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Ticket and booking rules for Fukuoka: timed entries, closing days and official links, checked September 2026.
Checked September 2026 against official sources
Fukuoka
Bookings and opening rules
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Tickets and opening days
- The Kyushu National Museum is open 9:30–17:00 with last entry at 16:30, extended on Saturdays to 19:00 during special exhibitions, and closed on Mondays (or the following working day when Monday is a public holiday); the Cultural Exchange Exhibition costs ¥700 for adults and ¥350 for university students, and visitors under 18 enter free.Source: Kyushu National Museum, visit · checked Sep 2026
- Dazaifu Tenmangū has no entrance fee; the grounds open by 6:30 (6:00 at the earliest times of year) and close at 18:30 from December to March, 19:30 from June to August and 19:00 in the other months, with last admission to the on-site museums at 16:00. From Tenjin the Nishitetsu train takes about 30 minutes, the direct bus from Hakata Bus Terminal about 40–45 minutes, and the shrine is a 5-minute walk from Dazaifu station.Source: Dazaifu Tenmangū, FAQ and access · checked Sep 2026
- Nanzō-in Temple is open 9:00–17:00, with reception for the reclining Buddha 9:30–16:00; admission is ¥300 per person (free under 18) since May 7, 2025, with ¥500 charged separately to enter the inside of the Buddha. Exposed tattoos and revealing clothes such as shorts, mini-skirts and camisoles are prohibited; the temple is a 3-minute walk from Kido-Nanzōin-mae station on the JR Fukuhoku Yutaka line.Source: Visit Fukuoka, Fukuoka Prefecture official travel guide · checked Sep 2026
- Fukuoka Tower is open 9:30–22:00 with last entry at 21:30; the observation deck is ¥1,000 for adults (high school and up), ¥500 for elementary and junior high school students and ¥200 for small children from age 4.Source: Fukuoka Tower, fees and hours · checked Sep 2026
- The Fukuoka City Museum is open 9:30–17:30 with last admission at 17:00, closed on Mondays (or the following weekday) and December 28–January 4; the permanent exhibition costs ¥200 for adults and ¥150 for high school and university students, free for junior high and younger. The Fukuoka Art Museum has the same hours and the same ¥200 admission for its collection, with Friday and Saturday evenings to 20:00 from July to October, and is also closed on Mondays.Source: Fukuoka City Museum and Fukuoka Art Museum · checked Sep 2026
- The Ōhori Park Japanese Garden is open 9:00–17:00 (last entry 16:45), and 9:00–18:00 from June to August, closed on Mondays (or the next day when Monday is a holiday) and December 29–January 3.Source: Fukuoka City official tourist guide · checked Sep 2026
Questions
Quick answers
Which days should I plan around?
The Kyushu National Museum, the Fukuoka City Museum, the Fukuoka Art Museum and the Ōhori Park Japanese Garden all close on Mondays, or the next day when Monday is a holiday, so keep them off a Monday. Dazaifu Tenmangū is open every day from dawn and busiest on weekends; its main hall is under restoration with a temporary hall in front until 2027. Nanzō-in is open daily but refuses entry to anyone in shorts or with visible tattoos. The yatai set up every evening except in heavy rain, and the Hakata Gion Yamakasa festival fills the first two weeks of July.
How much do the tickets cost?
Almost everything is cheap: Kushida Shrine, Tōchō-ji, Dazaifu Tenmangū, Ōhori Park and the castle ruins are free; the City Museum and Art Museum are ¥200, the Japanese garden ¥250, the Kyushu National Museum ¥700, Nanzō-in ¥300 with ¥500 more to go inside the Buddha, Uminonakamichi ¥450 and Fukuoka Tower ¥1,000. A subway day pass is ¥640 and the Fukuoka Tourist City Pass, which also covers buses and the Dazaifu train, is ¥2,800.
How do I get around?
The subway's Kūkō line runs from the airport through Hakata, Nakasu, Tenjin and Ōhori Park to the seaside in a straight line, ¥210 and up per ride or ¥640 for the day; Nishitetsu trains from Tenjin go to Dazaifu and JR from Hakata to Nanzō-in and Uminonakamichi. The Fukuoka Tourist City Pass covers all of them for a day and knocks a few hundred yen off the museums. The old Hakata quarter and Tenjin are walkable, and the city's 100-yen loop bus links them.
The days these rules belong to
3 days in Fukuoka
Fukuoka is compact and the subway is three lines, so day one is walkable with one subway hop from Hakata to Ōhori Park. Day two uses the Nishitetsu train from Tenjin to Dazaifu, about 30 minutes, and the JR Sasaguri line from Hakata to Nanzō-in, about 25 minutes. Day three follows the Momochi seafront and the ferry to Uminonakamichi. The museums close on Mondays, Dazaifu's main hall reopens in 2027 after its renovation with Sou Fujimoto's forest-roofed temporary hall in front of it until then, and Nanzō-in enforces a dress code with no shorts, no bare shoulders and no visible tattoos. A one-day subway pass is ¥640 and the Fukuoka Tourist City Pass covers the buses and trains too.
