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YokaNavi – Fukuoka Official Tourist Information Web Site
YokaNavi is run by Fukuoka City, the Fukuoka Convention & Visitors Bureau, local governments, and other affiliated companies. This tourist information website enables you to search for sightseeing places, festivals, hot springs, gourmet restaurants, shopping places, and accommodations in Fukuoka.
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History Museums | Ruins | Castle ruins | Historic battlefield | Temples | Shrines | Ruins of Han school | Ruin site exhibition halls | Cultural assets | Birthplaces/Ancestral lands/Excavation sites | Kinin (gold seal) historical sites | Memorial monument/Literature monument/Cemetery | Tombs | Itatsuke ruin historical materials | Kanenokuma ruin historical materials | Historic spots of Genko (Mongol invasion of Japan) | Sugawara no Michizane historical materials
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- Yabusame Ritual of Iimori Shrine
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092-811-1329
[Iimori Shrine] 609, Iimori, Nishi-ku, Fukuoka
Yabusame ritual of Iimori Shrine is a local folk ritual with a tradition of 400 years. As a Kamakura style armored soldier comes in the shrine site on a horse, the archer valiantly responds to the starter and the ritual begins. You can see a great representation of Kamakura soldier, shooting one ...
- Asian Month
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Asian Month Association Committee Office: 092-733-5933
At various places in Fukuoka City
Asian Month started in 1990 to enhance the friendship and exchange that were born in 1989 at the time of the “Asia Pacific Exposition: YOKATOPIA.” With the motto, “For people to get closer to Asia and Fukuoka City” and supported by many organizations and institutions, various kinds of events and ...
- Kyushu Grand Sumo Tournament
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[Fukuoka Kokusai Center] 2-2, Chikko Hon-machi, Hakata-ku, Fukuoka
Kyushu tournament began in 1957, upgraded as a formal tournament from an exhibition tour. While it used to be held in the old Sports Center (the present Solaria Plaza), it was relocated to Kyuden Memorial Gymnastic Hall in 1974, and since 1981 has been held in Fukuoka Kokusai Center. Many of “jun...
- Focus on Asia, Fukuoka International Film Festival
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Fukuoka International Film Festival Committee. 092-733-5170
1-8-1, Tenjin, Chuo-ku, Fukuoka
Focus on Asia; Fukuoka International Film Festival started as one of the major events of Asian Month in 1991. As most of the films screened in the event every year are premieres, the event attracts many people from in and outside Fukuoka. This valuable event promotes discovery and cultivation of ...
- Asian Pacific Festival
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Asia Pacific Festival Committee 092-733-5933
1-8-1, Tenjin, Chuo-ku, Fukuoka (Fukuoka City Hall Fureai Hiroba)
The Festival is a symbolic event of Asian Month which started in 1990. At Fureai Square set up in front of the city hall, various events, performances and Asian food stalls fascinate visitors all through 5 days with energy and charms of Asia.
- Cosmos Festival, Rose Festival
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092-603-1111
(Uminonakamichi Seaside Park) 18-25, Saitozaki, Oaza, Higashi-ku, Fukuoka
From the end of September to the end of October, the flower bed of 5000 square meters in the park becomes filled with about 500 thousand of cosmos flowers in blossom. You can also see the fantastically illuminated cosmos during Cosmos Night Carnival. During the season of Rose Festival (early summ...
- City Marathon Fukuoka
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Fukuoka City Sports Promotion Corporation: 092-643-1356
2-2-2, Jigyohama, Chuo-ku, Fukuoka (Yahoo Dome)
City Marathon Fukuoka started in 1989 to celebrate the 100th anniversary of Fukuoka City. Runners start from Yahoo Dome and run through the city along the flat and loop course in the fresh autumn breeze. The number of runner registration is among the largest in Japan, with 5000 for the half marat...
- Tamaseseri Festival of Hakozaki Shrine
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092-641-7431
[Hakozaki Shrine] 1-22-1, Hakozaki, Higashi-ku, Fukuoka
Hakozaki Shrine is one of the three major shrines of Hachiman god and designated as an important national property. Tamaseseri is a festive ritual of the new year holidays, held every year at the shrine on January 3rd, where shrine parishioners compete to get a wooden ball to divine the year’s fo...
- Momochi Seaside Festa
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092-833-4412 (Sawara ward-Region Development Division)
Around Fukuoka Tower
Momochi Seaside Festa is held in late July with various events taking place around Fukuoka tower, sponsored and supported by local groups and companies of Sawara ward. Make sure to visit the festa if you want to add another memorable day to your summer vacation.
- Uminonakamichi Flower Picnic
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092-603-1111
(Uminonakamichi Seaside Park) 18-25, Saitozaki, Oaza, Higashi-ku, Fukuoka
Visit Uminonakamichi anytime during the long festival period from late-March to early-May, and you enjoy various kinds of flowers. It is held at Uminonakamichi Seaside Park as a part of the urban afforestation campaign in Spring and the promotion of comfortable environment development. Just stayi...
- Higashi-ku Fireworks Display
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Kashiihama, Higashi-ku, Fukuoka
How about spending one memorable night of your summer vacation at Kashiihama Beach? Here you can enjoy the fireworks display held on the first Saturday of September every year (the date is open to change). About 5000 fireworks shot from the offshore of Kashiihama beach beautifully decorate the ni...
- Hosha (archery) Ritual of Shikaumi Shrine
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092-603-6501
[Shikaumi Shrine] 877, Oaza Shikanoshima, Higashi-ku, Fukuoka
This archery ritual is a representation of an ancient legend that eight archers exterminated a monster. At the ritual, eight archers on foot shoot arrows one after another aming at a big target portrayed as a monster. The ritual is designated as an intangible cultural heritage of the prefecture. ...
- Toka Ebisu Festival
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092-651-1563
[Toka Ebisu Shrine] 7-1, Higashi-koen, Hakata-ku, Fukuoka
This festival is held at Toka Ebisu Shrine, which is dedicated to Ebisu, the god of fishery. The festival runs from the 8th to the 11th of January and attracts many visitors to the shrine. The highlight of the festival is the “Kachi-mairi (walking visit)” of Geisha girls from around 3 o’clock on ...
- Setsubun Festival
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092-291-2951
[Kushida Shrine] 1-41, Kamikawabata-machi, Hakata-ku, Fukuoka [Tocho Temple] 2-4 Gokusho-machi, Hakata-ku
The 3rd of February, the traditional last day of winter, people visit Kushida shrine to pray and get rid of bad luck. Going through the Otafuku face (smiling face of a woman) installed on the shrine gate, you will see not only people throwing beans but also devils dancing and monsters paying visi...
- Ohori Festival
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[Ohori Festival Committee] 092-712-2268 / [Nishinihon Ohori Firework Festival Office] 092-711-5506
Ohori Koen, Chuo-ku, Fukuoka
Ohori Matsuri consists of 2 events. One is West Japan Ohori Fireworks Display on the 1st of August and the other is the festival on the 3rd of November, which includes the march of 25 samurais of Kuroda clan and Aratsuno Mai, the traditional dance performance. The fireworks display, established a...
- Nakasu Festival
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[Nakasu Festival EXCO.] 092-272-1440
Nakasu, Hakata-ku, Fukuoka
This festival was started to vitalize the Nakasu area. The highlight of the Nakasu Matsuri is Kunihiro Onnashu Mikoshi, the march of portable shrine carried by girls travelling through the city. On the special stage are held some events such as the beauty contest of the girls and ladies working a...
- Hakata Okunchi
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[Kushida Shrine] 1-41, Kamikawabata-machi, Hakata-ku, Fukuoka
Autumn Festival of Kushida Shrine on the 23rd and 24th of October is the seasonal feature of Hakata. This traditional festival of 1200 years old is held for giving thanks to the rich harvest of autumn. The pomp-filled parade with kids in traditional ritual costumes, lion dance (Shishimai), brass ...
- Hakata Gion Yamakasa
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Hakata Gion Yamakasa Promoters 092-291-2951
[Kushida Shrine] 1-41, Kamikawabata-machi, Hakata-ku, Fukuoka
This festival is said to originate from the legend that the founder of Shotenji Temple scattered sacred water on the street to get rid of plague. Come the 1st of July, the town of Hakata becomes filled with a festive mood, with floats over 10 meters high exhibited at 14 spots around the town. The...
- Hakata Matsubayashi
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[Kushida Shrine] 1-41, Kamikawabata-machi, Hakata-ku, Fukuoka
This festival is said to have originated 800 years ago. At the forefront of the Dontaku parade held on the 3rd and the 4th of May, Matsubayashi block shows a distinct presence and attracts many visitors. This traditional marching group consists of some schools each with their own style of costume...
- Hakata Bon-Niwaka Contest
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Inside Fukuoka Tourism Bureau [Hakata Niwaka Promotion Office] 092-733-5050
1-10-1, Tenjin, Chuo-ku, Fukuoka (1st floor of North annex of Fukuoka City Hall)
People visit Hitokuchi Niwaka Contest looking for a few laughs to get them through the lingering heat of August. Hakata niwaka is a folk narrative art. A narrator wearing a funny mask called Niwaka satirizes the problems of society and finishes the narration with a good punch line in Hakata diale...
