Over deze locatie: Fukuoka
Fukuoka, de grootste stad van Kyushu. Entertainmentwijken Hakata, Tenjin en Nakasu; yatai-cultuur (Hakata-ramen en udon); de Hakata-baai met de Fukuoka-toren; kersenbloesems in het Ohori-park; en stranden van het Itoshima-schiereiland: moderne stad en natuur naast elkaar.
Kenmerken
- Nakasu Yatai District — about 40% of all yatai food stalls in Japan (~100 stalls); evening smoke and lanterns epitomize Kyushu nights
- Dazaifu Tenmangu — head shrine to deity-of-learning Sugawara no Michizane; 10 million worshippers annually, plums lining the approach and the vermilion main hall
- Fukuoka Tower (234 m) and Momochi Beach — panorama of Hakata Bay and Seaside Momochi; renowned for sunsets and nightscapes
- Ohori Park — opened 1929 as an urban oasis, with cherry blossoms in early April and skyscrapers reflected upside-down on the pond
- Hakata Dontaku (May) and Hakata Gion Yamakasa (July) — among Japan's largest festivals by attendance, energetic subjects to photograph
