Top Fukuoka Art & Culture

Kick-start your Kyushu visit with a tailor-made private tour of Fukuoka, led by a host hand-picked for you. Whether your tastes run to sacred shrines, local eats, culture, or parks, enjoy a deep immersion on your custom tour. Leave with a thorough overview of the city, personalized recommendations for what to do next, and an insight into the area’s top attractions. Please note: tour price includes guiding only.

[A bicycle trip that traces the history of Fukuoka] Hakata was the oldest port in Japan and prospered as a commercial port in the Middle Ages, and was also used as a stopover for the envoys of Sui and Sangtang. Fukuoka is the castle town. With a guide, you can experience the spread of the town and the change of history that you can only feel by bicycle in Hakata and Fukuoka, merchant town and castle town. During the break on the way, you will receive a castella, a 400 year old Japanese confectionery! [Features of the plan] Price: 4600 yen (excluding tax) Included in the price: bicycle rental, insurance, drinks, snacks Target: 16 years old or older and 145cm tall or more Start time: ①10: 00-13:00 ②14: 00-17:00 Supported languages: Japanese, English, French, Spanish

Make the most of your short time in Fukuoka with a private guide. Personalize your experience to suit your needs, visiting the places that interest you most (and skipping those that don’t!) Answer a personal survey about your interests, and choose the amount of time you want to spend with your guide, to receive the most personalized service. Visit the Fukuoka Castle, try street food, check out Canal City, and more, while learning about Fukuoka’s history and experiencing its culture.

For visitors, it can be difficult to get an authentic experience of an unfamiliar city. This special tour offers just that. See Fukuoka from a local's perspective on a private tour that is specially customized to your interests. Discover the best locals-approved places to see, eat, drink, and explore.

Hakata Doll（博多人形）is a local art work which has as long as 400-year history. In this tour, you will visit the most famous Hakata Doll Shop in Hakata, and you can experience Hakata Doll Painting with a teacher(speaking Japanese). The only one doll in the world will be a great souvenir to yourself, with an unforgettable memory of your travel to Fukuoka!!

Feel free to experience calligraphy in your spare time? Both beginners and those after a long time can concentrate and experience in a short time. For beginners, we will tell you the basics of calligraphy first. It is an experience that you can write as much as you want.

This value-packed trip with a government-licensed and experienced multilingual tour guide is a fantastic and efficient way to explore Fukuoka! Enjoy a full-day walking tour with your private guide, as he/she introduce modern and traditional aspects of this dynamic, ancient city! This dynamic city is home to many historical temples and is famous for its unique food culture. Your guide will pick you up at your hotel or any other point at your convenience to start your day. You will then have the choice of visiting any of Fukuoka's famous sites. Let us know what you would like to experience, and your guide will then arrange a six-hour tour that's best for you! Note*1: Please select your must-see spots from a list in the tour information to create your customized itinerary. Note*2: National Government Licensed Guide Interpreter certification is issued by the Japanese government requires a good knowledge and understanding of Japanese culture and history.

It is a course to enjoy the traditional kimono dressing experience representing Japanese culture in a short time. It can be dressed in a short time, so it doesn't overwhelm your schedule. I use a WASOMI kimono that is light and does not get tired even if I wear it. You can walk freely to the Hakata area wearing kimono during 3 hours of free time.

Would you like to have a wrapping experience when you are free? Both beginners and those after a long time can concentrate and experience in a short time. First we will tell you the basics of how to tie. Then we will teach you various ways to use your furoshiki gently.

This is a Japanese culture experience program that you can enjoy casually. Origami with hundreds of ways to fold from a simple design to an artistic piece with a piece of square paper. It is said that many Japanese who have been familiar with origami since childhood have dexterous hands. Origami seems to be widely applied to space panels, robots, car airbags, and medical technology as space mathematics on how to efficiently store and deploy flat surfaces. Please face up to origami and get your hands dexterity and new inspiration ♪

It is a course to enjoy the traditional kimono dressing experience representing Japanese culture in a short time. It can be dressed in a short time, so it doesn't overwhelm your schedule. I use a WASOMI kimono that is light and does not get tired even if I wear it. You can wear a kimono and take a stroll to the nearby Kego Shrine in one hour of free time.

Dream Tours Japan was born out of the idea of giving people the feeling of being connected with the destination in every facet of the tour. Whether it be from the on board commentary, insights into daily Japanese life, historical and important information of each attraction, cultural experiences, Japanese food and drink tastings as well as personal opinions and facts about what it is truly life to live as an expat in this weird and wonderful country we call Japan. It is my belief that only a Private Tour consisting of a small numbers of members can create this important connection that will stay with us for the rest of our lives!

This value-packed trip with a government-licensed and experienced multilingual tour guide is a fantastic and efficient way to explore Fukuoka! Enjoy a Half-day walking tour with your private guide, as he/she introduce modern and traditional aspects of this dynamic, ancient city! This dynamic city is home to many historical temples and is famous for its unique food culture. Your guide will pick you up at your hotel or any other point at your convenience to start your day. You will then have the choice of visiting any of Fukuoka's famous sites. Let us know what you would like to experience, and your guide will then arrange a four-hour tour that's best for you! Note*1: Please select your must-see spots from a list in the tour information to create your customized itinerary. Note*2: National Government Licensed Guide Interpreter certification is issued by the Japanese government requires a good knowledge and understanding of Japanese culture and history.

With over 3,000 shrines, great shopping, and many scenic spots, it can feel like an impossible task to shortlist things to do in Fukuoka. Save hours of research time, and let someone else do the planning for you. This personalized tour is a great way to see Fukuoka highlights in a day. Let a guide take care of navigating, and suggest secret places locals love. The tour is a bespoke experience, and potential sights to visit include Fukuoka Castle, Ohori Park, and Kushida Shrine.

On this tour you will be able to learn the history, culture and nature of Fukuoka in half a day. As for the movement, we will use public transportation such as subway and bus. You can feel the custom of everyday Japanese citizen. This tour is included English Professional Speaking guide who live in Fukuoka and talk about history and culture in Japan.

With a Government Licensed and Experienced English speaking guide, this tour will allow you to explore Yamaguchi more efficiently in one day from Fukuoka. Enjoy a full-day chartered car tour in Yamaguchi accompanied by an experienced guide who shares the modern and traditional sides of the dynamic Japanese ancient country. Begin your day with a morning pickup from your hotel in Fukuoka or anywhere else, then visit Yamaguchi's famous sites including Tsunoshima-bridge, Motonosumi Inari Shrine, Iwakuni Castle, Akiyoshi Limestone Caves, Karato sea market and anywhere else as you like. Go in depth with a private guide who customizes your 10 hours tour to your interests. Please let us know what would you like to experience and what time would you like to join the tour and where you stay. We would customize the tour based on your requests!

In this 1-day tour, we will visit two of the most important sites in Fukuoka. The first one Dazaifu is a very popular place among travelers from domestic and abroad. Dazaifu Tenmangu is dedicated to the spirit of Sugawara Michizane, a scholar and politician of the Heian Period. Because of his great learning, Michizane has been associated with Tenjin, a Shinto deity of education, and is popular among students. The second town Yanagawa is a little city where a very unique water supply system for flood control, irrigation, various mechanisms by the wisdom of our ancestors is still alive. There you can see the feudal era of heritage is still alive, with the world's leading waterway in harmony with canal that extends to the center city 2km square to the extension 60km. That's why this city has another name "Venice in Japan". Leave it to the road of water of the moat, please enjoy a boat trip with the Funauta boatman song sung by a boatman, seeing a beautiful scenery of each season.

Coming to Fukuoka will not be completed if you do not visit city icons such as Fukuoka Tower, Huis Ten Bosch, and tourist attractions associated with Kumamoto Bear - an icon of Kumamoto city that is close to Fukuoka. By joining this Fukuoka City Tour, going to Fukuoka will be easier because it is accompanied by a private tour guide who can speak English. Plan your own trip and the guide will be happy to grant your wish to travel around the city of Fukuoka! Itinerary above is just a suggestion. You can arrange your own simple itinerary by yourself and let the guide know about it and make your custom tour.

Hakata is although one of the biggest urban areas in Japan, but it has preserved lots of historical, cultural, and regional places. In this walking tour, a professional English-speaking tour guide will introduce you 3 famous temples and the most popular shopping arcade in Hakata, where you can experience Hakata Doll Painting. The only one doll in the world will be a great gift for yourself, with an unforgettable memory of your travel. While taking a walking, you can see and feel the very local Hakata!!

This private and customizable tour for Fukuoka is perfect for guests who would like to have their own itinerary planned based on their interests and preferences, allowing guests to experience the city at their own pace

In this private tour, explore and immerse yourself in Japan's rich and unique religious culture with over 1,300 year of history in Kunisaki, Oita prefecture. English-speaking guide will kindly help you.

You learn and enjoy Japanese culture, Shakyo and Kimono. Also, Please request us about lunch. We can suggest Fukuoka Local food with your preference. if Its winter, you will enjoy Oyster BBQ(called KAKI KOYA)

This tour will allow the customer to see many more unique sights located all over Fukuoka and neighboring Prefectures as well. Essentially you will be able to get to many more locations within a longer time frame and provide you and your party the opportunity to experience Fukuoka as a local. This tour is absolutely for customers interested in seeing more unique sites with scenic beauty unparalleled in these parts of the world.

Lunch of local production for local consumption published in Michelin guide Taste at the historical Junjun Sake Brewery "Kanseizo". Take a walk in "Takachiho Gorge," which is also called the legendary land of the descendants of the grandchildren, and enjoy Michelin's local production for local consumption lunch and sake at Tsujun Sake Brewing, which has been making sake for more than 240 years. A high-tech project group at the time, Higo no Mason, which is one of the largest stone bridges in Japan, is a traditional performing puppet theater called "Bunraku" that can only be seen here in Kyushu. HEARTS Bus Station Hakata A bus station in the center of Hakata. Inside the bus station, there are cafes, souvenirs, hot springs, capsule hotels, and more! Takachiho A sacred village that represents Japan. Sacred Takachiho where the god dwells, which is set as the stage for the advent of the abbot! Don't miss the fantastic valley created by nature! Tsujun Sake Enjoy the local-produced-local-consumer lunch listed in the Michelin Guide for one cup at "Kunseizo", which has a history of more than 240 years, and enjoy sake in another wine glass! Tsujun Bridge Japan's largest stone arch canal bridge that boasts one of the most beautiful works in Japan by the high-tech project group "Higo no Mason" at the time! Seiwa Bunrakukan The traditional Japanese performing art “Ningyo Joruri”, which was born about 300 years ago, is the collection of the Seiwa Bunraku Museum, which is made by collecting the best of traditional Japanese building techniques. The only place you can see in Kyushu!