How do you combine Fukuoka and Yamaguchi?
Yes. Fukuoka and Yamaguchi combine well on one trip. As a rough guide, allow 2 days in Fukuoka and a full day in Yamaguchi, around 3 days in total.
How the two connect
Fukuoka and Yamaguchi are only about 117 km apart, close enough to combine on the same trip without long transfers, and easy to do as a day trip in either direction. The nearest airport to Fukuoka is Fukuoka Airport (FUK), about 4 km away; for Yamaguchi it is Yamaguchi Ube Airport (UBJ), about 33 km away, so you can fly into one and out of the other.
Suggested days
- Fukuoka
- 2 days
- Yamaguchi
- a full day
- Together
- 3 days · about 117 km apart
These are starting points, not fixed rules. Add a day to whichever place matches your interests, and build in the travel time between them.
Explore both places
Tours and day trips from Fukuoka
- From Fukuoka: Miyazaki, Takachiho Gorge And Shrine Day Tour
- Hakata Shore Excursion: Custom Car Tour, Licensed Guide
- Day Tour to Miyazaki Takachiho Gorge & Shrine depart from Fukuoka
- From Fukuoka Kyushu Itoshima Hidden Gems Day Tour
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Day suggestions are a planning guide based on each place's size and profile, not fixed itineraries. Distances are great-circle figures derived from place coordinates; airport data from OurAirports. How Head Your Way compiles its data.