Delightfully rural, this island has fresh-seafood restaurants that line the harbour-side streets. Ferries depart hourly (?670, 33 minutes) from Bayside Place, and there are seasonal sightseeing cruises around Hakata Bay. Shikanoshima also has a fishing shrine (祩掔漆朸扦), decorated with deer antlers, and a popular beach about 5km east of the shrine. Note that the shrine requests that those in mourning, pregnant, menstruating, or with a baby 100 days old or younger refrain from visiting.
Lonely Planet's must-see attractions
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Among the countless visitors to the grand, sprawling Tenman-g迂 每 shrine and burial place of poet-scholar Tenman Tenjin 每 are students making offerings and＃
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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 ＃
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Nicknamed Maizuru-j身 (Dancing Crane Castle), this elegantly proportioned white castle (built 1608, rebuilt 1966 and refurbished 2017) is picturesquely＃
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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＃
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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＃
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Only the walls of Fukuoka-j身 (Fukuoka Castle) remain, but the castle's hilltop site (Maizuru-k身en) provides good panoramas of the city and great views of＃
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Set within the expansive grounds of ?hori-k身en, adjacent to the remains of Fukuoka's once-grand castle, this traditional (though constructed in 1984) 12＃
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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＃
Nearby Fukuoka attractions
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Couples date here a lot, particularly in spring and summer, when the hills are covered with cosmos or sunflowers. Otherwise, it's a pretty run-of-the-mill＃
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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,＃
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Standing above the Momochi district is 234m-tall Fukuoka Tower, Japan's tallest seaside spire, a symbol of the city and mostly hollow (its main purpose is＃
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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＃
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This smart museum displays artefacts from local history and culture. The pride of the collection is an ancient 2.3-sq-cm, 108g golden seal with an＃
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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,＃
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Set within the expansive grounds of ?hori-k身en, adjacent to the remains of Fukuoka's once-grand castle, this traditional (though constructed in 1984) 12＃
7.17 MILES
Only the walls of Fukuoka-j身 (Fukuoka Castle) remain, but the castle's hilltop site (Maizuru-k身en) provides good panoramas of the city and great views of＃