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Fukuoka, Japan

Top food to try in Fukuoka

6 dishes to eat in Fukuoka, what is in them, and where they belong.

Last updated 2026-08-09

1. Hakata tonkotsu ramen

Hakata tonkotsu ramen
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Thin straight noodles in a milky pork-bone broth, with kaedama refills. This is its birthplace.

2. Motsunabe

Motsunabe
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Offal hotpot with cabbage and garlic chives, a Fukuoka invention.

3. Mentaiko

Mentaiko
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Spicy marinated pollock roe, the city's signature product, eaten with rice or in pasta.

4. Mizutaki

Mizutaki
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A clear chicken hotpot, gentler than motsunabe and equally local.

5. Goma saba

Goma saba
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Raw mackerel in sesame and soy — possible here because the fish is landed daily.

6. Amaou strawberries

Amaou strawberries
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A local cultivar, large and intensely sweet, in season through winter.

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