Set within the expansive grounds of 艑丑辞谤颈-办艒别苍, adjacent to the remains of Fukuoka's once-grand castle, this traditional (though constructed in 1984) 12,000-sq-metre Japanese garden boasts a beautiful main pond, streams and a waterfall, a dry garden and a traditional teahouse, all within a border of whitewashed traditional walls. The design is by one of Japan's most famous 20th-century garden masters, Nakane Kinsaku, whose other works include the gardens at Kyoto's 狈颈箩辞-箩艒 and the Adachi Museum in Shimane-ken.
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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
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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
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Nicknamed Maizuru-j艒 (Dancing Crane Castle), this elegantly proportioned white castle (built 1608, rebuilt 1966 and refurbished 2017) is picturesquely鈥
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Spread over three machiya (traditional Japanese townhouses), this folk museum re-creates a Hakata nagare (neighbourhood unit) from the late Meiji era鈥
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On the upper floors of the Hakata Riverain mall, this large museum houses the world-renowned Asia Gallery, and additional galleries for special鈥
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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鈥
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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
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A 15-minute ferry ride from Fukuoka, pretty Nokonoshima mixes natural and artificial parks. The latter, popular Island Park, has a swimming beach,鈥
Nearby Fukuoka attractions
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Expected to reopen in March 2019 following renovations, Fukuoka Art Museum has ancient pottery and Buddhist guardians, as well as works by Basquiat,鈥
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This stately shrine to Japan's war dead sits just south of 艑丑辞谤颈-办艒别苍, surrounded by woods. Its 13m-tall torii (gate) is one of Japan's tallest.
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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鈥
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Also known as the Cathedral of Our Lady of Victory, the church holds AA meetings and religious ceremonies.
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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
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This monolithic, retractable-roof stadium is the home field of Fukuoka's much-loved SoftBank Hawks baseball team. Tours (in Japanese) are offered and鈥
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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
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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