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Best Hotels Near Kiyama Station | Ancient Ramparts on the Commuter Line
Kiyama is a Fukuoka commuter town that happens to guard a 7th-century mountain fortress — an easy hillwalk…
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Best Hotels Near Tosu Station | Kyushu’s Great Junction
Tosu is where Kyushu's main lines cross — a junction town with a beloved kashiwa-udon platform stand, premium…
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Best Hotels Near Saga Station | Balloons, Beef & the Quiet Capital
Saga is the quiet capital between Fukuoka and Nagasaki — home of the great autumn balloon fiesta, superb…
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Best Hotels Near Fukuoka Airport Station | Japan’s Most Convenient Landing
Fukuoka Airport sits five subway minutes from Hakata — the most convenient big-city airport in Japan. Here's the…
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Best Hotels Near Meinohama Station | The Seaside Subway Terminus
Meinohama is west Fukuoka's junction, where the subway becomes the JR Chikuhi line toward Itoshima's beaches — a…
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Best Hotels Near Tenjin Station | Fukuoka’s Downtown Heart
Tenjin is Fukuoka's downtown — department stores above, a subterranean mall below, yatai stalls and Daimyo's bars around…
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Best Hotels Near Tosa-Yamada Station | Caves, Anpanman & the Mountain Line
Tosa-Yamada is the jump-off for Ryugado — one of Japan's great limestone caves — and the joyful Anpanman…
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Best Hotels Near Asakura Station | Kochi’s Student West End
Asakura is Kochi's university quarter at the tram line's western reach — student eats, a venerable shrine, and…
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Best Hotels Near Gomen Station | Anpanman’s Hometown Junction
Gomen is the junction east of Kochi where JR meets the coastal Gomen-Nahari line — and the heart…
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