Originally Posted by
hikouki
I think perhaps I WILL just fly to FUK... If so, schedule will look like:
Dec 26 (FRI): Arrive before 11AM (Not sure there is enough time to have an excursion on this day? Half day city tour of Fukuoka?)
Dec 27 (SAT): Whole day to Nagasaki? Or Huis Ten Bosch + Sasebo?
Dec 28 (SUN): Probably best day to go to Hiroshima?
Dec 29 (MON): Kumamoto? Kagoshima? Or Fukuoka?
Dec 30: Depart. (One flight option leaves at 9AM, and the other at around 6PM - Maybe shopping day in Fukuoka?)
Which places are good to visit in Winter time? It's not like this will be my last time to visit here. I would probably want to visit again in late-summer or early autumn when it is a bit more green than December.
I have a Japan TTP card. Does FUK have the automated gates?
Check on the opening hours.
Whole day to Nagasaki. Do this on a good weather day so that you can enjoy the view from the top of the ropeway and Glover Garden.
If weather is not good then ok to visit Hiroshima. Streetcar to Genbaku Dome Mae. View the dome, walk thru Peace Park to museum, then a different streetcar from behind the museum to the station. Ok for a rainy day as you will be inside the museum for most of the time.
I would choose Kumamoto for the castle if I wanted a third daytrip.
You probably want to visit Dazaifu, near Fukuoka. This website has good access info:
Plan | Dazaifu Tenmangu