First things first in Fukuoka. Jot down these numbers and put it in your wallet or your ketai (cellphone).
Here are some important information on Fukuoka:
- Ambulance: Residential phone, dial 119. Payphone: push the red emergency button, then dial 119
- Police: Dial 110
- Phone number for obtaining disaster information: 0180-99-9595
- Fire: 119 Warn others too by saying “Kaji da!” (fire!)
Here is a handy printout from the Fukuoka International Association which contains some of these important numbers and a few Japanese phrases to help you report something. (Click here). Print it and put it near your home phone or bring it along with you in your wallet.
Also visit the Fukuoka City Disaster/Crisis Management Information or tune in to Love FM (76.1MHz) for English language announcements in case of a city wide emergency.
For Fukuoka Disaster Alerts, email mamoru@bousaimobile.pref.fukuoka.lg.jp
Great tip! Maybe you can leave your number too so we can contact you and get you as our tour guide in Fukuoka. 😀
Please leave your number so we can get in touch with you. You are an interesting writer! Maybe we can have sake together.
Hi….
Glad to have stumbled on your blog. My husband and I are coming to Fukuoka and Nagasaki for a week towards the end of October and your articles have been really useful, especially the food ones cos we love Japanese food.
I was wondering if you are familiar with the Catholic churches in Fukuoka. My husband and I need to attend mass as we'll be there on a weekend. We've trawled the net for mass times (preferably in English) but to no avail. Can you help?
Cheers!
Joyce and Teddy
Singapore
Hi Joyce and Teddy, thanks for visiting our blog.
As a mater of fact I am familiar with Catholic churches in Fukuoka. There is an English mass in Daimyo Catholic church in the Daimyo area of Fukuoka City every Sunday at 4:00p.m. The closest subway station is Tenjin. Its a 5 minute walk from there. It is right in front of Nishitetsu Grand Hotel. Here is a link to the location of the hotel, its right in front of it.
Here is the contact info of the Church:
DAIMYO MACHI CHURCH
2-7-7, Daimyo, Chuo-ku, Fukuoka, FUKUOKA, 810-0041
TEL.092-741-3687
forgot the link to the map of the hotel. Here it is:
http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&source=s_q&hl=en&…