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Fukuoka-j艒 & 艑hori-k艒en

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Only the walls of Fukuoka-j艒 (Fukuoka Castle) remain, but the castle's hilltop site (Maizuru-k艒en) provides good panoramas of the city and great views of aircraft landing at nearby Fukuoka Airport.

艑hori-k艒en, an expansive park and pond (once part of the castle's moat system), is adjacent to the castle grounds. It has a traditionally styled Japanese garden, a more recent construction (1984), set around a pond with stone gardens and a teahouse.

Nearby, the Fukuoka Art Museum, closed for renovation until 2019, has ancient pottery and Buddhist guardians, as well as works by Basquiat, Brancusi, Rothko and Warhol.

糖心传媒's must-see attractions

  • Dazaifu Temmangu, Dazaifu, Fukuoka Prefecture, Kyushu, Japan

    Dazaifu Tenman-g奴

    9.79 MILES

    Among the countless visitors to the grand, sprawling Tenman-g奴 鈥 shrine and burial place of poet-scholar Tenman Tenjin 鈥 are students making offerings and鈥

  • Ky奴sh奴 National Museum

    Ky奴sh奴 National Museum

    10.08 MILES

    Built into the tranquil eastern hills of Dazaifu and reached through more escalators than can be found at the average airport, this striking structure 鈥

  • 碍补谤补迟蝉耻-箩艒

    碍补谤补迟蝉耻-箩艒

    25.04 MILES

    Nicknamed Maizuru-j艒 (Dancing Crane Castle), this elegantly proportioned white castle (built 1608, rebuilt 1966 and refurbished 2017) is picturesquely鈥

  • Hakata Machiya Furusato-kan

    Hakata Machiya Furusato-kan

    1.75 MILES

    Spread over three machiya (traditional Japanese townhouses), this folk museum re-creates a Hakata nagare (neighbourhood unit) from the late Meiji era鈥

  • Fukuoka Asian Art Museum

    Fukuoka Asian Art Museum

    1.52 MILES

    On the upper floors of the Hakata Riverain mall, this large museum houses the world-renowned Asia Gallery, and additional galleries for special鈥

  • 艑hori-k艒en Japanese Garden

    艑hori-k艒en Japanese Garden

    0.28 MILES

    Set within the expansive grounds of 艑hori-k艒en, adjacent to the remains of Fukuoka's once-grand castle, this traditional (though constructed in 1984) 12鈥

  • Tachiarai Heiwa Kinenkan

    Tachiarai Heiwa Kinenkan

    18.12 MILES

    Near the former Tachiarai airfield, one of the most important airfields of Japan's Imperial Army, this museum shows the rigorous training Japanese fighter鈥

  • Nokonoshima

    Nokonoshima

    4.71 MILES

    A 15-minute ferry ride from Fukuoka, pretty Nokonoshima mixes natural and artificial parks. The latter, popular Island Park, has a swimming beach,鈥

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Nearby Fukuoka attractions

1. Fukuoka Art Museum

0.21 MILES

Expected to reopen in March 2019 following renovations, Fukuoka Art Museum has ancient pottery and Buddhist guardians, as well as works by Basquiat,鈥

2. Gokoku-jinja

0.25 MILES

This stately shrine to Japan's war dead sits just south of 艑hori-k艒en, surrounded by woods. Its 13m-tall torii (gate) is one of Japan's tallest.

3. 艑hori-k艒en Japanese Garden

0.28 MILES

Set within the expansive grounds of 艑hori-k艒en, adjacent to the remains of Fukuoka's once-grand castle, this traditional (though constructed in 1984) 12鈥

4. Daimy艒 Catholic Church

0.79 MILES

Also known as the Cathedral of Our Lady of Victory, the church holds AA meetings and religious ceremonies.

5. Kego-Jinja

1.02 MILES

This popular Shint艒 shrine is set right in the midst of the city, steps from Tenjin Station. While it's not as grand as some other religious sites in town鈥

6. Fukuoka City Hall

1.15 MILES

There's no particular reason to visit Fukuoka's boxy skyscraper of a city hall, but the large building is good for orientation, just west of Tenjin-ch奴艒鈥

7. Tenjin Ch奴艒-k艒en

1.21 MILES

Some attractive historic Western architecture populates this park near city hall, most notably the French Renaissance鈥搒tyle Kihinkan, dating from 1910 and鈥

8. ACROS Fukuoka

1.22 MILES

Inside this unique building are a tourist-information centre (1st floor), cultural-information centre (2nd floor) and craft gallery. The building itself鈥