Current time in Fukuoka, Japan
The current local time in Fukuoka is shown below. Fukuoka observes JST.
What's the daylight saving status?
Fukuoka does not observe daylight saving time. The local offset is fixed year-round.
When are sunrise & sunset today?
What are the timezone facts?
What's the timezone history of Fukuoka?
Fukuoka's western location near 130 degrees east places it well to the west of the meridian for the national offset, so solar noon arrives around 20 minutes after the civil midday, the reverse of the situation in eastern Japan. Though the city is geographically nearer to Korea, which happens to share the same UTC+9 offset, than to much of its own country, it keeps the single Japanese clock adopted in 1888 with no seasonal change at any point in the year.
What are the working hours in Fukuoka?
Fukuoka has cultivated a reputation as a base for start-ups and small business, helped by lower costs than Tokyo and an active city-government drive to attract entrepreneurs and foreign founders. Conventional offices run 09:00 to 18:00, while the food and service economy, including the open-air yatai stalls along the river, sustains long evening trading. Proximity to Korea and China supports cross-border commerce and tourism. The Golden Week, Obon, and New Year clusters apply, alongside the Hakata Gion Yamakasa festival in July.
Where is Fukuoka?
Fukuoka sits on the northern shore of Kyushu, the south-westernmost of Japan's four main islands, facing the Korea Strait. Around 1.6 million people live in the city, the largest on Kyushu and the economic centre of the island. It lies closer to Seoul and Busan than to Tokyo, a proximity that has shaped its long history as Japan's gateway to the Asian mainland, from medieval trade to the Mongol invasions repelled on its shores in the thirteenth century.