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Hakata-ku, Fukuoka

Hakata-ku (博多区) is a ward of the city of Fukuoka in Fukuoka Prefecture, Japan.

Hakata-ku, Fukuoka
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Hakata-ku (博多区) is a ward of the city of Fukuoka in Fukuoka Prefecture, Japan.

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Getting to Hakata-ku, Fukuoka

Airports
Fukuoka (FUK), 3 km · Kyushu Saga (HSG), 50 km · Kitakyushu (KKJ), 64 km
  • Saga → Hakata-ku, Fukuoka
    41 km · quickest by road, 1h 10m · ¥630–860
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  • Kitakyushu → Hakata-ku, Fukuoka
    50 km · quickest by road, 1h 25m · ¥730–990
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  • Nagasaki → Hakata-ku, Fukuoka
    106 km · quickest by road, 2h 44m · ¥1,570–2,150
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Road and air are today’s quick answer; timetabled trains, buses and ferries load on the results page from the operators’ feeds.

Not yet researched

No local-transport research exists yet for Hakata-ku, Fukuoka

Our researched notes are written from a sourced entry: every shared taxi, boat and village bus with its operator, its rule, its fare and the year we saw it, and what could not be confirmed. Nobody has done that work for Hakata-ku, Fukuoka. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.

What Wikivoyage says about moving around
  • Get inBusan-Fukuoka: Camellia Line, +81 92 262-2323 (Japan) or +82 51 466-7799 (Korea), operates a ferry that takes about 8 hr and starts at ¥12,000; if overnight, it may stop and wait in front of Busan Port in the morning until Korean Immigration opens.
  • Get inThe JR Kyushu Ferry (the "Queen Beetle") which had operated between Fukuoka and Busan has been discontinued.
  • Get inAn economy-class ticket on the Meimon Taiyo Ferry from Osaka to Kitakyushu costs about ¥6,000 (20% discount if booked online); tickets in other price ranges are available.
  • Go nextMunakata Itoshima Karatsu Iizuka Yanagawa Yoshinogari Beppu — and its famous Hells (unique hot springs for viewing) is a potential day trip at 2 hr via Sonic Limited Express trains (departing via Hakata Station), or a bit longer via bus.

From Wikivoyage: Fukuoka, CC BY-SA. Not yet checked by us; that article was last edited 2026-09.

The nearest places where the work is done
  1. 01
    Muuido and the Incheon islandsKR

    9 ways of moving, 20 sources

    556 km
  2. 02
    Zamami and the Kerama IslandsJP

    12 ways of moving, 19 sources

    872 km
  3. 03
    Taketomi and the Yaeyama islandsJP

    12 ways of moving, 17 sources

    1,199 km
  4. 04
    Matsu IslandsTW

    9 ways of moving, 34 sources

    1,300 km
  5. 05
    Kinmen (Quemoy)TW

    10 ways of moving, 12 sources

    1,548 km

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