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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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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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Kushida-jinja
Kushida-jinja has displays of Hakata festival floats on the grounds, and a local history museum .
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