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Entertainment in Fukuoka includes a number of live houses throughout the city,
including the up-market Blue Note Music Club Fukuoka. Try checking the schedule
for the Fukuoka Symphony Hall or concerts by the Kyushu Symphony Orchestra. For
theatre, visit the recently built Hakataza Kabuki Theatre and other Japanese theatres.
There is also a Noh theatre in Ohori Park, which regularly showcases excellent
Japanese drama. Cinema is also quite famous in these parts.
For children, Fukuoka city contains many garden and parks. Another name of
entertainment in Fukuoka is the nightlife. Fukuoka city displays a vibrant and
thrilling nightlife and the credit for this go to the nightclubs and bars and
pubs of the city. Nakasu is the famous nightlife district of the city, where
the entertainment in Fukuoka can best be termed "adult". Other notable
nightlife areas of the city are Oyafuko-dori and Nishi-dori. Besides of these
one can also enjoy sports like Football, Rugby and Basketball in Fukuoka. Sports
entertainment in Fukuoka is also big, especially after the Fukuoka Daiei Hawks
won the Japan Series in 1999. Sport fans should not miss the baseball games
at the awesome Fukuoka Dome. One can also enjoy sumo wrestling in Fukuoka as
a national sumo tournament, called the Kyushu Basho, held every November at
the Kokusai Center. For further entertainment in Fukuoka try the great beaches
along the jagged coastline. There are some beaches that have areas for water-skiing,
scuba diving and other related activities. Besides this, Aburayama Citizens'
Forest is perhaps the most famous location in this area. Other surrounding ridges
and mountains are not far from the city provide excellent opportunities for
hiking, solace and other entertainment in Fukuoka.
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