Tokyo is famous for being home to two of the three tallest towers in Japan – Tokyo Tower and Tokyo Skytree – but Fukuoka isn’t to be left behind. At 234 meters high, the third tallest tower in Japan happens to be Fukuoka tower!

So for all our Japanese language students who want to go tower-hopping while in Japan (yes, that is a real thing!) we highly recommend Fukuoka tower. It’s not that expensive to go up, and the views over the city and sea are breathtaking. You can even seen GenkiJACS Fukuoka if you look hard enough! (Find the large green blob – Ohori park – and look East from there…)

Fukuoka Tower, like every tall tower in a big city, is a landmark everyone visits when they stop over here. Though it is relatively small (at 234 meters), it is the tallest seaside tower in Japan. It was built in 1989 and welcomes tourists to its observation deck nearly every day of the year. In the evening, it lights up, and the decorations change according to the season. General admission is 800 yen per person but if you are a tourist you are eligible for discount. From the tower you can have a good view of the city as well as the sea. By the way, on March 20th, there is a big matsuri marking the anniversity of the tower.