What you'll do

With so much to taste, your only limitation is your appetite. Try not to overdo it on too many chargrilled chicken yakitori – or pork belly, a Fukuoka specialty – at a riverside yatai food stall, and weave through the part of Nagahamasengyo Fish Market never frequented by foreigners for the city’s favorite delicacy: uni (sea urchin). Inhale the rich aroma of your flannel drip coffee (locals say it’s extra smooth) at a trendy cafe, or slurp up umami noodles at your host’s best tonkotsu ramen spot. Motsunabe, a hearty stew made from offal, is a winter must-have (or, you could try its more docile sister, chicken mizutaki). Mackerel is at its freshest in Fukuoka – so fresh, it’s the only place in the world you can eat it as raw, sesame-marinated gomasaba.

Where you’ll go

From traditional to trendy, simple to sophisticated, your local host can help you find it all in Fukuoka. Start on Nakasu Island in the city center, where, at 6pm, the riverside transforms into an atmospheric pop-up market: yatai – mobile food stalls serving street food – form a snaking line along the island’s edge, and locals descend to get their fill. Head to the neighboring area, hipster Daimyo, for a quick flannel drip coffee (or sake at a tachinomiya – standing bar – if that’s more your speed) with trendy twentysomethings and quirky otaku playing a boisterous card game. One mile south of Daimyo, congregate with hordes of hungry locals in restaurant-lined Shirogane – the perfect place to slurp down tonkotsu ramen in the city that invented it.

- Explore an area of Fukuoka hand-picked by your host for having the best food in the city
- See all the places locals love to eat, and have a helpful local insider to decipher all the dishes
- Taste the foods that make Fukuoka famous across Japan, like street food from yatai stalls, and tonkotsu ramen
- Experience the city’s ultra-modern cafe culture, and try coffee styles that only exist in Japan
- Let your local host give restaurant and food recommendations for the rest of your trip
- This experience will be personalized to you!
- What’s included
- Private and personalized experience
- 4 hours with a host
- 6-8 tastings of various local food and 2 drinks
- Scenic walking experience (other transport can be arranged at an additional cost)
- Flexible meeting point to be agreed upon with your host
- What’s not included
- Additional food and drinks from the ones provided in the experience
- Tickets to any attractions
- Transportation costs
- Gratuities (optional)
Your hotel/apartment or any other central location
Cancel 14 days before the experience for a full refund

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Fukuoka Food Tour

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