Fukuoka Life and Travel Tips: Useful Contact Details

The main tourist information centre in Fukuoka can be found at the JR Hakata Station and is open on a daily basis, between 08:00 to 20:00. This branch does contain some English information and maps of the city. More importantly, the tourist information centre is where you will find the free 'Fukuoka Welcome Card', which enables tourists to obtain good discounts at many of the city's hotels, tourist attractions, shopping centres and even restaurants. Further tourist offices are situated on the lower floor of the main international terminal at Fukuoka Airport, and also at the following locations.

ACROS Fukuoka - 2nd Floor, Cultural Centre, Tenjin 1-1-1, Fukuoka, Japan, JP
Tel: +81 092 725 9100
Fukuoka tourist information office open: 10:00 to 19:00, closed on the second and fourth Monday every month

Rainbow Plaza (Fukuoka International Association) - 8th Floor, IMS Building, 1-7-11 Tenjin, Fukuoka, Japan, JP
Tel: +81 092 733 2220
Fukuoka tourist information office open: daily, 10:00 to 20:00

HIS No. 1 Travel Agency - Tenjin 1-1-1, Fukuoka, Japan, JP
Tel: +81 092 761 9203
Fukuoka tourist information office open: Monday to Friday - 10:00 to 18:00, Saturday - 11:00 to 16:30

Fukuoka Life and Travel Tips: Language and Dialect - Fukuoka, Japan, JP
Japanese is the spoken and written language in Fukuoka and across Japan. This is a complex language and a good Japanese phrasebook is strongly recommended. Useful Japanese phrases to use in Fukuoka are as follows:

Hello / Good afternoon - konnichiwa
What is your name? - o-namae wa nan desu ka?
My name is... - watashi wa... desu
How are you? - o-genki desu ka?
Fine - genki desu

Fukuoka Life and Travel Tips: Visa Information and Passports - Fukuoka, Japan, JP
In general, unless you are planning to work during your visit to Fukuoka, or stay for longer than six months, it is not necessary to obtain a visa prior to your arrival. Instead, you will automatically be issued a temporary visitors visa at the airport, known locally as 'tanki-taizai'.