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Hong Kong 1,000 km Saga Taipei Oita Dhaka Nagasaki Yangon Hanoi Kumamoto 2,000 km Manila Miyazaki Fukuoka City, situated on the north coast of the ruins of Fukuoka Castle; and many temples Bangkok Kagoshima Kyushu, is the seat of the Fukuoka prefectural and shrines, including the first Zen temple in government. It is the sixth-largest city in Japan Japan, Shofuku-ji. To Kitakyushu in terms of population, with about 1.5 million Kuala Lumpur residents, making it larger than Kyoto. The Fukuoka also offers an array of cultural and Singapore climate is warm, generally resembling the entertainment facilities such as historical and art southern coasts of the United States or southern museums, and theaters. The Fukuoka SoftBank Europe, with an average temperature of about Hawks professional baseball team and the Avispa Fukuoka Expressway Kashii Route JR Sanyo JR Railway Lines Hakata Bay Subway Shinkansen Line 17°C. The seasons are distinct. Fukuoka professional soccer team are based here, Hakozaki Shinkansen Lines Line and the national sumo wrestling tournament is Private Railway Lines Wakaba High School Tenjin-kita Ramp JR Its geographic location close to the Korean held here each autumn. The friendly, hospitable Subway Lines Momochi Ramp Kuko Ramp Kyushu peninsula and China have kept Fukuoka a center residents of Fukuoka love festivals, welcoming Fukuoka Expressway Expressway for commerce and culture for over two thousand tourists from across Japan and internationally to Subway Kuko Line Tenjin Tenjin- Meinohama minami years, and it continues to develop today as the the Hakata Dontaku and Hakata Gion Yamakasa Nishijin Tojin-machi JR JR Hakataeki-higashi center for government, economy and culture in festivals, and the month-long Asian Party events. To Karatsu Hakata Ramp Station the western Japan and Kyushu regions. Ropponmatsu Yakuin Fukuoka City is attracting attention worldwide. Fukushige Junction Fukuoka Airport, only ten minutes by subway It has been selected as the “most livable city in Ohori High School Ohori Junior High School from downtown, is a hub for air travel, served by Asia” three times by Asiaweek magazine, and in Tsukiguma Junction twenty-six domestic and twenty international 2006 Newsweek placed it on its list of the ten Subway Nanakuma Line Nishitetsu JR Kagoshima Line routes. Fukuoka also boasts Hakata Port, the highest-growth cities in the world, along with Tenjin largest international port in Japan; Hakata Munich and Las Vegas. Fukuoka Omuta Line Hashimoto Dazaifu Station for the Shinkansen bullet train service, University Interchange with the network now Monocle, a British international lifestyle N completed to serve passengers throughout magazine, lists it every year as one of the 25 Noke Ramp Fukudai-mae Fukuoka Expressway Circular Route Nishitetsu western Japan and Kyushu; and the high-speed most livable cities in the world, and in 2014 it Fukuoka Univerisity Subway JR Kyushu Futsukaichi Station Tsutsumi Ramp Shinkansen Line roadway network interlinking the first was ranked in the Top Ten for the very first Hospital Asakura bidirectional beltway in western Japan with the time. Ranking takes a variety of factors into Tempaizan Gaido Kyushu Expressway and the Fukuoka Urban account, including not only economic, social and Expressway. About 90% of business in Fukuoka functional aspects, but also the ease of daily life, Fukuoka University City is tertiary, including wholesale, retail, food urban greenery, cultural activities, and support Kuko Line Nanakuma Line Chikushi Hospital Tenjin-minami and beverage establishments, and other service for entrepreneurs. The city was ranked above Fukudai-mae 8 min. walk industry businesses. With twenty universities and Sydney, Singapore and Paris. 5 min. 6 min. Tenjin for transfer 16 min. Fukuoka University

colleges, Fukuoka City also has the third-highest Fukuoka Airport ratio of students in Japan, following only Kyoto Subway and Tokyo. JR Hakata

Fukuoka City offers diverse fascinations, with a Station 30 min. by car or taxi rich urban culture featuring world-class shopping and outstanding local and international cuisine, 45 min. by car or taxi yet with mountains and beaches close at hand. Car or Taxi The city is also rich in historical artifacts and sites, including the Gold Seal (a national treasure); the former site of the Korokan, a Note: The times given above are estimates. diplomatic guest house used in the Heian period; Please note that heavy traffic during certain hours may increase travel time.

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