Uminonakamichi Seaside Park
Former military airfield turned coastal playground of flower fields, cycling trails, a zoo, and a resort water park.
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This guide to Uminonakamichi Seaside Park in Fukuoka opens in 1936, when a narrow strip of reclaimed land in Hakata Bay became Japan's second international airport, sending seaplanes toward Seoul and Shanghai. It follows the site through the Imperial Japanese Navy's air corps, the American occupation as Camp Hakata, and its frontline role during the Korean War. Rent a bicycle at the gate and pedal the old flight line, threaded now with cherry trees and a twelve-kilometer cycling course.
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