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Canal City
Rather strangely shaped, this six-building shopping mall and entertainment complex is sleek, modern, and streamlined. The central amphitheatre looks down onto an artificial canal with a fountain symphony. There are 13 cinema screens, a playhouse, two major hotels and innumerable boutiques, bars and bistros.
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Former Prefectural Hall & Official Guest House
Tenjin has historic Western-style buildings, like the 1910 Former Prefectural Hall & Official Guest House in Tenjin Chūō-kōen.
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Fukuoka Asian Art Museum
This modern, expansive, and well-lit museum boasts some of the finest contemporary Asian art in Japan, as well as rotating exhibits on the 7th floor. Cutting-edge shows by artists in residence are staged in the free gallery (8th floor). The atrium coffee shop has skyline views, and you get a free postcard if you buy anything at the museum store.
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Fukuoka City Art Museum
Fukuoka City Art Museum has ancient pottery and Buddhist guardians on one floor, and works by Andy Warhol and Salvador Dalí on another. The collection includes wooden figures from the Fujiwara Period, spanning the 10th-12th centuries, and 20th-century works from Japan and around the world.
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Fukuoka City Museum
The state-of-the-art Fukuoka City Museum displays local history and culture that make it obvious why Kyūshū residents have such fierce pride in their island. The most precious treasure is an ancient golden snake seal with an inscription proving Japan's historic ties to China.
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Fukuoka Tower
Fukuoka Tower in the Momochi District is 234m (768ft) tall and a great place to view the city, especially at dusk. Next to the tower is a 2.5km (1.5mi) artificial beach, a popular spot for swimming despite occasionally murky waters.
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Hakata Dontaku Matsuri
Hakata Dontaku Matsuri (博多どんたく祭り) On 3 and 4 May, Fukuoka's Meiji-dori vibrates to the unique percussive shock of shamoji (wooden serving spoons for rice) being banged together like castanets, accompanied by shamisen (three-stringed instrument). The name Dontaku was added during the Meiji period (late 19th century) from the Dutch word zontag , meaning 'holiday'.
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Hakata Machiya Furusato-Kan
The small Hakata Machiya Furusato-Kan folk museum opposite Kushida Shrine re-creates a bit of old Japan with restored merchants houses, historic photos and displays of traditional Hakata culture. You can even hear recordings of impenetrable Hakata-ben dialect through antique telephones, or try your hand at Hakata-ori (traditional weaving for kimono cloth). An English brochure is available, and inexpensive souvenirs for sale in the museum shop.
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Hawks Town
Something of a seafront Canal City, Hawks Town is set on reclaimed land near Momochi-kōen. This entertainment and shopping complex is also the location of the luxury JAL Resort Sea Hawk Hotel & Resort and the giant Yahoo Dome, home to the local Daiei Hawks baseball team. The highlight is Sea Hawk's indoor jungle atrium, complete with waterfalls and screeching tropical birdcalls, as well as bird's-eye views of the city.
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Kushida-jinja
Kushida-jinja has displays of Hakata festival floats on the grounds, and a local history museum .
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Kyūshū Bashō sumō tournament
Kyūshū Bashō sumō tournament (大相撲九州場所) Held at the Fukuoka Kokusai Centre during mid-November, spanning a two-week period. Limited same-day tickets (tojitsu-ken ; ¥3100 to ¥14,000)are available starting at , and people start lining up at dawn for one of Japan's major sumō events. Good luck.
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Nihon-teien
Ōhori-kōen, which is adjacent to the castle grounds, has a traditional (though recently constructed) Japanese garden, Nihon-teien .
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Nokonoshima
Nokonoshima, famous for its flower fields, is only about 10km in circumference. There's a swimming beach and camping ground at the northern end of the island. Buses 300 and 301 depart frequently from Nishitetsu Tenjin bus centre (¥360, 20 minutes). Ferries depart from Meinohama Municipal Ferry Terminal, west of the city centre near Meinohama station (¥220, 10 minutes).
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Shōfuku-ji
Shōfuku-ji is an historic Zen temple founded in 1195 AD by Eisai Zenji, who introduced Zen and tea to Japan. The site on which it stands has proved to be archaeologically rich, with recent excavations revealing remnants of a culture dating back 4000 years.
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Sumiyoshi-jinja
Sumiyoshi-jinja is a garden and teahouse built by a Meiji-era merchant, with an intact garden wall, known as Rakusuien.
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Tōchō-ji
Tōchō-ji has impressively carved Kannon statues and, upstairs, the largest wooden Buddha in Japan.
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