Day Trips
Arita & Imari
Porcelain kilns, outlet shopping and a historic shipping port, all an easy train ride from Hakata.
Day Trips From Fukuoka: How Far Kyushu Reaches in a Day
Kyushu is compact enough that a volcano, a hot-spring town and a gorge are all a day out of Hakata and back. Each page says how you get there without a car where that is possible, how long it really takes, and which season it is worth doing in.
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Beppu Day Trip
The steaming hot spring capital of Japan, a direct train ride from Hakata Station.
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Dazaifu Day Trip
The train ride, the shrine, the food and the best pairings for a day in Dazaifu.
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Kagoshima Day Trip
Getting from Fukuoka to Kagoshima by Shinkansen, plus what to do when you arrive.
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Karatsu Day Trip
Getting to Karatsu from Fukuoka, and what to do when you arrive: castle, pines, pottery and Yobuko's market.
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Kumamoto Day Trip
A one-day Kumamoto plan from Hakata: trains, sights, Aso tours and honest costs.
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Miyazaki Day Trip
Timing, costs and the best guided day tours from Fukuoka to Miyazaki and Takachiho Gorge.
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Nokonoshima Trip
A half day on Hakata Bay's flower island, from Meinohama ferry to the park gate.
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Itoshima Day Trip
Coastline, falls and harbours west of Fukuoka: how to plan the Itoshima day trip.
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Yanagawa Day Trip
Canal punts, grilled eel and castle-town lanes on an easy day trip south of Fukuoka.
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Kurokawa Onsen Day Trip
How to reach Kurokawa Onsen from Fukuoka: routes, tours, timing and what the village is actually like.
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Saga Day Trip
A one-day route into Saga from Fukuoka: trains, porcelain towns, ruins, onsen and food.
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Yufuin Day Trip
How to spend one well-planned day in Yufuin from Fukuoka, with transport and tour options.
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Shikanoshima Day Trip
Two ways to reach the island at the mouth of Hakata Bay, by ferry or across the Uminonakamichi sandbar.
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Kitakyushu Day Trip
Kokura Castle, the Mojiko retro harbour and a walk under the Kanmon Straits, all inside one day from Fukuoka.
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Kokura Day Trip
One day in Kokura: castle, river, market and the strait, all a short train ride from Hakata.
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Nagasaki Day Trip
A full day in Nagasaki from Fukuoka, using the Kamome Shinkansen from Hakata Station.
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Hiroshima Day Trip
The direct Shinkansen ride from Hakata to Hiroshima, with costs, passes and a one-day plan.
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Mojiko Retro
The preserved port quarter of Kitakyushu, an hour from Fukuoka, with Meiji era buildings and strait views.
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Takachiho Gorge
A full-day mountain gorge trip from Fukuoka: tours, boat season and how it compares.
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Munakata Taisha
A UNESCO shrine complex on the Genkai Sea coast, an easy half-day or full-day trip from Fukuoka.