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Ōtemon, Fukuoka — Area Guide & Where to Stay
Ōtemon is a single chōme of Fukuoka registered as Otemon 1-chome and ringed by Minato, Arato and Akasaka.
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Where to stay in Ōtemon
The practical side of choosing where to sleep.
Ōtemon sits a little back from the busiest of Fukuoka's central ground, with Nagahama, Minato and Akasaka each about the same short walk away and Maizuru only a touch further. Arato is equally close. You trade a headline address for quieter streets. Kuromon, Daimyō and Ōhori sit at the far end of that walk, which is the whole range of choice from a room in Otemon 1-chome.
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Minato flank of Ōtemon
The Ōtemon streets facing Minato, one of the closest neighbours of Otemon 1-chome.Find hotels in Minato flank of Ōtemonwalking out of Ōtemon into AratoArato side
Where Ōtemon gives out toward Arato, an equal step from the middle of the chōme.Find hotels in Arato sidereaching Akasaka on foot from ŌtemonAkasaka corner of Ōtemon
Ōtemon's Akasaka corner, its shortest link to a busier neighbourhood.Find hotels in Akasaka corner of Ōtemonthe long walk out of Ōtemon toward ŌhoriŌhori and Kuromon end
The Ōtemon edge pointing at Ōhori and Kuromon, furthest of the district's approaches.Find hotels in Ōhori and Kuromon endHotel links are affiliate links: booking through them may earn us a commission, at no extra cost to you. It never affects how places are ranked. How this works
About Ōtemon
What are the main landmarks in Ōtemon?
Nagahama, Minato and Arato all hold ground within a short walk of Ōtemon, but the register enters no landmark at all inside the district's own boundary. Otemon 1-chome stands alone in its entry. A single chōme with a name and a boundary is the whole of it, and what a visitor walks to belongs to Akasaka, Maizuru, Kuromon or Ōhori instead.
What is the history of Ōtemon?
Ōtemon holds one numbered chōme and no recorded founding. The register gives Otemon 1-chome a name and a boundary, and it gives Fukuoka the district, but it does not reach back past the address to anything that could be called an origin. Fukuoka Prefecture governs above, in Japan. Maizuru, Nagahama and Arato share that silence, so an older Ōtemon, if these streets ever knew one, is not what the file preserves.
Where is Ōtemon?
Ōtemon is one chōme of Fukuoka with Nagahama, Minato, Akasaka and Maizuru at much the same remove, in Fukuoka Prefecture, Japan.
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What is the best area to stay in Ōtemon?
Minato flank of Ōtemon: an Ōtemon room turned toward Minato. Arato side: walking out of Ōtemon into Arato. Akasaka corner of Ōtemon: reaching Akasaka on foot from Ōtemon. Ōhori and Kuromon end: the long walk out of Ōtemon toward Ōhori.
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Updated September 2026