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There are endless urban centers to in Japan beyond Tokyo and Kyoto. To move in a other direction from those two heavily touristy cities, head southwest to the island of Kyushu and its largest metropolis, Fukuoka.

The city is the largest sixth in Japan, and its population landed at 1. 6 million. Substantial, but not excessive as the 14 million tokyo. Fukuoka “is classified as one of the maximum habitable cities in Japan, with an explosive starting scene and a young and artistic power that reforms his future,” Southeast Travel & Leisure said in Asia. Beats such as the center of a Japanese city, however, unlike Kyoto and Tokyo, can do all his vacation to Fukuoka without seeing another Gaijin (strange).

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Several rivers, adding the Naka, Mikasa and Hakata, converge in Fukuoka and adhere to Hakata Bay in the northwest finish of the city. To see how Fukuoka comes alive when the sun is immersed under the horizon, the “more than 150 yatai food plays, or cell food cars,” located on the northern shore of the Naka River, said Afar. Dine in Gyoza, Yakitori and Oden (hot pot). In the stands, “the seat arrangements are so intimate that it will surely make fliacies. “

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Tonkotsu Ramen

Americans in cities like Los Angeles and New York City have become hypnotized by the rich, porky allure of Hakata ramen, a style that demands a milky, intense tonkotsu (pork-bone) broth. You will find both solid and sublime versions of tonkotsu ramen across Fukuoka. As Junot Díaz said in Condé Nast Traveler, “what counts as outstanding in a ramen periphery like New York would only rate as pretty good in a ramen metropole like Fukuoka.”

Bekk is worth a day trip to Kitakyushu, an hour by train northeast of Fukuoka. Its chef-owner, Koji Suganuma, melds Italian and Japanese cuisines into a bombshell hybrid. The menu at Bekk rolls with the microseasons. Fresh ginkgo nuts might appear in a rice-flour tartlet to start, followed by a sequence of deftly handled local fish and pork, pasta and an airy rice tiramisu with figs to finish. Comforting and reviving, Bekk is the kind of restaurant you would want to visit monthly — if you lived around the corner rather than a few oceans away.

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Ritz’s advanced position -Carlton in Fukuoka opened its doors in 2023, a “new intelligent and discreet property,” said Condé Nast Traveler, built on the site of an ancient elementary school and in the “Chic district and Hakata de Top with her Giant tree The streets limited through which a network of channels go to be lazy.

Scott Hocker is an award-winning freelance writer and editor at The Week Digital. He has written food, travel, culture and lifestyle stories for local, national and international publications for more than 20 years. Scott also has more than 15 years of experience creating, implementing and managing content initiatives while working across departments to grow companies. His most recent editorial post was as editor-in-chief of Liquor.com. Previously, he was the editor-in-chief of Tasting Table and a senior editor at San Francisco magazine.