VISITORS GUIDE

This is your monthly guide, but go online for even more information, and pick up a copy of the Now Map and explore on your own! Now, the basics

There are three systems “Nishitetsu”, “Subway”, and “JR”. The subway links the two city centers, Tenjin and Hakata to the Airport. Take “Nishitetsu” to visit sites such as Dazaifu or Yanagawa. Take “JR” to travel outside Fukuoka to Nagasaki, Beppu and the new Kyushu Shinkansen to Kagoshima.

Go almost anywhere aboard Nishitetsu Bus in Fukuoka City! Rates vary by distance, but are just ¥100 within the ¥100 Bus area (see p. 5 ~ 6 yellow area) including Hakata Sta., Sumiyoshi, Yakuineki-mae, Tenjin and Gofukumachi. Combined with Showa Bus, you can go as far as Itoshima from Hakata Station.

Riding the Bus

1. Check the destination on the front and side displays of the bus’s exeterior. Board via the center doors.

2. If paying cash, take a ticket as you board. If you have a nimoca IC card wave it over the sensor, ticket not required.

3. Bus stops and fees are displayed on the monitor next to a driver. The fee appears under the ticket number.

3. Fees are displayed on the monitor above the driver. Match your ticket number to get your fee.

4. Push the stop button to alert the driver that you want to get off at the next stop.

5. Drop the fee and your ticket into the box next to the driver and get off from the front door. If you need change, drop cash into the box next to the driver. When you are using nimoca, wave your card above the sensor.