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For Your Travel Memories! Experience Japanese Culture in Fukuoka

Hakata Machiya Folk Museum

If you come to Hakata, why not learning about Hakata culture? This museum shows the old daily life and culture of Fukuoka city in Meiji and Taisho period, focusing especially on urban houses of that period. It is located across from the Kushida-shrine. The exhibition hall features the local tradition of Hakata Gion Yamakasa and such. You can also enjoy Hakata dialect lecture or take a look at a miniature town representing good-old days of Hakata. A demonstration of traditional hand crafting is also on exhibition here.

Address 6-10, Reisen-machi, Hakata-ku, Fukuoka
Access By Subway: get off at Gion station (5 min. walk).

By Bus: take Nishitetsu bus and get off at Gion-machi stop (5 min. walk) or at Canal City Hakata-mae stop (3 min. walk).
TEL 092-281-7761
FAX 092-281-7762
Fares [admission fee] Adults: 200yen Junior high school students and below: Free
Credit Card Availability VISA and MASTERCARD can be used only to purchase souvenirs
Closing Days Year-end holidays （Dec 29-31）
Open Hours 10：00-18：00（admission until 17:30）
MAP CODE 13319769*37

Related category of this facility

History Museums  Prominent architectural buildings  Sightseeing spots of Hakata fence  Traditional craft exhibitions  Traditional craft workshops  Souvenir shops  Places and articles associated with Hakata Gion Yamakasa festival
Neighboring spot
Hakata History Museum
Masuya