Fukuoka, where do I begin? Before I moved here, I had never heard of it, and the island of Kyushu was some magical place, untouched by western tourism that was just too far to reach on a two-week holiday. In the summer of 2019 I got the opportunity to move down from Tokyo and work on a new project. I was so excited to finally discover the south! Every first time Japan goer knows the 3 big boys: Tokyo, Osaka and Kyoto. Anyone on a Japanese guided tour may even get as far as Hiroshima, but only the dedicated and the mad get down to Fukuoka. Boasting as Japans 8th largest city, Fukuoka is the hub of the South. It has everything you expect from a large city for entertainment, easy transportation in and out of the city, a beautiful coastline and wonderful views of mountains and rural life that you can’t find anywhere else. Fukuoka is mild in the winter, and hot, humid and wet in the summer. In general it’s more airy in the summer than Tokyo or Kyoto because of its proximity to a good sea breeze. The autumn is later, with the changing of the leaves, happening in late November, early December and you begin to feel the warmth of spring in early March. To put it in perspective, I was wearing sandals in the first week of November, but thermals in the last week!
I am going to give you recommendations of various places I’ve visited, with my honest and personal opinion on them. These are the places I would take visiting friends or go myself. I’ve divided the into four categories;
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