Hotel, hostel or AirBnB? Tenjin or Hakata?
Which are the best districts for value? Which hotels in Fukuoka have the best breakfast? Which are the best place for enjoying yatai stalls at night?
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I stayed at the Royal Park Hotel near Hakata station in 2019, and would really recommend it for anyone looking for mid priced hotels. Aside from being close to the station, it was well located for most of the other sites via the subway and walking. It’s off the main roads, so was very quiet.
We stayed at WeBase Hakata Hostel, right near Nakasukawabata station. Booked a private twin room, but were upgraded to one with 4 beds. The rooms are quite small but extremely clean and modern. The beds are comfortable. There was also a free, but very basic, breakfast. Best of all, it only cost us about 2400 yen per person and night. Our cheapest stay in Japan and we definitely paid a lot more for worse hotels. I’d stay there again for a short stay, and definitely recommend it if you mainly want a place to sleep.
If you’re frequenting JR trains to areas outside Fukuoka, better stay at Hakata Station, plenty of reasonably-priced business hotels around the station. Dining options are also good but not as good as Tenjin’s. But if you’re more invested on staying in Fukuoka, Tenjin is a better option since the crazy huge underground mall and the buzzing Nakasu district are within walking distance.
Learned the hard way that there are two Daiwa Roynet hotels near Gion station that are across the street from each other. One is old work small unit baths (so cheaper) but the one across the street is a new hotel with the large shower/bath/wet rooms. If your budget allows, opt for the new hotel over the old one.
– [New Daiwa Roynet](https://maps.app.goo.gl/GqRTPA2EvRUqnLKW9?g_st=ic)
– [Old Daiwa Roynet](https://maps.app.goo.gl/hwpGGjtUJ63AkoTS7?g_st=ic)
Good general tip to always look carefully at the photos of the bathrooms as that will tell you if it’s an old location of a hotel chain or one of their new builds. Particularly helpful if you’d prefer to avoid the [small unit bathrooms.](https://resources.realestate.co.jp/living/japanese-apartment-bathrooms-explained/)
Stayed at the Grand Hyatt. Not exactly cheap but very reasonable. Clean room and great service. Attached walkway to Canal City and 3min walk to yatai by the canal. Would recommend.
We stayed at ‘lyf Tenjin’ two months ago and it was a nice hotel, though rooms were a bit small (2 people). Great location & good for a few days!