Getting There & Around

Getting There

Air
Regular buses run to and from Fukuoka Airport to Hakata Station and Tenjin (15 mins). The subway is only 5 mins from Hakata Station and 11 mins from Tenjin. There are domestic flights to most destinations including 50 flights daily to Tokyo (1 hour 45 minutes). International destinations include Australia, New Zealand, Thailand, China, Korea and the USA.

Trains
Hakata station is the main train station with Shinkansen connections to Osaka, Kyoto and Tokyo.

Fukuoka's Hakata Station is the last stop on the Shinkansen bullet train from Tokyo, almost 6 1/2 hours away; Hiroshima is 1 1/2 hours away. The fare from Tokyo is ¥21,210 ($177) for an unreserved seat.

Bus
There are long distance buses to several destinations including Osaka, Nagoya and Tokyo departing from the Kotsu bus station near Hakata Station and the Tenjin bus center.

Buses depart from Tokyo's Shinjuku Station nightly at 9pm, arriving at Hakata Station the next morning at 11:10am. The fare is ¥15,000 ($125) one-way.

Ferries
There are regular ferry and hydrofoil services between Hakata and Busan in Korea. See our Japan travel section for further details. There are also ferry services from Kita-Kyushu (Kokura) to Osaka, Kobe, Matsuyama and Tokyo.