Fukuoka Airport souvenirs, itemized: 22 things from ANA FESTA and Kikuhira for ¥14,702

Two shops side by side at Fukuoka Airport, August 2026: 22 items for ourselves, ¥15,202 on the receipts, ¥14,702 paid. The packet ramen we buy every Fukuoka trip, ume hijiki, mentaiko.

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The only receipts from our five nights at the Hilton Fukuoka Sea Hawk are from the way home. Inside the hotel we never once took out a wallet, so the paper trail of the whole stay starts at Fukuoka Airport on 22 August 2026, in two souvenir shops that stand next to each other: ANA FESTA and Hakata Miyage by Kikuhira.

Twenty-two items. ¥15,202 on the two receipts, ¥14,702 actually paid once a coupon went in. Every item was for the two of us to eat at home.

At ¥150 to the dollar, the rate we use here, that is ¥14,702 (about $98) for 22 things for our own kitchen. Below is every line with its price, why the ones with a story went into the basket, and the free part of the day in between.

What the last day cost

The train to the airport is not in our tally. As for the Executive Lounge breakfast, its Today’s Plate that last morning was Egg Royale again, the same as on day three, which settled a question from the day before: across five mornings the special was only ever three dishes in rotation — Belgian waffle, Egg Royale and soy-milk French toast. We didn’t order it that morning.

Getting to the airport

The Hilton Fukuoka Sea Hawk runs a shuttle bus to the nearest station, Tojinmachi, but only on Saturdays, Sundays and public holidays. Ours was one of those days, so we took it, then the train on to the airport. It was hot enough outside that even that little bit of moving had us sweating.

ANA FESTA: 11 items, ¥6,657

ANA FESTA Fukuoka Domestic Lobby (ANA FESTA 福岡国内ロビー店) was the first of the two, with Hakata Torimon boxes piled up in yellow at the entrance.

The one thing we buy every time we come to Fukuoka is Hachi-chan Ramen (八ちゃんラーメン), and one packet went in. There is a reason for the habit. On a previous trip we bought the souvenir packet ramen at Fukuoka Airport more or less across the board and tasted them against each other, and Hachi-chan came out best. The two of us then read up on why, decided it was the soup, and got as far as the company that makes that soup: Ichiban Shokuhin (一番食品). So this time, too, we turned packets over at the shelf and took a few more whose soup Ichiban Shokuhin makes.

Worth saying plainly: in five nights in Fukuoka we did not eat one bowl of tonkotsu ramen, and we flew home with packet ramen. That is how we do Fukuoka.

Then the ume hijiki, which we had been putting on rice at the lounge breakfast. There are two kinds, Ume no Ka Hijiki and Ume no Mi Hijiki, a little different from each other, so both. Its road to the basket was not straight. On the second morning it stayed on the counter, because one of us had tried it once before and not taken to it. On the third it went on the plate, turned out to be good next to the takana, and from then on it was a regular with the rice. After that, you want it at home too.

Hakata Torimon (博多通りもん), six pieces for ¥1,000, is not something we usually buy. It had been a long time and we wanted a small taste, so this time it came along. After that: a few mentaiko-flavored things (mentaiko is seasoned pollock roe), a squid-ink black chili oil that caught our eye, a beef-tendon stew that looked like it would go with a drink, and an ANA-only Pietro dressing set to make salads taste better at home.

The ¥500 coupon went against this receipt, so what went on the credit card was ¥6,157.

Hakata Miyage by Kikuhira, next door: 11 more, ¥8,545

Next door is Hakata Miyage by Kikuhira (博多土産by菊ひら). The motsu here was another repeat: we bought it last time and it was good. This time it was marked as a new product, so it may have been redone with yuzu; the receipt calls it Hakata Yuzu Sumotsu, sumotsu being vinegared motsu, or offal. One frozen pack.

Then the Mentai Okazu Horumon, which is not a big amount but is bought for the taste. Motsuyaki Ramen, and a mentai dashimaki, the rolled omelet with mentaiko. More packet ramen, even after ANA FESTA. Ra-shan Mentai, which is something like taberu-rayu — “chili oil for eating” — with mentaiko in it, and a can of mentai oysters.

Kikuhira had plenty that ANA FESTA didn’t, and we bought a lot here as well. No discount on this one.

Between the two receipts, drinking at home should be covered for a while.

The free part: umegae-mochi and three beer taps

Then the ANA Suite Lounge, our first time in the Fukuoka one. The food is the standard carbohydrates — mentaiko French bread, honey soy-milk bread, onigiri with Aso takana or salmon, inari sushi — plus one thing that belonged with the shopping: umegae-mochi, the Dazaifu sweet you can also buy as a souvenir, sitting warm on a tray in its wrap. They were from Kasa no Ya (かさの家), a shop on the approach to Dazaifu Tenmangu, and the shop’s leaflet was set out with them.

One of us had meant to hold back until the meal on the plane, and took one anyway. My wife, asked, didn’t want one. So it was one umegae-mochi for one person: mochi with red bean paste inside, the first in a long while and a little nostalgic, and more filling than expected. We did not go to Dazaifu, and its famous sweet got eaten anyway. Same trick as the ramen.

If you are buying these to take home, the leaflet has the useful part. Ingredients: sugar, azuki beans, glutinous rice, non-glutinous rice and salt, all from Japan. To rewarm: about 30 to 40 seconds in a microwave, or 2 to 3 minutes in a toaster oven. Frozen, they keep for about a month.

The beer took three taps. The lounge pours the same four premium draft beers as at Haneda: Asahi Jukusen, Yebisu, Kirin Ichiban Shibori Premium and The Premium Malt’s. One of us counts the Kirin as the favorite, and had drunk it at Haneda on the way out. At the tap it was sold out, with an “in exchange” card hanging on it. Asahi Jukusen, then, which ran dry a little way into the pour, the panel switching to red. The Premium Malt’s is what finally went into the glass.

Drinking it confirmed that the Kirin at Haneda had been better, which is something to know. My wife had only water in the lounge. She was saving herself for the drinking on the plane.

What earned a place in the bag

Several things in the basket had already proved themselves before we reached the shelf. Hachi-chan Ramen is bought on every Fukuoka trip. The motsu at Kikuhira came back because last time’s was good. The ume hijiki earned its place at the hotel breakfasts. Hakata Torimon is the opposite case — not a usual buy, in the bag this time because it had been a long while.

Eleven items at each shop, but Kikuhira’s receipt was the bigger one by ¥1,888, and the three items over ¥1,000 — the horumon, the sumotsu and the oyster can — all came from there. Doing both shops made sense for us, because Kikuhira had plenty that ANA FESTA didn’t. And 22 items for ¥14,702 (about $98) should keep the drinking at home stocked for a while.

Practical bits

• Everything here is from Saturday 22 August 2026. Prices are from our receipts and will change.
• ANA FESTA Fukuoka Domestic Lobby and Hakata Miyage by Kikuhira are next to each other, so one stop covers both. Floor and exact location in the terminal: we didn’t check.
• At ANA FESTA an ANA Card discount took 5% off, and we used a ¥500 coupon and paid the rest by credit card. Kikuhira gave no discount; how we paid there is not in our notes.
• The Hakata Yuzu Sumotsu was sold as a frozen pack.
• The warm umegae-mochi in the ANA Suite Lounge are for eating in the lounge; the sign by the tray says so. The Kasa no Ya leaflet gives 30 to 40 seconds in a microwave or 2 to 3 minutes in a toaster oven for rewarming, and about a month frozen.
• The Hilton Fukuoka Sea Hawk shuttle to Tojinmachi Station runs only on Saturdays, Sundays and public holidays (August 2026). Timetable and fare: we didn’t check.
• English on the product labels, tax-free shopping, and whether staff speak English: we didn’t check.
• Entry rules for the ANA Suite Lounge: we didn’t check the current ones.

Five nights in Fukuoka, no bowl of tonkotsu ramen and no trip to Dazaifu. On the way out the ramen went into a shopping bag, and one of us ate Dazaifu’s sweet in the lounge.

Facts checked 2026-09-15. Prices, hours and menus are what we saw on our visit; they change. Nothing here was sponsored or comped.