Overview
Hotel Nikko Fukuoka is about three minutes from Hakata Station on foot, with an underground route offering welcome shelter in wet weather. Several restaurants and a wellness club with a heated indoor pool give you reasons to spend an evening at the hotel between sightseeing trips.
Rooms
Room sizes vary considerably. Standard Singles measure 17.5 square metres and Standard Doubles 21.5 square metres, while Superior Twins offer 29.5 square metres. Larger twin and double categories add sofa seating, which is worth considering if you'll spend time in the room between outings.
For three guests, the 35-square-metre Luxury Triple has three separate Simmons beds. A 70-square-metre Japanese-style room overlooks a Japanese garden, while suites provide further options for a longer stay. Wi-Fi and humidifying air purifiers are available throughout the room range.
Facilities
The wellness club has a gym, heated indoor pool and saunas. Access costs extra. Guests must be at least 18, and people with tattoos aren't admitted, so the pool isn't available for families hoping to swim with children.
Laundry and dry-cleaning services are available, along with room service and paid underground parking. You can send clothes out for cleaning during a longer trip or order dinner without going downstairs.
Dining
Breakfast is served either as a Japanese and Western buffet or a Japanese set meal. The buffet includes eggs cooked to order, with a spicy cod roe omelet among the choices. The set breakfast comes with grilled fish and seasonal side dishes, accompanied by rice or rice porridge.
For other meals, guests can choose among Japanese and Chinese restaurants, sushi, teppanyaki, a lounge and a bar. Room-service breakfast is also available if you'd prefer to eat before heading downstairs.
Location and transport
For the street-level walk, leave Hakata Station through the Hakata Gate on its west side. The underground route continues through Hakata Station Underground Shopping Center and the passage toward Gion, with P5 leading to the hotel. Despite this covered approach, the hotel is outside the station building.
The short distance from Hakata Station helps when an itinerary includes rail journeys beyond Fukuoka. It also keeps the station's shops and restaurants within an easy walk of the room.
Airport access
The subway takes about five minutes from Fukuoka Airport's domestic terminal to Hakata Station. Allow additional time to walk through the station and continue to the hotel.
International arrivals can take a direct bus toward Hakata Station or ride the free shuttle to the domestic terminal before joining the subway. The subway station isn't at the international terminal.
Why stay here
You can return from a day trip by train and have dinner at the hotel without another bus or subway ride. Larger twin and triple rooms give couples and small groups alternatives to the compact entry-level categories.
Nearby, JR Hakata City's rooftop garden and observation terrace provide views across the city from above the station. A visit can be combined with dinner in the station complex without planning another journey across Fukuoka.
Good to know
The P5 underground passage is open from 6:00 a.m. until 12:10 a.m.; outside those hours, use the street route. The wellness club closes on the fourth Wednesday of each month.
3-minute walk