(1) By way of "Fukuoka Airport" (Airplane)

Buy a ticket to "Fukudai-mae (福大前)" at "Fukuoka Airport (Fukuoka Kuukoo[Kuko] (福岡空港))" station on the Airport (Kuukoo[Kuko]) subway line. Take a train for "Meinohama, Karatsu (姪浜・唐津)." Get off the train at "Tenjin (天神)" station (11 minutes' ride). Walk through the underground shopping mall (8 minutes' walk) to the "Tenjin-minami (天神南)" station on the Nanakuma (七隈) subway line. Take a train bound for "Hashimoto (橋本)." Get off the train at "Fukudai-mae (福大前)" station (16 minutes' ride). Go out of the subway station from gate #1. Walk 15 seconds, and you will get to the Fukuoka University Main Gate. You can find the white 16-stories building of Bunkei Center (福岡大学文系センター) on the left-hand side. It costs 320 yen from "Fukuoka Airport" to "Fukudai-Mae." You don't have to buy two tickets. You can use one ticket if you buy 320 yen ticket at "Fukuoka Airport" station. Use the green-colored Norikae Kaisatuki (transfer gate) when you change trains at "Tenjin" station. Don't forget to get back the ticket at "Tenjin" station when you go through the toll gate.

(2) By way of "JR Hakata Station" (JR Train)

Buy a ticket to "Fukudai-mae (福大前)" at "Hakata" subway station on the Airport (Kuukoo[Kuko]) subway line. Take a train for "Meinohama, Karratsu (姪浜・唐津)." Get off the train at "Tenjin (天神)" station (5 minutes' ride). Follow the information above for the rest. It costs 290 yen from "Hakata" station to "Fukudai-mae" station. You don't have to buy two tickets. You can use one ticket if you buy 290 yen ticket at "Tenjin" station. Use the green-colored Norikae Kaisatuki (transfer gate) when you change trains at "Tenjin" station. Don't forget to get back the ticket at "Tenjin" station when you go through the toll gate.

(1) By way of "Fukuoka Airport" (Airplane)

Buy a ticket to "Ropponmatsu (六本松)" at "Hakata" subway station on the Airport (Kuukoo[Kuko]) subway line. Take a train for "Meinohama, Karatsu (姪浜・唐津)." Get off the train at "Tenjin" station (11 minutes' ride). Walk through the underground shopping mall (8 minutes' walk) to the "Tenjin-minami" station on the Nanakuma subway line. Take a train bound for "Hashimoto." Get off the train at "Ropponmatsu" station (8 minutes' ride). Go out of the subway station from gate #1. Walk 5-7 minutes back toward "Tenjin" or "Kego" on the right side of route 202, and you can find "Gokoku-jinjya-mae" bus stop ahead. Turn to the right at the corner before you reach the bus stop. Walk 3 minutes, then you can find the gate of Fukuoka University Seminar House on the right-hand side. Enter the gate, and go up the slope for about 3 minutes, you will get to Fukuoka University Seminar House. It takes 10-15 minutes on foot from "Ropponmatsu" subway station. The subway fare is 290 yen from "Fukuoka Airport" to "Ropponmatsu." You don't have to buy two tickets. You can use one ticket if you buy 290 yen ticket at "Fukuoka Airport" station. Use the green-colored Norikae Kaisatuki (transfer gate) when you change trains at "Tenjin" station. Don't forget to get back the ticket at "Tenjin" station when you go through the toll gate.

(2) By way of "JR Hakata Station" (JR Train)

Buy a ticket to "Ropponmatsu (六本松)" at "Hakata" subway station on the Airport (Kuukoo[Kuko]) subway line. Take a train for "Meinohama, Kararatsu (姪浜・唐津)." Get off the train at "Tenjin" station (5 minutes' ride). Follow the information above for the rest. It costs 250 yen from "Hakata" station to "Ropponmatsu" station. You don't have to buy two tickets. You can use one ticket if you buy 250 yen ticket at "Hakata" subway station. Use the green-colored Norikae Kaisatuki (transfer gate) when you change trains at "Tenjin" station. Don't forget to get back the ticket at "Tenjin" station when you go through the toll gate.

(3) From "Ropponmatsu" subway station to "Fukudai-mae" subway station

Buy a ticket to "Fukudai-mae (福大前)" at "Ropponmatsu (六本松)" subway station. Take a train for "Hashimoto (橋本)." Get off the train at "Fukudai-mae" station (8 minutes' ride). Go out of the subway station from gate #1. Walk 15 seconds, and you will get to the Fukuoka University Main Gate. You can find the white 16-stories building of Bunkei Center on the left-hand side. It costs 250 yen from "Ropponmatsu" to "Fukudai-mae."

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