The churches listed below offer Christmas worship service or mass in English, Korean, or Spanish.
English
Catholic Daimyo-machi Church
2-7-7 Daimyo, Chuo-ku
092-741-3687
12/24 (Fri.) 19:00 / 21:30 クリスマスイヴ・ミサ
12/24 (Fri.) 24:00 クリスマスイヴ礼拝
12/25 (Sat.) 10:00 クリスマス・ミサ
12/25 (Sat.) 16:00 Christmas mass
Fukuoka International Church (Baptist)
1-12-45 Daimyo, Chuo-ku
092-716-7789
12/19 (Sun.) 10:45 Christmas worship service
Christmas meals will be served after the service.
12/24 (Fri.) 19:00 Christmas Eve worship service
Christmas meals will be served after the service.
Hakata New Life Church (Japan Assemblies of God)
3-13-29 Hakataeki-minami, Hakata-ku
092-481-5477
12/19 (Sun.) 10:30 Christmas worship service
around 12:00 Christmas Pot Luck Party
Seinan Gakuin Baptist Church
7-5-35 Nishijin, Sawara-ku
092-821-2852
12/5 (Sun.) 17:00 English Christmas
12/19 (Sun.) 10:40 クリスマス礼拝
12/24 (Fri.) 19:00 クリスマスイヴ賛美礼拝
Korean
Fukuoka Chuo Korean Christian Church, Japan (Presbyterian)
Kyushu Christian Center 2F 2-7-7 Maizuru, Chuo-ku
092-715-4250
12/19 (Sun.) 11:00 Christmas Day worship service
12/24 (Fri.) 20:00 Christmas Eve worship service
Spanish
Minoshima Pastoral Center (Catholic)
2-5-31 Minoshima, Hakata-ku
092-431-1419
12/24 (Fri.) 19:00 Christmas mass
Peruvian-style Christmas party after the mass.
Fukuoka
Atago Shrine / 092-881-0103
At Atagoshinden (the main shrine), celebrate the new year to the sound of taiko drumming, and see the pearl orange and emerald green illuminations light up at midnight. This is also one of the most popular spots to see the first sunrise of the new year.
Dazaifu Tenmangu Shrine / 092-922-8225
Something that everyone should do when in Japan, joya-sai: visit a shrine, reflect on what went wrong and what went right in the past year, and thank the gods. Pray for a good coming year, too, and see what it’s like to ring in the new year in a traditional Japanese way. From 22:30 at the main shrine, honden.
Kitakyushu
Space World / 093-672-3600
It’s the annual “That’s Countdown!” Enjoy a special live performance by YU-A, Countdown Bingo, fireworks and a night parade. Attractions are open all night and a Countdown Free Pass lets you enter from 16:00.
Mojiko Retro / 093-332-0106
Romantic illumination of the retro area from 23:00 and Kanmon Bridge. Fireworks and fog horn blasts from ships at midnight.
River Walk Kitakyushu / 093-573-1500
Located near Kokura Castle and Yasaka Shrine, River Walk promises a great new year’s eve atmosphere! After the countdown on a big screen monitor, go and get your fuku-bukuro, a Japanese new year lucky bag!
Kurume
Daihonzan Zendoji Temple / 0942-47-1006
Over 1,000 people gather at this temple to hear bells on New Year’s Eve. Line up for a number and your chance to strike the bell! First 1,200 people also get tickets for free commemorative noodles. Ticket distribution starts at 22:00
Itoshima
Fukui Hakusan Shrine / 092-326-6334
Yo Kagura is a ceremonial dance for new year. Five dances will be performed on the New Year’s Day. Warm your body with free amazake and welcome the solemn New Year’s Day. Starts at 0:15.
Nagasaki
Huis Ten Bosch / 0956-27-0001
At 18:00, Huis Ten Bosch becomes a “Country of light” with fireworks letting us know that this year’s countdown party has started! Don’t miss the live concert or the climactic fireworks display – which is one of the biggest in Kyushu!
Kumamoto
Greenland / 0968-66-1112
Countdown event in the amusement park in Japan with the greatest number of attractions – 80! Spectacular fireworks explode on the cusp of the New Year.
