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Our guide
Nakasu is an island between the Naka and Hakata rivers in Fukuoka City — the name means “the island in the middle” — and it is the city's red-light district. It takes its name from a short-lived but popular entertainment quarter of Edo in the late eighteenth century.
This page is for the food stalls. Our source does not describe them, and we have not checked where or when they open, so check local information before you go. Nakasu-Kawabata Station is about 300 m away in a straight line, and Canal City Hakata and Hakata-za are both about 0.4 km off.
Written by japan-spots.com (2026-09-22) from the sources credited on this page. Distances are straight lines between map positions.
Photos
Photos from Wikimedia Commons, each under its own licence — see credits
- Seiryū Park Fukuoka Hakata Yatai Nakasu 1-chōme Hakata-ku Fukuoka 20250401 174434 — Hirho · CC BY-SA 4.0 · source · resized
- Hakata yatai and yatai food - 2024 Sept 24 various — Nesnad · CC BY 4.0 · source · resized
- Hakata yatai and yatai food - 2024 Sept 24 various 11 27 34 241000 — Nesnad · CC BY 4.0 · source · resized
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- Hakata yatai and yatai food - 2024 Sept 24 various 11 28 09 741000 — Nesnad · CC BY 4.0 · source · resized
- Hakata yatai and yatai food - 2024 Sept 24 various 11 28 17 151000 — Nesnad · CC BY 4.0 · source · resized
- Hakata yatai and yatai food - 2024 Sept 24 various 11 28 24 850000 — Nesnad · CC BY 4.0 · source · resized
- Hakata yatai and yatai food - 2024 Sept 24 various 11 28 34 420000 — Nesnad · CC BY 4.0 · source · resized
- Hakata yatai and yatai food - 2024 Sept 24 various 11 28 56 889000 — Nesnad · CC BY 4.0 · source · resized
What this place is
Nakasu (中洲) is the red-light district of Fukuoka City, Fukuoka Prefecture, Japan. It is an island between the sandbank of the Naka River (那珂川, Nakagawa) and the Hakata River (博多川, Hakatagawa). It is named after a popular, but very short-lived, entertainment quarter of Edo, which existed in the late 18th century. The name "Nakasu" can be translated as "the island in the middle", as Nakasu is an island between two rivers.
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What to expect at this type of place: Food
Nearby station
Nearby station: Nakasu-Kawabata (Kūkō Line), about 300 m from the spot in a straight line.
Worked out on 2026-09-14 from this place’s map position, using HeartRails Express station data and station names from Wikidata. The distance is a straight line, not a walking route, and says nothing about buses, transfers or timetables — plan the trip on Google Maps.
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