The 10 Best Things to do Good for a Rainy Day in Hakata, Kyushu

Hi there, Do you want to make the most of your trip in Fukuoka?? If the answer is yes, this is the best way to enjoy your trip. What you are doing is not only cooking but also town exploring, sake tasting, and tea ceremony experience. You will enjoy learning Japanese culture and manners by trying these. We provide you a great time in Fukuoka!!

Are you interested in cooking Japanese-style dishes? With ingredients of the four seasons, you can learn how to produce a healthy menu using vegetables as a basis. You can learn Japanese-style representative home cooking from the basics. I love cooking and I’d like to teach basic Japanese home-style cooking in English to foreigners at my place.

It is the first owl cafe in Kyushu. 15 to 20 real owls are waiting inside the shop. The owls are very familiar to people because they are nurtured carefully from chicks. In our shop, you can have owls on hands, shoulders, head etc. Owl cafe that you can enjoy from adults to kids! Touch the owls, photography, please spend an hour of healing and relaxing ☆

An artificial canal flows through this huge shopping mall which includes cinemas, an amusement center, restaurants, numerous shops and an urban theater featuring musical performances and Broadway shows.

Due to its geographical and historical characteristics, Fukuoka City has served as a gateway to continental Asian culture since ancient times. Today it has assumed a new role, that of a key interactive city for Asia. Fukuoka Asian Art Museum opened in 1999, as a part of the city’s progressive strategy for interaction with different Asian cultures. The Fukuoka Asian Art Museum is the only museum in the world that systematically collects and exhibits Asian modern and contemporary art. The works in the collection of the museum are not imitation of Western art or repetitions of traditional works. Instead they seek to overcome the existing framework of art, being made by artists living in ‘contemporary’ Asia. These artists attempt to acutely express their message in and about this changing world of Asia. FAAM's exhibitions of Asian modern and contemporary art are rich in depth and quality, and wide in scope. They present the originality and charm of Asian art in a way that cannot be experienced in any other museum in the world. The museum has also been functioning as a place for people to become familiar with Asian arts and culture through the artistic creations and researches of the invitees of the Residence Program. It is an interactive museum - the place of meeting, understanding each other and creating together.

Hakata Machiya Folk Museum is made of three halls, introducing the lifestyle and culture reminiscent of the Meiji and TaishoPeriods. ■Exhibition Hall The first floor exhibits Hakata's history and culture. The secound floor exhibits commercial goods used by merchants and also demostrates Hakata's traditional artisan techniques. ■Machiya Hall This Machiya built in the mid-Meiji Period as both factory and residence of Hakata-ori weavers, was moved and restored to the present place. ■Sourvenir Shop Hakata traditional craft and local sweets, Yamakasa goods, stationary and original books are available. □Access -From JR Hakata stastion 15minute walk, 5 minutes by taxi -From the Airport 7 minutes on the subway to Gion Station, from there a 5minute walk -From Tenjin 4 minutes on the subway to Gion station, from there a 5minute walk. Take a Nishitetsu Bus bound for Hakata Station. Get off at Canal City Hakata-mae, from there a 3minute walk.