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Hotels & OnsenYouTube
Hidden Onsen Near Fukuoka: Locals Map 30+ Baths — and Beg "Please Don't Spread This"
Fukuoka locals' consensus on their own hot springs starts with a plea — the top comment (72 likes) under a local channel's rundown of ten minor onsen: "Please don't spread this video. I just want to soak in peace." Below it, the comment section turns into a working map: locals add more than 30 baths by name (one commenter alone rattles off 29), pile on geography corrections — the most-liked comment of all (43 likes) fixes which city Yakuoji Onsen is in — and split into camps over Futsukaichi Onsen's two rival bathhouses. They're honest about the ceiling too: "next to Oita, it's not even the same game." That modesty is exactly why these baths stay quiet — and one of the spots they'd send you to instead is a ten-minute walk from Hakata Station.
139 comments7/27/26, 10:32 PM
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Food & RestaurantsYouTube
Where Fukuoka Locals Actually Eat Ramen — and Why Ichiran Never Comes Up
Ask Fukuoka locals to name their ramen shop and the comment section turns into a ballot box: 1,852 comments of shop names, where the second most-liked reply (1,705 likes) is about the shop nobody named — Ichiran, the tonkotsu chain tourists queue for. Locals insist it tastes fine; it's just too expensive for something they eat every week, and tourist-famous ShinShin goes unmentioned too. The most-liked comment of all (2,166 likes) is "the Umakatchan my mom made" — instant ramen, because in Fukuoka tonkotsu is daily food, not a destination. Almost every local named a different shop, and one first-time visitor ended up eating eight bowls trying to settle it. Below, the shops they actually vouched for — starting with a sub-¥300 bowl.
1852 comments7/21/26, 10:39 PM

Hakata

Hidden Onsen Near Fukuoka: Locals Map 30+ Baths — and Beg "Please Don't Spread This"

Where Fukuoka Locals Actually Eat Ramen — and Why Ichiran Never Comes Up