Entertainment in Fukuoka

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.