Fukuoka City Science Museum
A hands-on science museum built around a 25-meter planetarium dome.
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Fukuoka City Science Museum
SaveA hands-on science museum built around a 25-meter planetarium dome.
The fourth-floor workshop has glass walls, so you can watch new exhibits being built from outside.
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The museum takes up floors three to six of a complex beside Ropponmatsu subway station. Its permanent exhibition on the fifth floor is split into space, environment, daily life, life itself and the future, and is built to be touched. The sixth-floor dome theater is 25 meters across with 220 seats. Optical and digital projectors combine to run from a night sky to the edge of the universe. The fourth floor holds picture-book story sessions, and a third-floor booth puts you on screen as an announcer.
| Stroller friendly | Yes | Strollers are lent free of charge — ask at the general information / ticket counter on the 3rd floor | Web-checked | checked Aug ’26 | fukuokacity-kagakukan.jp |
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| Nursing space | Yes (2) | Nursing rooms on the 4th and 6th floors | Web-checked | checked Aug ’26 | fukuokacity-kagakukan.jp |
| Diaper changing table | Yes | Changing tables are fitted in the multi-purpose toilet on every floor | Web-checked | checked Aug ’26 | fukuokacity-kagakukan.jp |
| Family restroom | Yes | A multi-purpose toilet on every floor, each with a changing table | Web-checked | checked Aug ’26 | fukuokacity-kagakukan.jp |
| Outside food allowed | Yes | You may eat food you bring in the 4th-floor exchange rooms and the 6th-floor foyer, though these can be closed for school groups or events. Eating elsewhere is not allowed, and there are no bins — take your rubbish with you | Web-checked | checked Aug ’26 | fukuokacity-kagakukan.jp |
| English support | English menu & signs | Leaflets about the museum are available in English, Chinese (simplified and traditional) and Korean. Some dome theater programmes offer English, Chinese and Korean audio through the AssistHorn infrared headset | Web-checked | checked Aug ’26 | fukuokacity-kagakukan.jp |
| Indoor / outdoor | Indoor | All indoors, on floors 3 to 6 of the Ropponmatsu 421 complex | Web-checked | checked Aug ’26 | fukuokacity-kagakukan.jp |
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Worth a look before you go
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What you can actually do at Fukuoka City Science Museum, and how to play the permanent exhibition
Shape a planet with your hands, kick to sort energy, ride the shaking chair. Science shows run 3+ times a day.
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Fukuoka City Science Museum with a one-year-old turned out to be the find of the trip
The 4F baby space is free and shoes-off, with a nursing room by it. Two hours, and the child never left the stroller.
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Lunch around Fukuoka City Science Museum, picked for families with children
A local writer's twelve places, all his own photos. Yamamoto's hamburger shop takes strollers and has high chairs.
kyusyutravelguide.com2026
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A full day at Fukuoka City Science Museum: exhibits, the dome theater, and where lunch fits
Re-entry is allowed, so eat out at 11 before it fills. Parking 6 minutes away caps at ¥600; floor-3 lockers refund ¥100.
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- Fee：Coming into the building is free; you only pay for the 5th-floor permanent exhibition and the 6th-floor dome theater. Each is ¥510 for adults, ¥310 for high school students and ¥200 for primary and junior-high pupils. Pre-school children are free with a guardian. An annual pass is ¥3,060 / ¥1,830 / ¥1,020. There is no senior discount. Holders of a disability certificate and one carer get in free. A Fukuoka subway day pass or family ticket gives 10% off■
- Hours：9:30-21:30, though opening times differ by area. Closed Tuesdays and 28 December to 1 January. When a Tuesday falls on a public holiday it opens and the next weekday closes instead. It opens every day through the spring, Golden Week, summer and winter holidays (except the new year period)■
- Time needed：150 min
- Booking：Tickets are sold at the general information / ticket counter on the 3rd floor. Tickets for the 5th-floor permanent exhibition alone can also be bought through Asoview■Official booking site ↗