Dormy Inn Premium

Fukuoka


Its rates aren't the cheapest in town and its rooms are pretty cramped, but that doesn't tell the whole story. The Dormy Inn has a natural onsen (hot spring) in addition to in-room showers, and rates include nightly bowls of ramen. Plus, the location next to Canal City is hard to beat. Prices rise substantially at weekends.

Its 122 rooms (all nonsmoking) are done up in warm earth tones and bold Hakata-ori weaving patterns, and sliding doors keep corridor noise at bay. Look for discounts on the website.


Lonely Planet's must-see attractions

Nearby Fukuoka attractions

1. Hakata Local History Museum

0.17 MILES

On the grounds of the Kushida-jinja shrine, this old-school museum has many displays about the Hakata Gion Yamakasa Matsuri, as well as swords, ancient…

2. Kushida-jinja

0.19 MILES

The intimate Kushida-jinja, municipal Shintō shrine of Hakata, traces its history to AD 757 and sponsors the Hakata Gion Yamakasa Matsuri, in which…

3. Hakata Machiya Furusato-kan

0.21 MILES

Spread over three machiya (traditional Japanese townhouses), this folk museum re-creates a Hakata nagare (neighbourhood unit) from the late Meiji era…

5. Rakusuien

0.27 MILES

This small but pretty garden and teahouse was built by a Meiji-era merchant in 1906 and offers a couple of paths, a rushing waterfall and tea ceremony. In…

6. Tōchō-ji

0.33 MILES

Tōchō-ji houses the Fukuoka Daibutsu, Japan's largest seated wooden Buddha (10.8m high, 30 tonnes, completed in 1992) and some impressively carved Kannon …

7. Sumiyoshi-jinja

0.33 MILES

Sumiyoshi-jinja is said to be the original taisha (grand shrine) of Shintō's Sumiyoshi sect. The main kami (divine beings) enshrined here are protectors…

8. Kihinkan

0.46 MILES

Built in 1910, this historic French Renaissance–style building, a nationally registered important cultural property, can be found just across the river…