Reviewed on Nov 8, 2025
Reviewed on Oct 11, 2025
Learn about the local history of Fukuoka when you take a trip to Hakata Old Town. Make time to visit the area's shops, or simply enjoy its top-notch restaurants.
Spend a contemplative moment at this temple, renowned for its stone monuments and considered to be the birthplace of the Japanese tea ritual.
Japan’s largest seated wooden Buddha is the highlight of this fascinating temple that provides a window into the customs of the Kuroda Clan and the Heian Period.
Japan’s first Zen temple, and a National Historical Site, displays many of the features of a typical shrine of the Rinzai sect of Zen Buddhism.
Learn about Japanese folk arts and Fukuoka’s famous festivals and view the huge wooden loom in a traditional Meiji-era house.
One of Fukuoka’s most famous religious structures is best known for its annual summer festival, but the shrine itself has many wonders.
