By 100-Yen Loop Bus

• At the Hakata JR Station-Hakata Exit 博多口 side, go to Bus Stop A. Ask the Hakata Station Tourist Information Center where it is if you’re not sure.
• Here’s a typical weekday morning timetable. Buses are frequent and come almost every ten minutes, more so during peak hours.
• Almost any of these buses on this weekday timetable will take you to Tenjin for just ￥100 (as long as you get off at one of the bus stops along the Loop’s route. Click here for a pdf map of the 100-yen bus loop route!)
• The ride to Tenjin takes about 12-15 minutes, and a good central location in Tenjin to de-board would be at at the “Tenjin Bus Center-mae” 天神バスセンター前 stop or any of the following bus stop here: Bus Stops 1A, 1B, 2A or 2B.

By Subway (to Tenjin Subway Station 天神地下鉄駅)

• At the Hakata JR Station, find your way to the Hakata Subway Station. Any of the escalators found along the central concourse between the two main exits (Hakata Exit / Chikushi Exit) will lead you down to the Subway Station. Ask the Hakata Station General Information Center where it is if you’re not sure.
• Find a subway ticket machine, and purchase a ￥200 ticket (for Tenjin 天神) from any of the automated subway ticket vending machines lining the entrance. Instructions are also in English.
• You’ll need to line up on the platform whose trains are headed west (Meinohama – Karatsu 姪浜・唐津方面) and not east (Fukuoka Airport 福岡空港). Here’s a weekday timetable for west-bound trains.
• Take any west-bound train, and you’ll soon reach Tenjin 天神 which is just 3 stops away (5 minutes).
• Here’s a map of the Tenjin Subway Station area in Japanese (Akasaka Station is leftward and Nakasu-kawabata Station, rightward.) You’ll exit the station from either of the two light blue areas. To get to the ground level, you’ll need to go out any of the exits marked with numbers (stairs) or letters (escalators). You may want to go to the Information Center 案内場 at the center of the map to get specific point of interest information around Tenjin.
• If you haven’t yet explored the Tenjin Underground Shopping Mall 天神地下街, at the Information Center, you’re at a very good location to start.
• Click here for a primer of Tenjin’s visitor attractions and points of interest.

By Taxi

• The daytime taxi fee to get from Hakata Station to Tenjin would run you about ￥1200, and the ride would take about 10-13 minutes. Rates increase 20% between the hours of 23:00 and 5:00.