenmangu · Nesnad · CC BY 4.0Dazaifu Tenmangu ／ Munakata Taisha
To the listItoshima · Pierre André Leclercq · CC BY-SA 4.0Itoshima ／ Sakurai Futamigaura
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Hakata Yatai · Hirho · CC BY-SA 4.0Hakata Yatai ／ Umegae Mochi
To the listDazaifu Seicho · 先従隗始 · CC0Dazaifu Seicho
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Kawachi Fuji Garden · そらみみ (Soramimi) · CC BY-SA 4.0Kawachi Fuji Garden
To the listHakata Ori · Pitke · CC BY-SA 3.0Hakata Ori ／ Kokura-jo
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Kyushu National Museum · さえぼー · CC BY-SA 4.0Kyushu National Museum ／ Fukuoka City Museum
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Hakata Gion Yamakasa · Alexwikix · CC0Hakata Gion Yamakasa ／ Fukuoka Art Museum
To the listYame Tea · STA3816 · CC BY-SA 3.0Yame Tea ／ Tagawa Coal Museum
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Shikanoshima Island · Saigen Jiro · CC0Shikanoshima Island ／ Mekari Shrine
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Chidoriya Honke Iizuka Main Store · そらみみ · CC BY-SA 4.0Chidoriya Honke Iizuka Main Store ／ Hiyoko Honami Factory
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Seaside Momochi Beach Park · 新幹線 · CC BY-SA 4.0Seaside Momochi Beach Park ／ Shiraito Falls
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Shrines & TemplesBuilt over the grave of Sugawara no Michizane. Demoted from the capital, he died two years later. Disasters followed in Kyoto, and quieting his spirit was where Tenjin belief began. He became the god of learning because he had been a scholar. A faith that started in fear became, over a thousand years, the shrine of examination candidates.
Castles & HistoryThe administrative base of Kyushu, called the distant court. Only the foundation stones remain.
Art & CraftsUNESCO Intangible Cultural Heritage. Before dawn on 15 July, the floats race through Hakata in the Oiyama.
Historic DistrictsFour in ten of all the food stalls in Japan are in Fukuoka. They line Nakasu and Tenjin.
GardensA wisteria tunnel 110 metres long. Overseas photography sites made it famous overnight.
Craft ExperiencesSMILE NEWS / 136
Stories that lift your spirits a little, collected with their sources.
Fukuoka City Zoo, the first zoo in Japan to keep Tsushima leopard cats, marks 30 years of caring for the species with an event on October 8. The name of a kitten born in April, the first birth in four years, was chosen from 5,656 votes and will be announced that day.
source: Fukuoka City ZooOn October 19, a one-year-old female Asian small-clawed otter named Sakura, born at Hitachi City Kamine Zoo, will arrive at Fukuoka City Zoo. The zoo will then have four of these otters; when she goes on display will depend on her health.
source: Fukuoka City ZooIn Chile's Patagonia National Park, a women-led ranger team returned 13 Darwin's rheas to the wild in April 2026. Working with the Rewilding Chile Foundation, they care for the birds around the clock; surveys once estimated only about 11 to 15 remained.
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