Fukuoka part1 !!

Today I'd like to introduce my hometown "Fukuoka "
Especially most famous places in Fukuoka city.

First you might think "Where is Fukuoka?"
You can find it on the bottom left on this map.

Fukuoka is on Kyushu island.
And there is Fukuoka city and Fukuoka prefecture. Fukuoka city is a capital of Fukuoka prefecture.
I'm from Fukuoka city so that I'm going to focus on my city this time.
The population of this city is about 1,480,000.
It's the biggest city on Kyushu island.
The average temperature for the year is about 17℃.


Now I show you the downtown of Fukuoka city ,named "Tenjin."

There are many department stores.People enjoy shopping!

 At  night, lights come on and it's really pretty!

                                              
Please guess where here is...      

                                      
 Here is underground of Tenjin!!
 It's "Tenjin underground mall"
People call here "Tenchika"
 There are about 153 shops . People have lots of fun in this mall.
 About 400,000 pedestrians walk here in a day!

This is one of the famous shopping mall , "Canal City Hakata"

                        
It's about 15 mins from Tenjin by bus.
We can enjoy shopping,movies,musical,having meals..everything!!
We see many decorations for every holiday.

There is beautiful illumination at night.
                                                 
☆http://www.canalcity.co.jp/eg/☆

                                          
This is "Hakata station." You can take Shinkansen to go everywhere in Japan from here.
It was renewed  this March. Nowadays people can go around Kyushu island by Shinkansen!
In the building,there are many shops,restaurants,movie theatre ...We can have fun before our trips from here also we can come here just for shopping!!
Here is close to Tenjin. It takes about 20 mins by bus and only few mins by subway.

☆http://www.jrhakatacity.com/english/☆

This is "Fukuoka airport."
It connects with many places inculding international like China,Korea,Singapore,Vietnam,Thailand...
It takes for one hour and half toTokyo/ Shanghai,China and about one hour to Busan,Korea.
We can go to the Hakata station  for 5 mins  and to Tenjin for 11 mins from here by subway.
It's really convenient!!

☆http://www.fuk-ab.co.jp/english/frame_index.html☆

  This is "Hakata Port International Terminal"
  Trading with asian countries prospers here.
  Also a lot of Japanese go to Busan,Korea by ship from here!
  It's about 4 hours.
  A lot of Koreans  arrive here to visit Fukuoka,too!!

                    Before you board a ship,you need to check-in!

      Here is one of the check-in counters.

There are some ship companies.

                      

                     

OMG!!  I have many things to write!!  I'm gonna introduce about sightseeing places next time!!
To be continued....

Thank you for reading☆