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The long call · Fukuoka

The full Fukuoka day, ending at a yatai

8h+ or a late stay — the only way to do the yatai. Timed from the gangway and back, with the hour before all-aboard already set aside.

~8h door to door5 stops8 hours or more ashore
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Photo: Jakub Hałun / CC BY-SA 4.0
Door to door
~8h
From the gangway and back
Best for
8 hours or more
8h+ or a late stay — the only way to do the yatai
What it costs
~¥2,000 pp
Transport spend: ~¥2,000 pp. Food ~¥4,000.
Booking
Nothing
Every stop here takes walk-ups
The route

How the day runs

Times are from the moment you step off, not from the scheduled arrival. Everything shifts if your ship is late; the order does not.

  1. +0:00
    Dazaifu in the morning

    Out early, back by midday. It is the one thing that needs the distance

    What you will see here →Full guide: Dazaifu Tenmangu →
  2. +3:30
    Ohori Park and the castle ruins

    The old outer moat, and what is left of the keep

    What you will see here →
    Photo: Hirho / CC BY 4.0
  3. +5:00
    Tenjin — arcades, department stores, mentaiko

    Buy the souvenirs now, not at the airport

    What you will see here →
    Photo: hee17670 / CC0
  4. +6:30
    The yatai open along Nakasu

    Around a hundred licensed stalls, set up at dusk and gone by dawn

    What you will see here →Full guide: The yatai →
    Photo: Nesnad / CC BY 4.0
  5. +7:30
    Back to the berth

    Taxi. The yatai are not near the pier

    What you will see here →
    Photo: Yoshikazu TAKADA from Tokyo, Japan / CC BY 2.0
The margin is not optional. This route ends an hour before all-aboard on purpose. If you are running late, drop the last stop, not the hour.
What the day looks like

Fukuoka, along this route

Real photographs of the places above and the streets between them. Every one is credited.

Canal City Hakata at dusk
Canal City Hakata at duskPhoto: そらみみ / CC BY-SA 4.0
A Hakata Gion Yamakasa float
A Hakata Gion Yamakasa floatPhoto: lienyuan lee / CC BY 3.0
A bowl of tonkotsu ramen
A bowl of tonkotsu ramenPhoto: Andy Li / CC0
The Genko Borui stone wall along Hakata Bay
The Genko Borui stone wall along Hakata BayPhoto: そらみみ (Soramimi) / CC BY-SA 4.0
Kushida Shrine
Kushida ShrinePhoto: Hirho / CC BY-SA 4.0
Motsunabe and gomasaba
Motsunabe and gomasabaPhoto: Vic Hsu / Pexels
Different hours, different day

The other routes in Fukuoka

Hakata in three hours2–3 hours · ~3h2–3 hours ashoreDazaifu and back4–6 hours · ~5h4–6 hours ashoreThe rainy-day FukuokaA wet day · ~4hWet weather — Kyushu rains hard and this city is built for it
Pick your own stops instead →Back to the Fukuoka guide →