Canal city is a shoppers Mecca. It is an artificially made shopping city with hundreds of shops and restaurants conveniently placed between Hakata and Tenjin. There are so many shops here that you could not possibly finish them all in one day, and there are different sections for different shopping styles, including a kids corner on the lower floors.  

The city itself is built around a “water canal” that hosts different water displays, including a 10 meter high fountain accompanied with a musical concert.

I love just to walk around this place and look at people and couples having fun. It is a great place to go with your friends as it is quite easy to continue to other parts of the city from here as well.

On the picture to the top left the main stage is shown. If there isn’t any show currently going on, then your are free to go there and take a look at the beautiful architecture. The first floor usually gets really crowded with kids and families, but you can see the performance from the other floors as well. The stage is perfect for performances that require a lot of open space vertically, as it is some 20 meters to the ceiling. The ceiling however is half open, so the canal is still under bare sky.

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On the top floor there is a massive cinema complex that runs the latest movies. I’m not sure whether or not they have 3D movies, but I think so. This is one of the biggest cinemas in Fukuoka and it really fun to go there.

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