Hakata Riverain

Fukuoka


Modern, multistorey mall with some 70 shops for fashion, homewares and design, plus restaurants and cafes. The Fukuoka Asian Art Museum is on the top floors.


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1. Fukuoka Asian Art Museum

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On the upper floors of the Hakata Riverain mall, this large museum houses the world-renowned Asia Gallery, and additional galleries for special…

2. Kihinkan

0.25 MILES

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

3. Akarenga Bunka-kan

0.26 MILES

This red-brick, copper-turreted British-style building from 1909 has simple historical exhibits and a charming coffee shop. The architect, Tatsuno Kingō,…

5. Kushida-jinja

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

6. ACROS Fukuoka

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Inside this unique building are a tourist-information centre (1st floor), cultural-information centre (2nd floor) and craft gallery. The building itself…

7. Hakata Local History Museum

0.34 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…

8. Hakata Machiya Furusato-kan

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