By plane
Fukuoka Airport (IATA: FUK) is located to the east of the city, surprisingly close to the city centre (the domestic terminal is only 2 subway stops away from the Hakata JR station - there is a ~10 min. free bus connecting the intl. terminal to domestic). Within the country, Japan Airlines and ANA fly to Fukuoka from most larger cities, including Tokyo (both Haneda and Narita), Osaka (Itami and Kansai), and Nagoya (Komaki and Centrair Airport). There are scheduled flights to most major cities in China and South Korea, as well as Taipei, Hong Kong, Singapore, Bangkok, Manila, Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City, but the only scheduled transpacific flights are to Honolulu and Guam.
The airport is split into 4 terminals.
T1 and T2 are essentially different parts of the same building, 5 min apart on foot. The subway station is located under Terminal 2.
� Terminal 1 handles domestic flights to smaller cities (e.g. Sendai, Komatsu, and those around Kyushu)
� Terminal 2 covers larger cities (e.g. Nagoya, Okinawa/Naha, Osaka, Sapporo, Tokyo).
� Terminal 3 is also for domestic passengers, but is not used for departing flights.
� The International Terminal is on the opposite side of the runway and requires a 10-min bus transfer to/from T2 (remember, T2 is where the subway station is located). Free, leaving about every 10 min.
From Tokyo, flying to Fukuoka is much faster than the Shinkansen, and not significantly more expensive. The usual one-way fare on Skymark Airlines from Tokyo Haneda is �19,800, compared to �22,320 from Tokyo Station on the Nozomi Shinkansen, and steep discounts are available if you book in advance (as low as �5,300 with Skymark's "SKY Bargain" discount). The flight takes 2 hr while the train takes five. If you have a Japan Rail Pass (JR Pass), of course, you'll still want to take the train, though you can't take
