Name: Fukuoka Youth Hostel
Address: 6-7-23 Hakataeki Minami Hakata-Ku,, Hakata, Hakata, Hakata, 812-0016, Japan
Rating: 7

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Fukuoka Youth Hostel

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It was full house with college students from Osaka attending a tennis tournament.  Once they left for home, we have almost the whole hostel to ourselves. I believe it was not peak season.

The manager of the hostel was hospitalized during our stay. His sister and mum helped  out to run the hostel. Both tried very hard to communicate with us as do not speak Japanese. They were ever so friendly and went out of the way to assist us to book ahead our taxis from hostel to the cruise port terminal and to the airport.  We are appreciative and am grateful for this extra service rendered to us. it made our stay at Fukuoka a good one.

Taxi to airport cost us Yen 800 in early morning (so it is cheaper if you share a cab with friends then to take a bus)
Taxi to port terminal cost us Yen 2000 peak morning hours 

The kitchen and dining room facilities are as per Hosteling International standards, spick and span.  Free instant coffee, tea bags, creamer and sugar are available, and its self service. Remember to clean up after yourself. Two friendly senior ladies do come by to follow up on housekeeping.

We requested for a western bedded room, and it was facing the main road. So if you are a light sleeper, do enquire and request for a room at the back, if any available. Therefore, my rating on noise level in room is a bit lower. Non issue if you sleep like a log in any noisy environment.

There is no lift. So be ready to carry your own luggage to reception, located on 1st floor, and to the rooms on 2nd and 3rd floors. Ground floor is a car park.

Free WIFI is available and Internet connection is excellent at the sitting hall, but not  in  our room.Everyone who needs internet connection, this is the favorite place to hangout, hehe. 

Just adjacent to the hostel, is the Red Cabbage supermarket. We bought our food here. Lots of convenience stores around the hostel too e.g. Family Mart, Lawson and Seven Eleven. If you love chocolates, next door is a chocolate shop.

Another supermarket within walking distance too!  Ramen restaurant is just next to the game center opposite hostel.  A bowl cost Yen 400-450 without side orders. To me is value for money, as it  was yummy as I topped it up with lots of sesame seeds and the helping filled me up real good. 

We took bought a bus ticket (Yen250) from airport to Hakata station and bus # 60 (Yen 190) from Hakata station A Bay to hostel (7th stop).  At this stop, to get your bearings, look up  and around you, and you can see the triangular HI Logo on the Building.  Subsequently, we took to slow walking and its about 30 minutes via the main road. Once we were familiar with the area, there is a shorter route via Plaza 3 (adjacent to hostel) and through some residential area to Hakata station.

I am recommending this hostel to my friends and relatives.

What I need - a  mix of boisterous and a quiet hostel stay, hi

My friend and me had a shared double room and although I won't say it was cheap(7k JPY), but when I visited it was pretty expensive everywhere, hence it was kind of okay. The room was clean, there are many shower rooms, one big bathtub which I couldn't use, about 2 KM's from Hakata station, many youngsters, good if you are looking for cheap options. Even there are few Japanese style restaurants couple of yards from the hotel. Conclusion:if you are in search of a cheap room, then definitely an option. 

Uf you are looking for some cheap stay

As I traveled in Fukuoka during Japan Golden Week,  Supply cannot meet demand, that's why I book this youth hotel.

The location is not good because no subway station at all and it takes 5 mins walking to bus stop.  However, multiple buses can take you to this youth hotel from Hakata bus terminal which are: 17/40/45/60/8/29...Hakata bus terminal is not easy for foreigners to look up which bus you should take.  Suggest use this website to study in advance http://jik.nishitetsu.jp/ 

There're much more Japanese stay in this youth hotel then foreign travelers because it offers free parking lots (in door) and normally foreign traveler doesn't rent a car in Kyushu.  Their room is spacious enough but floor is not clean so that I can even feel the dust.  Maybe it's because I got a last room.  Double-bed room are with down blanket, super comfortable.  Television is so small and built into the closet, so interesting.  Every floor has its shared toilet/basin in individual basin/laundry room and shower room only at lobby floor.  They offer a public tube open for single sex at different time.  Anyway, the private shower rooms are convenient enough.  

Every visitors in this youth hotel are very self-disciplined.   Free coffee, tea is offered in cafeteria and you can pick a comic book from shelf (if you read Japanese)  

PS.  No elevator, so need to carry your luggage or bag by yourself.

Amazing stay

The good: very clean, nice staff, secure rooms. The bad: not really a hostel at all...more of a hotel, hard to meet other people, too quiet and not fun. The location is close enough to the main terminal but still takes 30 mins to walk. The bus is also available and takes 5-8 mins. Overall, this is a good place if you're traveling on a budget and don't plan to socialize but a bad place if you're looking for a hostel vibe/energy

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