By Subway

• Take the subway from Fukudai-mae 福大前 Station. Purchase a ticket for 320 yen.
• Take any train bound for Tenjin-Minami 天神南.
• Get off the train at Tenjin-Minami (the final stop). It will take you about 16 minutes from Fukudai-mae to Tenjin-Minami.
• THE TRANSFER: When exiting Tenjin-Minami Subway Station, be sure you use the GREEN “transfer” ticket gate. Don’t forget to pick up your ticket. There should be signs in English indicating the location of the transfer ticket gate, along with signs leading you along the way to Tenjin Station on the Kuko Line. Be sure to keep your ticket with you.
• Walk 5-10 minutes through the Tenjin Underground Shopping Mall, for about 550 meters. After 5-10 minutes, you’ll see Tenjin Station. You have 120 minutes to transfer using the ticket you bought. Insert your ticket into the ticket gate and proceed to the platforms.
• Take an east-bound train for Fukuoka Kuko (Airport) 福岡空港. Do not take a train bound for Kaizuka 貝塚 or any west-bound trains. Here’s a weekday timetable for east-bound trains from Tenjin. (On the time table, trains bound for Kaizuka are marked with red 貝.)
• Fukuoka Kuko 福岡空港is the 5th and the last stop, and it will be a 11-minute ride
• After you walk through a ticket gate, you will find yourself in the Domestic Terminal #2 The shuttle bus to the International Terminal leaves from the Domestic Terminal #3. To the Domestic Terminal #3, follow the signs on the wall. Here’s a map of the Airport in Japanese and in English. To see shuttle bus timetable, click here and go to Transport > Buses > Shuttle Bus.