Shopping Spots in Kitakyushu Area

  • RIVERWALK Kitakyushu
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    3.5
    159 Reviews
    Leisure / Hobbies
    Fukuoka Pref. Kitakyushushikokurakitaku Muromachi 1-1-1
    Surrounded by gorgeous nature and history, Riverwalk Kitakyushu is a facility with various functions including culture, art, information and commerce. Visitors can enjoy the open spaces of Ogura Castle, Murasaki River and Katsuyama Park while doing their shopping or going to the art museum or theater. The abundance of events makes people want to visit over and over again. The Riverwalk is approximately three minutes on foot from the JR Nishi-Kokura Station and approximately ten minutes from the JR Kokura Station.

    We walked from our hotel to the Kokura castle and walked through Kitakyushu area. There are beautiful bridges built across the river and the modern architecture around the bridges provide a nice...

  • ChaCha Town Kokura
    Leisure / Hobbies
    Fukuoka Pref. Kitakyushushikokurakitaku Sunatsu 3-1-1
    This is a large commercial complex located in Sunatsu, with an array of shops and facilities lined up together inside including consumer electronics, daily sundries, restaurants, and a movie theater. The symbol of the complex is a large Ferris wheel of height 60 meters and diameter of 50 meters, from which one can look out over Kokura. Of the 36 gondolas just two are transparent and visitors often form a line to use them. Events such as concerts and illuminations are held throughout the year, bringing in a lot of visitors.
  • Tanga Market
    Shopping
    Fukuoka Pref. Kitakyushushikokurakitaku Uomachi 4-2-18
    Originating in the Taisho era and boasting over 100 years of history, this is sometimes called the kitchen of Kitakyushu. Inside the market are lined dozens of stalls including fresh fish vendors, meat vendors and greengrocers, and everything from locally-caught fresh fish dishes as well as specialties including mentaiko (spicy cod roe) to dried goods and side dishes. The famous “Daigaku-don” (Daigaku rice bowl) offered by Daigakudo allows one to take a bowl of white rice around the different stalls and pick whichever toppings they like for their own original rice bowl.
  • Umi Terrace Buzen
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    4.0
    1 Reviews
    Shopping
    Fukuoka Pref. Buzenshi Unoshima 76-31
    A shop directly operated by a fishery cooperative located in Buzen City, Fukuoka Prefecture. Located in the Unoshima Fishing Port, on the first floor the establishment sells fresh, seasonal fish delivered direct by the fishermen themselves. The establishment has a fish preserve and visitors can see the seafood swimming vigorously within. In the second-floor restaurant, customers can enjoy sashimi and other fresh, seasonal seafood delights. Note that all of the restaurant's dishes are limited in quantity and as such it's best to get here as early as possible.

    豊前市の宇島漁港隣にある海産物の直売所とレストランがある施設です。訪問した2021年の6月は、感染対策としてレストランは休業していましたが、1階の直売所には朝どれの元気な海産物が泳いでいました。この時期の豊前海の名物なんといってもハモでしょう。処理料として200円を支払って骨切りまで処理を隣の調理室で行ってもらえます。ハモしゃぶ用の出汁とりに使う骨も綺麗に処理してもらえます。半身をハモしゃぶで、半...

  • AIM
    Leisure / Hobbies
    Fukuoka Kitakyushu-shi Kokurakita-ku Asano 3-8-1 AIM Building
    A multipurpose complex located a five-minute walk from JR Kokura Station. The complex was opened in April 1998 as the core facility of a project designed to promote imports in the Kitakyushu City area. There are corporate offices and showrooms; the Kitakyushu Trade and Investment One-Stop Service Center (KTI Center), which assists local companies in international business matters; a childrearing assistance center; the AIM Square commerce center; and a passport center. There are also rental conference rooms for business meetings and rental halls which can be used for training seminars.
  • Sandwich Factory OCM
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    4.5
    86 Reviews
    Shopping
    Fukuoka Pref. Kitakyushushikokurakitaku Sembamachi 3-6 Kondo Annex 2F
    A sandwich shop located in Kokurakita Ward, Kitakyushu City. Employing an order system in which customers choose any two from among a selection of 18 fillings, the shop's wide-ranging choices include dry-cured ham, hamburg steaks, and fruits. You can also order your sandwich toasted. In addition to sandwiches, the shop offers salads, soups, toast, desserts, and more.

    For a family of four, we spent 3600. We each got a sandwich and a drink. The sandwiches were amazing. The service was pretty good too. They spoke enough English that we could customize our...

  • Kokura Kamaboko (Main Shop)
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    Fukuoka Pref. Kitakyushushikokurakitaku Konyamachi 2-20
    A kamaboko steamed fish paste shop located in Kokurakita Ward, Kitakyushu City. The kamaboko sold by this long-standing shop, established in 1920, are made carefully one at a time by the hands of skilled masters using the highest quality fish paste. In addition to standard kamaboko varieties, the shop's canapes, fish paste wrapped in thin slices of bread and deep fried, are also popular.
  • Plat Pit
    Shopping
    Fukuoka Kitakyushu-shi Kokurakita-ku Asano 1-1-1 Kokura Sta. Konai
  • Nukadaki Tachibana
    Shopping
    Fukuoka Kitakyushu-shi Kokurakita-ku Uomachi 4-1-15 Tanga Ichiba
    A shop in Uomachi Town 4-Chome, Kokurakita Ward, that specializes in Nukadaki, a traditional Kokura dish. The shop is located along the Tanga Market Shopping Street, also called Kitakyushu's Kitchen, and they offer handmade Nukadaki made with only the finest carefully chosen ingredients. Nukadaki, or sardines and mackerel slow cooked in Nuka-Miso salted rice bran paste, are soft to the bone and easy to eat.
  • Iwataya Mochigashi
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    4.0
    4 Reviews
    Gourmet / Alcohol
    Fukuoka Kitakyushu-shi Kokurakita-ku Uomachi 4-1-24
    A Japanese confectioner in Uomachi Town 4-Chome. Located along the Tanga Market Shopping Street, also called Kitakyushu's Kitchen, they offer traditional Japanese sweets with a focus on mochi treats such as daifuku red bean paste filled rice dumplings and warabi-mochi, a dumpling made with bracken starch. They also offer other sweets including traditional sekihan azuki red beans and rice and special daifuku that are delicious even when chilled including their Sui-Daifuku (Water Daifuku) and Hiyashi-Daifuku (Chilled Daifuku).

    小倉駅で下車して、北九州の庶民の台所旦過市場をあてもなくウロウロしました。こういうところに来ると懐かしさを感じるのは昭和生まれの特性でしょうか?この市場内で歴史を感じる和菓子店を見つけました。何度も通っていたのに初めて気づいたような感じです。市場をぶらぶら歩きながらの間食用に「蜂蜜入り蒸しパン」を1ケだけ購入しました。ブドウやサツマイモを乗せたものなどがあります。歩きながら食べてみるとサツマイモの...

  • Cake Gallery Esprit
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    4.5
    12 Reviews
    Gourmet / Alcohol
    Fukuoka Kitakyushu-shi Yahatahigashi Nishihonmachi 2-2-1
    A western-style confectioner located along Kokusai-dori Street in Nishihonmachi Town 2-Chome. They manufacture and sell handmade western treats including cakes, eclairs, choux cremes, roll cakes, and more all made with fresh, healthy ingredients. Their Nama-Pie, made by wrapping thick custard cream in a crispy pie crust, is fast gaining popularity.

    クレジットカードとPayPayが効きました。 家族の誕生日ケーキとして生パイを購入しました。いつも売り切れになるので予約して購入しました。 またクレジットカードやIDもききました、ただ1,500円以上での利用となります。 PayPayは関係ないらしいです。

  • AMUPLAZAKOKURA (Amu Plaza Kokura)
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    3.5
    70 Reviews
    Shopping
    Fukuoka Kitakyushu-shi Kokurakita-ku Asano 1-1-1

    Amu Plaza is a shopping mall, managed by JR Kyushu, and it is found in several locations. That of Kokura is not so big as that of Hakata, but clean and bright. You can comfortably enjoy shopping. It...

  • THE OUTLETS KITAKYUSHU (THE OUTLETS Kitakyushu)
    Shopping
    Fukuoka Kitakyushu-shi Yahatahigashi Higashida 4-1-1
  • AEON MALL Yahatahigashi
    Shopping
    Fukuoka Kitakyushu-shi Yahatahigashi Higashida 3-2-102
  • COSTCOWHOLESALE Kitakyushu Warehouse
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    Fukuoka Kitakyushu-shi Yahatanishi-ku Honjo Gakkendai 1-2-12
  • Aeon Town Kurosaki
    Shopping
    Fukuoka Kitakyushu Yahatanishi Nishimagarimachi 3-1
  • AEON Tobata (AEON Tobata Shopping Center)
    Shopping
    Fukuoka Kitakyushu-shi Tobata-ku Shioimachi 2-2
  • IZUTSUYA Kokura
    Shopping
    Fukuoka Kitakyushu-shi Kokurakita-ku Senbamachi 1-1
  • Youme Town Yukuhashi
    Shopping
    Fukuoka Yukuhashi-shi Nishi-miyaichi 3-chome 8-1
  • Sun Live City Kokura
    Shopping
    Fukuoka Kitakyushu-shi Kokuraminami-ku Kamikuzuhara 2-14-1

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