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Tenjin and Nakasu hotels in Fukuoka: 5 picked from 376
Approximate, at the rate on 2026-10-02. You pay in yen.
- Where to stay in Fukuoka Tenjin: Daimyo, Tenjin-Minami or the Nakasu yatai side
- Weekday rates start from about ¥10,000 at Lamplight, ¥15,000 at Tokyu Stay
- Separate bath, sink and toilet at Esperia; washer-dryer in every Tokyu Stay room
The five
| Best for | Where to book | Score | Weeknight (per person) | Saturday |
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| A book-and-cafe hotel in Daimyo, 8 min from Tenjin — if you can’t decide | Lamplight Books Hotel Fukuoka Check price |
80/100 | ¥10,000–16,000 | ¥22,000–43,000 |
| 1 min from Nakasu-Kawabata station, with a view bath | Hotel Resol Trinity Hakata Check price |
79/100 | ¥12,000–18,000 | ¥28,000 |
| Separate bath, sink and toilet, 3 min from Nakasu-Kawabata | Esperia Hotel Fukuoka Nakasu Check price |
78/100 | ¥12,000–18,000 | ¥27,000–37,000 |
| A redesigned design hotel, walking distance to the Nakasu yatai | Hotel Il Palazzo Check price |
77/100 | ¥19,000–40,000 | ¥32,000–49,000 |
| Washer-dryer and microwave in every room, 3 min from Tenjin-Minami | Tokyu Stay Fukuoka Tenjin Check price |
69/100 | ¥15,000–21,000 | ¥32,000–63,000 |
Prices are the cheapest per person found on Rakuten Travel for Wednesdays and Saturdays between 2026-11-04 – 2026-12-26, for 2 adults in one room (checked 2026-10-26). They move daily — the link shows live prices.
The booking links go to Agoda, which shows today’s price and lets you pay in your own currency. Its price can differ from the Rakuten Travel figures above.
A book-and-cafe hotel in Daimyo, 8 min from Tenjin
Reviews: Rakuten Travel 4.46/5 (105) · Agoda 9.2/10 (4,174) · 4,279 in total
- Built around reading: take a book and a coffee at two in the morning
- Lowest weekday rate of the five
Why it made the five
- A books-and-cafe space that stays lit 24 hours a day.
- Eight minutes from exit 3 at Tenjin, six from exit 5 at Akasaka.
- Last check-in at 5am (listed as 29:00).
- From about ¥10,000 per person with breakfast on a weeknight.
Getting there: Eight minutes on foot from exit 3 at Tenjin station, or six from exit 5 at Akasaka station (Kuko subway line).
Language and payment: Rakuten lists a few staff with a little English. Visa, Mastercard, JCB and American Express are accepted. No shared bath, so tattoos do not come up.
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Right for: Wanting a base in Tenjin that is a little out of the ordinary, at a low weekday rate.
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Not for: No bath house, and check-out is at 10am.
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Worth knowing: There is no car park; the hotel directs you to coin parking nearby.
Score breakdown — 80/100
| Criterion | Stars | Why |
|---|---|---|
| Quality | ★★☆☆☆ | The categories Rakuten does show (room and others) average 4.46 |
| Value for money | ★★★★★ | ¥10,000–16,000 per person on a weeknight (Rakuten, breakfast) — 64% of the median of everything we compared |
| Easy to stay | ★★★★★ | Eight minutes from exit 3 at Tenjin, six from exit 5 at Akasaka; a books-and-cafe space lit 24 hours; last check-in 5am; paid coin laundry and rental bicycles. |
| Trust | ★★★☆☆ | 4.46 across 105 reviews (Rakuten Travel 105) |
| Only here | ★★★★★ | A hotel built around reading, with a books-and-cafe space that never turns its lights off. |
1 min from Nakasu-Kawabata station, with a view bath
Reviews: Rakuten Travel 4.43/5 (2,925) · Agoda 8.9/10 (10,873) · 13,798 in total
- The communal bath is upstairs
- 2,925 reviews average 4.43
Why it made the five
- One minute from Nakasu-Kawabata station; exit 4 has an escalator and lift.
- A communal view bath with mineral water (artificial hot spring).
- A convenience store in the building.
- From about ¥12,000 per person with breakfast on a weeknight.
Getting there: One minute on foot from Nakasu-Kawabata station (Kuko and Hakozaki subway lines): exit 1 is stairs only, exit 4 has an escalator and lift.
Language and payment: Rakuten lists a few staff with a little English, Chinese and Korean. Visa, Mastercard, JCB, American Express and debit cards are accepted. The bath is communal and nude in the Japanese way — if you have a tattoo, ask the hotel first.
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Right for: A long soak after walking Nakasu and the riverside at night.
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Not for: No washing machine in the room (there is paid coin laundry).
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Worth knowing: The doors close at 1am; after that you call reception on the intercom.
Score breakdown — 79/100
| Criterion | Stars | Why |
|---|---|---|
| Quality | ★★☆☆☆ | The categories Rakuten does show (room and others) average 4.40 |
| Value for money | ★★★★★ | ¥12,000–18,000 per person on a weeknight (Rakuten, breakfast) — 77% of the median of everything we compared |
| Easy to stay | ★★★★★ | Check-out 11:00; one minute from Nakasu-Kawabata station, exit 4 with escalator and lift; a communal view bath (artificial hot spring); a convenience store in the building; paid coin laundry. |
| Trust | ★★★☆☆ | 4.43 across 2,925 reviews (Rakuten Travel 2,925) |
| Only here | ★★★★☆ | A communal view bath with mineral water, one minute from Nakasu-Kawabata station. |
Separate bath, sink and toilet, 3 min from Nakasu-Kawabata
Reviews: Rakuten Travel 4.40/5 (821) · Agoda 8.8/10 (755) · 1,576 in total
- Most Japanese city hotels fit the bath, sink and toilet into one small unit
- Two people can get ready in the morning without queueing
Why it made the five
- Bath, washbasin and toilet in three separate spaces.
- ReFa items in every room.
- About three minutes from exits 6 and 7 at Nakasu-Kawabata.
- Last check-in at 5am (listed as 29:00).
Getting there: About three minutes on foot from exits 6 and 7 at Nakasu-Kawabata station (Fukuoka City Subway).
Language and payment: Rakuten lists a few staff with a little English. Visa, Mastercard, JCB and American Express are accepted. No shared bath, so tattoos do not come up.
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Right for: Two people sharing who want a bathroom that does not get in the way.
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Not for: No bath house; a small hotel of 87 rooms.
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Worth knowing: There is no car park.
Score breakdown — 78/100
| Criterion | Stars | Why |
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| Quality | ★★☆☆☆ | The categories Rakuten does show (room and others) average 4.38 |
| Value for money | ★★★★★ | ¥12,000–18,000 per person on a weeknight (Rakuten, breakfast) — 76% of the median of everything we compared |
| Easy to stay | ★★★★★ | Check-out 11:00; about three minutes from exits 6 and 7 at Nakasu-Kawabata; bath, washbasin and toilet all separate; last check-in 5am; paid coin laundry. |
| Trust | ★★★☆☆ | 4.4 across 821 reviews (Rakuten Travel 821) |
| Only here | ★★★☆☆ | Bath, washbasin and toilet are three separate spaces, and every room has ReFa items. |
A redesigned design hotel, walking distance to the Nakasu yatai
Reviews: Rakuten Travel 4.62/5 (1,785) · Agoda 9.0/10 (2,503) · 4,288 in total
- A long-established design hotel that has been redesigned
- 77 rooms
Why it made the five
- 4.62 across 1,785 reviews; room 4.76, bath 4.70.
- Walking distance to the Nakasu yatai and Canal City.
- Most staff near-native in English, according to the Rakuten listing.
- Check-out at 12:00.
Getting there: Six minutes on foot from exit 6 at Tenjin-Minami (Nanakuma line), seven from exit 1 at Nakasu-Kawabata (Kuko line); about six minutes by taxi from JR Hakata station.
Language and payment: Rakuten lists most of the staff as near-native in English, and a few with a little Chinese and Korean. Visa, Mastercard, JCB, American Express, Alipay and WeChat Pay are accepted. No shared bath, so tattoos do not come up.
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Right for: A late night at the yatai and a slow morning after it.
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Not for: Six or seven minutes from the station, and no bath house.
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Worth knowing: Early check-in or late check-out means booking an extra night.
Score breakdown — 77/100
| Criterion | Stars | Why |
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| Quality | ★★★★☆ | The categories Rakuten does show (room and others) average 4.73 |
| Value for money | ★★☆☆☆ | ¥19,000–40,000 per person on a weeknight (Rakuten, breakfast) — 123% of the median of everything we compared |
| Easy to stay | ★★★★★ | Check-out 12:00; six minutes from exit 6 at Tenjin-Minami, seven from exit 1 at Nakasu-Kawabata; the Nakasu yatai and Canal City within walking distance; most staff near-native in English; Alipay, WeChat Pay and other QR payments. |
| Trust | ★★★★☆ | 4.62 across 1,785 reviews (Rakuten Travel 1,785) |
| Only here | ★★★★★ | A redesigned long-established design hotel, with room and bath scores both above 4.7. |
Washer-dryer and microwave in every room, 3 min from Tenjin-Minami
Reviews: Rakuten Travel 4.42/5 (851) · Agoda 9.1/10 (4,115) · 4,966 in total
- Five subway stops from Fukuoka airport
- Laundry and a small kitchen help halfway through a long trip
Why it made the five
- A washer-dryer and microwave in every room.
- Some rooms with a mini kitchen.
- Three minutes from exit 6 at Tenjin-Minami.
- Last check-in at 3am (listed as 27:00).
Getting there: Three minutes on foot from exit 6 at Tenjin-Minami (Nanakuma line), seven from exit 16 at Tenjin; five stops on the Kuko line from Fukuoka airport.
Language and payment: Rakuten lists a few staff with a little English. Visa, Mastercard, JCB and American Express are accepted. No shared bath, so tattoos do not come up.
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Right for: A long trip, with laundry to do in the room.
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Not for: Breakfast scores only 3.10 on Rakuten, and there is no bath house.
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Worth knowing: On multi-night stays, light cleaning is on request: hang the sign on the door.
Score breakdown — 69/100
| Criterion | Stars | Why |
|---|---|---|
| Quality | ★★☆☆☆ | The categories Rakuten does show (room and others) average 4.48 |
| Value for money | ★★★☆☆ | ¥15,000–21,000 per person on a weeknight (Rakuten, breakfast) — 100% of the median of everything we compared |
| Easy to stay | ★★★★★ | Check-out 11:00; a washer-dryer and microwave in every room; three minutes from exit 6 at Tenjin-Minami; some rooms with a mini kitchen; last check-in 3am. |
| Trust | ★★★☆☆ | 4.42 across 851 reviews (Rakuten Travel 851) |
| Only here | ★★★★☆ | Every room has a washer-dryer and microwave, and some have a mini kitchen. |
Know before you book
- Fukuoka airport is on the Kuko subway line, and so are Nakasu-Kawabata and Tenjin — no change of train. It is one of the shortest airport-to-centre trips of any big Japanese city.
- Tenjin is the shopping district: department stores, a long underground mall and the Nishitetsu bus centre. Nakasu is the island between the two rivers, with the yatai along its western bank.
- The yatai are open-air food stalls with a counter and a few stools, serving ramen, oden and grilled food from the evening until late. Nakasu and Tenjin both have them.
- Haruyoshi and Watanabe-dori, just south of Tenjin, are quieter streets between the two districts; Tenjin-Minami station on the Nanakuma line puts them a few minutes from Hakata station.
- Daimyo and Akasaka, west of Tenjin, are cafe and boutique streets. Akasaka is one stop from Tenjin on the airport line.
- Prices here are per person with breakfast, for two sharing. Saturday rates here often run close to double the weekday ones.
How we chose: theme, conditions, scoring
How we chose
- Candidates: every property in Tenjin and Nakasu listed on Rakuten Travel — 376
- Passed the review filter (counts and averages on Rakuten Travel, the one site that lists every property in the area): 78
- Met every condition below: 60
- Kept: five, each the best at something different
Where the facts come from
- Facts: Rakuten Travel property information (in some articles, each hotel’s own site too)
- Prices: Rakuten Travel live availability, Wednesdays and Saturdays over eight weeks
- Reviews: the count and average on Rakuten Travel, as given in each hotel’s Trust row. Agoda’s reviews are shown under each hotel name for reference only and do not count towards the score
Conditions (all of them, not most of them)
- In Rakuten Travel’s Tenjin, Nakasu, Yakuin, Fukuoka Dome and Itoshima district
- At least 100 reviews on Rakuten Travel, averaging 4.0 or better
- The cheapest rate falls between ¥5,000 and ¥30,000 per person per night
- The listing states a walking time from a station
Scoring
Five criteria, one to five stars each, weighted to one hundred points. Every star says where the number came from.
- Quality20 pts
- The average of the scores Rakuten Travel publishes for the room, the bath and the food.
- Value for money25 pts
- The cheapest breakfast-inclusive rate against the median of the hotels we compared.
- Easy to stay30 pts
- Minutes from the station, a bath house, and check-out time.
- Trust20 pts
- Review counts and averages published by Rakuten Travel.
- Only here5 pts
- What this hotel has that the other seven do not.
What we dropped
| Property | Verdict | Why |
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| Hotel JAL City Fukuoka Tenjin | Runner-up (68/100) | 68 points to Tokyu Stay’s 69: similar price and reviews, and its strength — breakfast — does not count for as much as an in-room washer-dryer on a long trip. |
| Hotel Okura Fukuoka | Runner-up (64/100) | 64 points: the station connection is excellent, but at about ¥17,000 per person on a weeknight it costs more than the median and its room and bath scores average only 4.48. |
| Solaria Nishitetsu Hotel Fukuoka | Runner-up (64/100) | 64 points: the most central address of the eight, but weeknights start at about ¥20,000 per person, 129% of the median, and room and bath scores average 4.48. |
| Hotel Marinoa Resort Fukuoka | Outside the theme | 4.63 across 512 reviews, but it is reached by a free shuttle bus of about 20 minutes from Meinohama station — not a walk from the centre. |
| Fukuoka Prince Hotel Momochihama | Outside the theme | 4.55 across 125 reviews, but it is about 20 minutes on foot (or six by taxi) from Nishijin station. |
| Glocal Hotel Itoshima | Outside the theme | 4.46 across 496 reviews with a large bath, but it is in Itoshima, seven minutes by taxi from Hatae station — a different trip from staying in Tenjin. |
| 298 hotels | Below the floor | Fewer than 100 reviews, or an average below 4.0. |
Questions visitors ask
How do I get in from Fukuoka airport?
Take the Kuko subway line from the airport’s domestic terminal. Nakasu-Kawabata and Tenjin are both on it, with no change of train; Hotel Okura Fukuoka is connected to Nakasu-Kawabata station itself. For the Tenjin-Minami hotels, change at Hakata to the Nanakuma line, or walk from Tenjin.
Where are the yatai?
The yatai are open-air food stalls that set up in the evening — the well-known ones line the western bank of Nakasu along the river, and more stand around Tenjin. Hotel Il Palazzo lists the Nakasu yatai as within walking distance, and Hotel Resol Trinity Hakata and Esperia Hotel are a few minutes from Nakasu-Kawabata. They run late.
Tenjin or Hakata?
Hakata is the station district — the Shinkansen and most of the business hotels. Tenjin is the shopping and nightlife half, with Nakasu and the yatai between the two. If you are mostly eating, shopping and walking, stay in Tenjin or Nakasu; if you are arriving and leaving by Shinkansen with heavy bags, Hakata is easier.
Is there a hotel with a big bath?
Hotel Resol Trinity Hakata has a communal view bath with mineral water heated in hot-spring style, one minute from Nakasu-Kawabata station. It is a Japanese-style bath: wash first at the taps, then soak, no swimwear, and if you have a tattoo, ask the hotel first.
Can I do laundry?
Tokyu Stay Fukuoka Tenjin has a washer-dryer in every room, plus a microwave, and some rooms have a mini kitchen. Lamplight Books Hotel, Hotel Resol Trinity Hakata and Esperia Hotel have paid coin laundries.
When were these prices checked?
We searched Rakuten Travel availability for Wednesdays and Saturdays between 4 November and 26 December 2026, taking the cheapest room with breakfast for two sharing and showing it per person. Weeknights for the five start between about ¥10,000 and ¥19,000. Prices move daily — the link on each hotel shows what it costs today.
Changes
- 2026-10-29 First published. Scored from 376 candidates.