{"id":29965,"date":"2019-09-15T20:48:54","date_gmt":"2019-09-15T12:48:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.chekyang.com\/musings\/?p=29965"},"modified":"2026-03-14T19:51:34","modified_gmt":"2026-03-14T11:51:34","slug":"11-days-in-chugoku-kyushu-day-01-fukuoka-castle-ruins","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.chekyang.com\/musings\/2019\/09\/15\/11-days-in-chugoku-kyushu-day-01-fukuoka-castle-ruins\/","title":{"rendered":"11 Days in Ch\u016bgoku &#038; Kyushu \u2013 Day 01 \u2013 Fukuoka \u2013 Castle Ruins"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A third place of interest is the old <strong>Fukuoka Castle Ruins<\/strong>. The starting point of the park where the ruins are located \u2014 Maizuru Park \u2014 is about 6 minutes away from Ohori Park and an easy walk, but there&#8217;s a gentle climb up to get to the castle ruins themselves. Nothing too difficult, though the pathway is laden with cobblestones, with a sign that warns visitors to be extra careful during wet weather. There isn&#8217;t much to see in the ruins themselves, but if you make your way to the top, you&#8217;d get a decent enough 360-degree view of Fukuoka city, though the foreground is partially obstructed by the flora in Ohori and Maizuru parks.<\/p>\n<p>Still, the spot again is congestion-free, and there is no admission charge too. So, if you&#8217;re in the vicinity, why not. :)<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-29972\" src=\"https:\/\/www.chekyang.com\/musings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/japan-kyushu-map-03-1024x661.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"770\" height=\"497\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.chekyang.com\/musings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/japan-kyushu-map-03-1024x661.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.chekyang.com\/musings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/japan-kyushu-map-03-300x194.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.chekyang.com\/musings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/japan-kyushu-map-03-768x496.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.chekyang.com\/musings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/japan-kyushu-map-03.jpg 1355w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 770px) 100vw, 770px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-29967\" src=\"https:\/\/www.chekyang.com\/musings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/blog-2019-japan-chugoku-kyushu-day-01-A7_06944-fukuoka-castle-ruins.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1000\" height=\"714\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.chekyang.com\/musings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/blog-2019-japan-chugoku-kyushu-day-01-A7_06944-fukuoka-castle-ruins.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/www.chekyang.com\/musings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/blog-2019-japan-chugoku-kyushu-day-01-A7_06944-fukuoka-castle-ruins-300x214.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.chekyang.com\/musings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/blog-2019-japan-chugoku-kyushu-day-01-A7_06944-fukuoka-castle-ruins-768x548.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-29968\" src=\"https:\/\/www.chekyang.com\/musings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/blog-2019-japan-chugoku-kyushu-day-01-A7_06945-fukuoka-castle-ruins.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"550\" height=\"770\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.chekyang.com\/musings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/blog-2019-japan-chugoku-kyushu-day-01-A7_06945-fukuoka-castle-ruins.jpg 550w, https:\/\/www.chekyang.com\/musings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/blog-2019-japan-chugoku-kyushu-day-01-A7_06945-fukuoka-castle-ruins-214x300.jpg 214w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 550px) 100vw, 550px\" \/> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-29969\" src=\"https:\/\/www.chekyang.com\/musings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/blog-2019-japan-chugoku-kyushu-day-01-A7_06947-fukuoka-castle-ruins.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"770\" height=\"550\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.chekyang.com\/musings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/blog-2019-japan-chugoku-kyushu-day-01-A7_06947-fukuoka-castle-ruins.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/www.chekyang.com\/musings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/blog-2019-japan-chugoku-kyushu-day-01-A7_06947-fukuoka-castle-ruins-300x214.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.chekyang.com\/musings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/blog-2019-japan-chugoku-kyushu-day-01-A7_06947-fukuoka-castle-ruins-768x548.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 770px) 100vw, 770px\" \/> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-29970\" src=\"https:\/\/www.chekyang.com\/musings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/blog-2019-japan-chugoku-kyushu-day-01-A7_06956-fukuoka-castle-ruins.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"550\" height=\"770\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.chekyang.com\/musings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/blog-2019-japan-chugoku-kyushu-day-01-A7_06956-fukuoka-castle-ruins.jpg 550w, https:\/\/www.chekyang.com\/musings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/blog-2019-japan-chugoku-kyushu-day-01-A7_06956-fukuoka-castle-ruins-214x300.jpg 214w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 550px) 100vw, 550px\" \/> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-29971\" src=\"https:\/\/www.chekyang.com\/musings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/blog-2019-japan-chugoku-kyushu-day-01-IMG20190915115628-fukuoka-castle-ruins.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"770\" height=\"578\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.chekyang.com\/musings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/blog-2019-japan-chugoku-kyushu-day-01-IMG20190915115628-fukuoka-castle-ruins.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/www.chekyang.com\/musings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/blog-2019-japan-chugoku-kyushu-day-01-IMG20190915115628-fukuoka-castle-ruins-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.chekyang.com\/musings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/blog-2019-japan-chugoku-kyushu-day-01-IMG20190915115628-fukuoka-castle-ruins-768x576.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 770px) 100vw, 770px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>Summary<\/strong>: An easy walk from Ohori Park to the starting point, but beyond that there are some gentle slopes to go up, followed by stairs. If you&#8217;re in the vicinity and have about 30 minutes to spare, you can check it out and be treated to a view of the city. But even if not, you won&#8217;t be missing too much.<\/p>\n<p>Continued in the next post about the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.chekyang.com\/musings\/2019\/09\/15\/11-days-in-chugoku-kyushu-day-01-fukuoka-rakusuien-garden\/\">Rakusuien Garden<\/a>!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A third place of interest is the old Fukuoka Castle Ruins. The starting point of the park where the ruins are located \u2014 Maizuru Park \u2014 is about 6 minutes away from Ohori Park and an easy walk, but there&#8217;s<\/p>\n<div class=\"entry-read-more\"><a class=\"read-more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.chekyang.com\/musings\/2019\/09\/15\/11-days-in-chugoku-kyushu-day-01-fukuoka-castle-ruins\/\">Read More<span class=\"cleanwp-sr-only\">  11 Days in Ch\u016bgoku &#038; Kyushu \u2013 Day 01 \u2013 Fukuoka \u2013 Castle Ruins<\/span><\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":29967,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[17],"tags":[661,658,608,613],"class_list":["post-29965","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-traveling","tag-chugoku-kyushu-japan-2019","tag-oppo-reno-10x-zoom","tag-sony-a7-iii","tag-sony-fe-24-105mm-f4-0","wpcat-17-id"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.chekyang.com\/musings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/blog-2019-japan-chugoku-kyushu-day-01-A7_06944-fukuoka-castle-ruins.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.chekyang.com\/musings\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29965","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.chekyang.com\/musings\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.chekyang.com\/musings\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.chekyang.com\/musings\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.chekyang.com\/musings\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=29965"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.chekyang.com\/musings\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29965\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":38506,"href":"https:\/\/www.chekyang.com\/musings\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29965\/revisions\/38506"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.chekyang.com\/musings\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/29967"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.chekyang.com\/musings\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=29965"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.chekyang.com\/musings\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=29965"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.chekyang.com\/musings\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=29965"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}