Kami-kawabata Shōtengai

Kami-kawabata Shōtengai is a mall in Hakata, Fukuoka, Fukuoka. Kami-kawabata Shōtengai is situated nearby to the Shinto shrine Kushida Shrine, as well as near Hakata Machiya Folk Museum.

Type: Mall
Description: shōtengai in Kami-kawabatamachi, Hakata-ku, Fukuoka City, Japan
Also known as: “Kami-kawabata Shotengai”
Postal code: 812-0026

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Kushida Shrine and Hakata Machiya Folk Museum.

Kushida Shrine

Shinto shrine

Photo: z tanuki, CC BY 3.0.

Kushida-jinja is a Shinto shrine located in Hakata-ku, Fukuoka, Japan. Dedicated to Amaterasu and Susanoo, it is said to have been founded in 757. The Hakata Gion Yamakasa festival is centred on the shrine. Kushida Shrine is situated 180 metres east of Kami-kawabata Shōtengai.

Hakata Machiya Folk Museum

Museum

Photo: そらみみ, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Hakata Machiya Folk Museum is situated 250 metres east of Kami-kawabata Shōtengai.

Fukuoka Asian Art Museum

Museum

Photo: Jojimuke, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Fukuoka Asian Art Museum is a museum of Asian art that opened in Hakata, Fukuoka, Fukuoka Prefecture, Japan in 1999. The collection of modern and contemporary art comprises some three thousand works from twenty-three countries. Fukuoka Asian Art Museum is situated 330 metres northwest of Kami-kawabata Shōtengai.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Nakasu and Nakasu-Nakashimamachi.

Nakasu

Quarter

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Nakasu is the red-light district of Fukuoka City, Fukuoka Prefecture, Japan. It is an island between the sandbank of the Naka River and the Hakata River.