Japan · Fukuoka Prefecture · Fukuoka
Maizuru, Fukuoka — Area Guide & Where to Stay
Maizuru is a district of Fukuoka registered as 舞鶴一丁目, a compact grid of streets lying between Nagahama and Daimyō.
About Maizuru
Where to stay in Maizuru
Each area has its own feel; here's who each one suits.
Nagahama sits closest of all. Ōtemon, Akasaka and Kego all stand within a short walk, and the Tenjin shopping streets are near enough that a stay in 舞鶴一丁目 rarely calls for a train. You want compactness rather than quiet here. Daimyō, Kego and Nanotsu fall inside the same short circuit of streets, which keeps the choice between them a matter of minutes rather than of transport.
About Maizuru
What are the main landmarks in Maizuru?
No monument is listed inside 舞鶴一丁目. The register that covers Maizuru names the district itself and nothing standing in it, so what a visitor actually walks to lies in the blocks around: Nagahama, Daimyō, Tenjin and Ōtemon. Akasaka and Kego are the same distance again.
Maizuru's own contribution is its ground plan, a short grid of central Fukuoka streets that carries an address and little else in the way of listed fabric.
What is the history of Maizuru?
Maizuru carries no recorded founding year. Its name survives in the registered address 舞鶴一丁目 and in nothing older, since the district file opens with that registration rather than with any charter or dated foundation. Fukuoka sits within Fukuoka Prefecture in Japan.
Neighbouring names in the same register are set down the same way, so Nagahama, Ōtemon and Akasaka all count as districts of the city rather than as separate settlements.
Where is Maizuru?
Maizuru occupies a compact block of Fukuoka, with Nagahama, Daimyō, Ōtemon and Akasaka close around it, in Fukuoka Prefecture, Japan.
Good for
More areas in Fukuoka
Updated August 2026