Shime
Shime is a town located in Kasuya District, Fukuoka Prefecture, Japan.
Shime is a town located in Kasuya District, Fukuoka Prefecture, Japan. As of 1 April 2024, the town had an estimated population of 46,388 in 21035 households, and a population density of 5300 persons per km². The total area of the town is 8.69 km2 (3.36 sq mi)
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Worth seeing in and around Shime
10 places within 25 km that the world writes about, in the order of how widely: the ones a visitor has heard of first, then the ones only a local would name.
- 01Hakatanomori Football Stadium
Best Denki Stadium, renamed on March 1, 2008 for naming rights), is located in the Hakata Ward of Fukuoka, Fukuoka Prefecture, Japan. It is the home ground of the J1 League association football club Avispa Fukuoka.
1.9 km · multipurpose stadium in Fukuoka City, Japan · Wikipedia - 02Fukuoka Mosque
The Fukuoka Mosque, officially the Fukuoka Masjid Al Nour Islamic Culture Center, is a mosque located in Hakozaki, Higashi-ku, in the city of Fukuoka, in the Fukuoka Prefecture of Japan. Opened on 12 April 2009, it was the first mosque on the island of Kyūshū.
5.8 km · mosque in Japan · Wikipedia - 03Hakozaki Shrine
Hakozaki Shrine is a Shintō shrine in Fukuoka.
5.9 km · Shinto shrine in Fukuoka Prefecture, Japan · Wikipedia - 04Umi Hachimangū
Umi Hachimangū is a Shinto shrine located in Umi, Fukuoka prefecture, Japan. It is dedicated to Emperor Ōjin, Empress Jingū, Tamayori-bime, Sumiyoshi sanjin and Izanagi.
3.6 km · Shinto shrine in Umi, Fukuoka, Japan · Wikipedia - 05Jōten-ji Temple
Jōten-ji is a Rinzai temple in Hakata, Fukuoka, Japan. Its honorary sangō prefix is Banshōsan.
5.8 km · Buddhist temple in Fukuoka Prefecture, Japan · Wikipedia - 06Itazuke Site
Itazuke Site is an archeological site with a late Jōmon period to late Yayoi period settlement located in Hakata-ku, Fukuoka, Japan. Along with the Nabatake Site in Karatsu, Saga, it is the oldest known rice-growing village site in Japan, and is also the oldest known moated settlement.
3.8 km · archaeological site in Japan · Wikipedia - 07Seika Women's Junior College
Seika Women's Junior College is a private junior women's college in Fukuoka, Fukuoka, Japan, established in 1967.
5.5 km · College from Japan · Wikipedia - 08Koran Women's Junior College
Koran Women's Junior College is a private junior women's college in Fukuoka, Fukuoka, Japan, established in 1958.
6 km · private junior women's college in Fukuoka, Fukuoka, Japan · Wikipedia - 09Kanenokuma Site
Kanenokuma Site is an archeological site with a Yayoi period cemetery located in the Kanenokuma neighborhood of Hakata-ku, Fukuoka, Japan. It was designated as a National Historic Site in 1972.
3.3 km · archeological site in Hakata-ku, Fukuoka, Japan · Wikipedia - 10Hie Site
Hie Site is a complex archeological site entered on the remains of a group of raised-floor warehouses built in the late Kofun period, located in Hakata-ku, Fukuoka, Japan. It was designated as a National Historic Site in 2001.
5.2 km · archaeological site · Wikipedia
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Getting to Shime
- Airports
- Fukuoka (FUK), 3 km · Kyushu Saga (HSG), 52 km · Kitakyushu (KKJ), 59 km
- Stations
- Fukuoka Airport, 2.7 km · Hakata Station, 5.5 km · Fukuokakūkō Station, 3 km · Higashi-Hie Station, 4.5 km · Yoshizuka Station, 5.5 km
- Saga → Shime43 km · quickest by road, 1h 17m · ¥680–930
- Kitakyushu → Shime45 km · quickest by road, 1h 26m · ¥750–1,020
- Kumamoto → Shime89 km · quickest by road, 2h 5m · ¥1,130–1,550
- Plan a tripFrom anywhereThe planner compares every way there from wherever you are.
Road and air are today’s quick answer; timetabled trains, buses and ferries load on the results page from the operators’ feeds.
No local-transport research exists yet for Shime
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 Shime. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.
- 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.
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Next door to Shime
Shime is 6 km from Fukuoka, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.
- Umitown in Kasuya district, Fukuoka Prefecture, Japan3.9 km
- Kasuyatown in Kasuya district, Fukuoka prefecture, Japan2.2 km
- Sasaguritown in Kasuya district, Fukuoka prefecture, Japan5.6 km
- Suetown in Kasuya district, Fukuoka prefecture, Japan2.6 km
- Minami-kuone of the seven wards of the City of Fukuoka, Japan5.9 km
- Kasuya districtdistrict in Fukuoka prefecture, Japan5.1 km