Dazaifu Tenmangu and Hakata Nakasu: walking Fukuoka’s ramen, yatai stalls and shrine approach

About Fukuoka

Fukuoka is in northern Kyushu with Fukuoka City as its capital, the economic centre of Kyushu, famous for Hakata ramen and Dazaifu Tenmangu.

Main walking areas in Fukuoka

Here are some of the prefecture’s most popular places to walk, where public smoking spots and facilities with smoking rooms tend to be available nearby.

• Fukuoka City (Tenjin, around Hakata Station, Nakasu)
• Dazaifu (Dazaifu Tenmangu, the temple approach)
• Mojiko (Mojiko Retro)

Fukuoka trivia

Dazaifu Tenmangu enshrines Sugawara no Michizane as the deity of scholarship; its approach is lined with shops selling “umegae mochi.”

Tips for finding smoking areas in Fukuoka

• Use designated smoking spots in areas with no-smoking-on-the-street ordinances
• Stations, large commercial complexes and tourist information centres are good starting points
• Heated-tobacco-only rooms are growing — switch the tobacco-type filter to match your device
• Use a portable ashtray or the ashtray in the smoking area — good etiquette helps keep these spots open for everyone

Find efficiently with Mottosuitai

Allow location access on the Mottosuitai map to see smoking areas within 2 km of you. To browse by region, visit /search/?prefecture=fukuoka for the Fukuoka list.