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About Hakata Station
There really isn’t much to see or do as a tourist in the Hakata Station area.
And compared to the nearby Tenjin area, it is a little less fashionable and lively.
However, it is the best business district in Kyushu, and with the recent redevelopment of the area around the station and the construction of many large-scale commercial facilities, it is a very good place to enjoy dining and shopping; prices are also a little cheaper than in Tenjin.
Convenient transport access and the many hotels and lodging facilities make it a recommendable area to stay in.
Brief History (in recent years)
In the 2000s, the Hakata Station area saw a series of large-scale redevelopment projects.
With the opening of JR Hakata City, Japan’s largest station building, in 2011 and KITTE Hakata in 2016, the area has become a major commercial area, and is now in fierce competition with Kyushu’s largest shopping area, Tenjin, to attract more customers.
- JR Hakata City is home to the Hakata Hankyu, Amu Plaza Hakata, Tokyu Hands Hakata, and other stores.
- KITTE Hakata has large commercial facilities such as Hakata Marui as its core tenants.
Now, there are two major exits at Hakata Station.
The east side, where the Shinkansen ticket gates are located, is called the Chikushi exit, and the west side, where the JR train lines run, is called the Hakata exit.
Chikushi exit is where you will find many hotels and office buildings.
On the other hand large-scale complexes such as JR Hakata City, KITTE Hakata, and JRJP Hakata Building are all located at the Hakata exit.
All major facilities are connected at the basement level, making it convenient and easy to move around using the passageways on the basement floor.
Nearby Excursions
Hakata Station is located in close proximity to Tenjin, Nakasu, and Kawabata, so it is best to visit them together to save time.
Recommendation
Enjoy shopping (souvenirs, fashion, sundries, home appliances, etc.) and delicious food.
Shopping
There are many large-scale commercial facilities in and around Hakata Station.
There are hundreds of stores, but they are concentrated in a small area, making it easy to get around and offering a wide variety of goods, making it a shopping paradise.
Eat
There are hundreds of restaurants in the station buildings and commercial facilities, offering almost every type of cuisine.
Prices tend to be a bit on the high end, but the quality is worth it; you won’t have any regrets.
In addition, there are seven Michelin-starred restaurants within a 10-minute walk of the station, so you can surmise the quality of food in this area is very high.
Access to Hakata Station
Hakata Station is the largest terminal station in Kyushu.
It is the terminal for the Shinkansen bullet trains to the Tokyo-Osaka area and other parts of Kyushu, and is also served by JR lines and municipal subways.
Located on the northwest side of Hakata Station (Hakata exit) is the Hakata Bus Terminal, where local buses and express buses to more remote areas arrive and depart.
Railways
JR line
- Kagoshima Main Line
- Fukuhoku Yutaka Line
- Shinkansen(Sanyo/Kyushu)
Subway
Fukuoka City Subway
- Kuko Line
- Nanakuma Line
Buses
The following is a link to the Hakata Bus Terminal website.
Shopping
Commercial Facilities
Directly connected to Hakata Station is the JR Hakata City commercial complex.
It is one of the largest station buildings in Japan, standing 10 floors high, 3 floors below ground and 200,000 sq.m. of floor space.
Within JR Hakata City are three commercial facilities: Amu Plaza Hakata, Hakata Hankyu, and AMU EST/Hakata DEITOS.
Amu Plaza Hakata
Amu Plaza houses more than 200 specialty stores— mainly fashion and general merchandise stores— Tokyu Hands Hakata, (a general DIY and general merchandise complex), a large cinema complex, and a restaurant zone called City Dining Kuten that has 47 restaurants. The shopping complex covers roughly 38,000 sq.m. of floor space. It is now a “landmark” […]
[ See details ]
| Address | JR Hakata City, 1-1 Hakata Station Chuogai, Hakata-ku, Fukuoka City, Fukuoka |
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| Access | Directly connected to all lin[…] |
| Tel | 092-431-8484 |
| URL | [ Click ] |
Hakata Hankyu
Hakata Hankyu—the Fukuoka branch of Hankyu Department Store—happens to be the No. 1 department store in western Japan. Located on the south side of JR Hakata City, the department store extends from the basement floor to the eighth floor, and has approx. 42,000 square meters of floor space. Like the flagship store in Osaka, the […]
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| Address | JR Hakata City, 1-1 Hakata Station Chuogai, Hakata-ku, Fukuoka City, Fukuoka |
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| Access | Directly connected to all lin[…] |
| Tel | 092-461-1381 |
| URL | [ Click ] |
AMU EST and DEITOS
AMU EST is a commercial facility located on the first basement floor and first ground floor of Hakata Station’s Chikushi exit, covering roughly 4,700 sq.m. and housing approximately 60 shops–mainly selling fashion and miscellaneous goods. Hakata DEITOS is located on the first basement floor and the first and second floors of the Chikushi exit, and […]
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| Address | JR Hakata City, 1-1 Hakata Station Chuogai, Hakata-ku, Fukuoka City, Fukuoka |
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| Access | Directly connected to all lin[…] |
| Tel | |
| URL | [ Click ] |
Hakata Marui
The Fukuoka branch of Marui, a major fashion department store with its main flagship in Tokyo. It is located in the “KITTE Hakata” commercial complex on the west side (Hakata Exit) of Hakata Station, with a floor space of 15,000 sq.m. The main tenants are fashion and general merchandise shops, but the facility also features […]
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| Address | KITTE Hakata, 9-1 Hakata Station Chuogai, Hakata-ku, Fukuoka City, Fukuoka |
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| Access | Directly connected to all lin[…] |
| Tel | 092-415-0101 |
| URL | [ Click ] |
Electronics Shops
Yodobashi Camera Hakata
Yodobashi Camera Hakata is the Fukuoka branch of Yodobashi Camera, an electronics retailer with its flagship store in Tokyo, and has the largest floor space (23,000 sq.m.) in Kyushu. The store has an overwhelming variety of home electronics, but it also has a full lineup of outdoor goods, brand-name products, cosmetics, and other items. Prices […]
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| Address | 6-12, Hakata Station Chuogai, Hakata-ku, Fukuoka City, Fukuoka |
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| Access | 1 minute walk from each line […] |
| Tel | 092-471-1010 |
| URL | [ Click ] |
Gift Ideas
Hakata Station has the best selection and quality of souvenirs in Kyushu.
Ming
Located on the first floor of Hakata Station, this shopping zone is Kyushu’s largest souvenir shop. Not only are souvenirs of the Kyushu region sold, but sweets, prepared foods, fashion, and general merchandise can also be found. The “Wagashi Kobo,” a Japanese confectionary demonstration and sales corner, is particularly popular. Go ahead and buy some […]
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| Address | Hakata Station, 1-1 Hakata Station Chuogai, Hakata-ku, Fukuoka City, Fukuoka |
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| Access | Directly connected to all lin[…] |
| Tel | 092-431-1125 |
| URL | [ Click ] |
Miyagemon Ichiba (Souvenir Market)
Located on the first floor of Hakata Deitos, in front of the central ticket gate of the Shinkansen bullet train, is a souvenir sales zone. Next to “Ming” it has a full lineup of 26 stores selling souvenirs and sweets from Kyushu. One of the unique shops is “Fukuya,” a long-established maker of mentaiko (spicy […]
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| Address | 1F Hakata DEITOS in JR Hakata City, 10 Hakata Station Chuogai, Hakata-ku, Fukuoka City, Fukuoka |
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| Access | Directly connected to all lin[…] |
| Tel | 092-451-2561 |
| URL | [ Click ] |
Eat
As far as food is concerned, the Hakata Station area is bountiful. There are so many high quality restaurants and stores that you will have a hard time deciding what to eat and what to buy.
Since you’ve come all this way to Hakata, try some fresh, quality seafood, sushi, ramen, motsunabe (offal hot pot), mizutaki (meat and veggies hot pot), yakitori, bite-sized gyoza, udon, and other specialties.
And lucky for you, there are seven Michelin-starred restaurants in the Hakata Station area.
Hakata Izumi
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| Address | 2-20-14 Sumiyoshi, Fukuoka Hakata-ku, Fukuoka |
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| Access | 8 minutes walk from Subway Wa[…] |
| Tel | 092-291-0231 |
| URL | [ Click ] |
Ryotei Sagano
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| Address | 2-21-19 Sumiyoshi, Fukuoka Hakata-ku, Fukuoka |
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| Access | 8 minutes walk from Subway Wa[…] |
| Tel | 0120-920-181 |
| URL | [ Click ] |
Oryori Furukawa
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| Address | 3-9-2, Sumiyoshi, Fukuoka Hakata-ku, Fukuoka |
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| Access | 15 minutes walk from JR Hakat[…] |
| Tel | 092-409-6113 |
| URL | [ Click ] |
Ogu de Jules Meruveiyu Hakata
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| Address | 9F Hakata City, 1-1, Hakataekichuogai, Fukuoka Hakata-ku, Fukuoka |
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| Access | Directly connected to all lin[…] |
| Tel | 092-413-5301 |
| URL | [ Click ] |
Sushi Soejima
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| Address | 2-6-34, Minoshima, Fukuoka Hakata-ku, Fukuoka |
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| Access | 14 minutes walk from JR Hakat[…] |
| Tel | 092-473-8122 |
| URL | [ Click ] |
Below are the major restaurant zones in station buildings and commercial facilities.
City Dining Kuuten
This restaurant zone is located on the 9th and 10th floors of Amu Plaza. It is one of the largest in Japan for a commercial facility, and contains 47 restaurants, most of which are famous restaurants in Kyushu and Fukuoka. They type of restaurants widely vary, from high-end restaurants to cheap street food restaurants.
[ See details ]
| Address | Floor Amu Plaza in JR Hakata City 9th and10th, 1-1 Hakata Station Chuogai, Hakata-ku, Fukuoka City, Fukuoka |
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| Access | Directly connected to all lin[…] |
| Tel | 092-431-8484 |
| URL | [ Click ] |
Umachika!
A food floor on the basement level of Hakata Hankyu that is very popular with tourists and locals for good reason. Everywhere you look are high quality sweets, boxed lunches, and delicatessen sold at reasonable prices. There is also a food court (100 seats) called “Hankyu Umaka Shokudo,” where seven restaurants featuring Osaka and Kyushu […]
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| Address | Hakata Hankyu 1F, 1-1, Hakata Station Chuogai, Hakata-ku, Fukuoka City, Fukuoka |
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| Access | Directly connected to all lin[…] |
| Tel | 092-461-1381 |
| URL | [ Click ] |
Ekikara Sanbyappo Yokocho
Ten popular Hakata specialty restaurants such as motsu nabe (hot pot), seafood, yakitori, and one bite gyoza (dumplings) are gathered here. The atmosphere is lively and warm, like a food stall street. It is located on the first basement floor of the JRJP Hakata Building.
[ See details ]
| Address | JRJP Hakata Building B1F, 8-1 Hakata Station Chuogai, Hakata-ku, Fukuoka City, Fukuoka |
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| Access | 4 min. walk from each line at[…] |
| Tel | |
| URL | [ Click ] |
Hakata Ichibangai
A restaurant district with 14 unique restaurants, including ramen, sushi, udon, etc., mainly famous local Hakata restaurants and long-established eateries. Open from 7:00–11:00, it can be used for breakfast, lunch, and dinner, and is conveniently located inside JR Hakata Station.
[ See details ]
| Address | Hakata Station B1, 1-1 Hakata Station Chuogai, Hakata-ku, Fukuoka City, Fukuoka |
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| Access | Directly connected to all lin[…] |
| Tel | 092-431-1125 |
| URL | [ Click ] |
Hakatamen Kaido (Hakata Noodle Road)
This is a restaurant zone where 12 popular noodle restaurants from various parts of Kyushu such as tonkotsu (pork bone) ramen, chanpon (dish of noodles, seafood, vegetables from Nagasaki prefecture), and udon gather. The restaurant zone is located on the second floor of Hakata Deitos. Many of the restaurants have long lines, so it is […]
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| Address | 2F Hakata DEITOS, JR Hakata City, 1-1 Hakata Station Chuogai, Hakata-ku, Fukuoka City, Fukuoka |
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| Access | Directly connected to all lin[…] |
| Tel | 092-451-2561 |
| URL | [ Click ] |
Umaito
Located on the B1, 9th and 10th floors of KITTE Hakata, this restaurant zone contains about 50 stores. Unlike other commercial facilities, the number of local Fukuoka restaurants is low here, and has a higher number of famous restaurants and chain shops from other areas is high. The first basement floor is a collection of […]
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| Address | KITTE Hakata, 9-1 Hakata Station Chuogai, Hakata-ku, Fukuoka City, Fukuoka |
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| Access | Directly connected to "Hakata[…] |
| Tel | 092-292-1263 |
| URL | [ Click ] |
Sightseeing
Temples & Shrines
Tochoji Temple
Tochoji Temple was first founded in 806 by Kobo Daishi (774-835)—the founder of the Shingon sect of Buddhism, a form of esoteric Buddhism—and a very famous high priest in Japan. It it also the first temple he founded. It houses the Fukuoka Daibutsu, the largest wooden seated statue of Shaka Nyorai in Japan. Made from […]
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| Address | 2-4 Gokusho-cho, Hakata-ku, Fukuoka City, Fukuoka |
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| Access | A short walk from Gion Statio[…] |
| Tel | 092-291-4459 |
| URL | [ Click ] |
