Canal City

Fukuoka


Canal City is Fukuoka's biggest mall, boasting an eponymous artificial canal with illuminated fountain symphony, a multiplex cinema, a playhouse and about 250 boutiques (large tenants include Muji, H&M, Uniqlo and Sanrio), the Grand Hyatt and other hotels, bars and bistros, game arcades and Ramen Stadium. It was designed by Jon Jerde, who later created Tokyo's Roppongi Hills.


Lonely Planet's must-see attractions

Nearby Fukuoka attractions

1. Hakata Local History Museum

0.22 MILES

On the grounds of the Kushida-jinja shrine, this old-school museum has many displays about the Hakata Gion Yamakasa Matsuri, as well as swords, ancient…

2. Kushida-jinja

0.23 MILES

The intimate Kushida-jinja, municipal Shintō shrine of Hakata, traces its history to AD 757 and sponsors the Hakata Gion Yamakasa Matsuri, in which…

3. Rakusuien

0.25 MILES

This small but pretty garden and teahouse was built by a Meiji-era merchant in 1906 and offers a couple of paths, a rushing waterfall and tea ceremony. In…

4. Hakata Machiya Furusato-kan

0.27 MILES

Spread over three machiya (traditional Japanese townhouses), this folk museum re-creates a Hakata nagare (neighbourhood unit) from the late Meiji era…

6. Sumiyoshi-jinja

0.3 MILES

Sumiyoshi-jinja is said to be the original taisha (grand shrine) of Shintō's Sumiyoshi sect. The main kami (divine beings) enshrined here are protectors…

7. Kihinkan

0.4 MILES

Built in 1910, this historic French Renaissance–style building, a nationally registered important cultural property, can be found just across the river…

8. Tōchō-ji

0.42 MILES

Tōchō-ji houses the Fukuoka Daibutsu, Japan's largest seated wooden Buddha (10.8m high, 30 tonnes, completed in 1992) and some impressively carved Kannon …