Momochi Seaside Park

This guide to Momochi Seaside Park in Fukuoka starts with the fact that the beach under your feet is entirely artificial, built from landfill pumped into Hakata Bay starting in 1981 to recreate a shoreline the city had just buried. It follows the decade-long construction and the tens of thousands of pines and oaks planted to stand in for the greenery reclamation cleared away. Walk the tree line behind the sand and you're walking among trees younger than most of the adults passing them.