If you’re traveling to Fukuoka, Japan with a baby, Hotel Torifito Hakata Gion is a great pick thanks to its tatami room setup and baby amenities.
This was our Fukuoka trip with our 13-month-old!
Since she’s still not fully confident walking,
she spends a lot of time crawling too. So for this trip,
I specifically looked for a hotel with tatami flooring.
After weighing the location, price, breakfast, and baby amenities,
the Fukuoka hotel we ended up choosing was
Hotel Torifito Hakata Gion.And honestly, it was such a good choice!
It’s a great-value hotel in the low-100,000 KRW range per night,
and we were really happy with both the public bath and the tatami room.
If you care about value for money,
or you’re planning a family trip with a baby or toddler, I’d definitely recommend it.
Why I Recommend This Fukuoka Hotel for Families With a Baby
About a 5-minute walk from Gion Station
About an 8-minute walk from Don Quijote Nakasu
About a 7-minute walk from Fukuoka Anpanman Children’s Museum
About a 9-minute walk from Canal City Hakata
When you’re pushing a stroller or wearing a baby carrier,
long walks can feel exhausting fast.
Hotel Torifito is close to Gion Station, Don Quijote,
and one of the must-visit spots when traveling with kids:
the Fukuoka Anpanman Children’s Museum.
It’s also within walking distance of Canal City Hakata,
so shopping, meals, and the fountain show are all easy to enjoy. The location is seriously excellent.
There’s also Kushida Shrine right nearby,
which is lovely for a stroll, and the area has plenty of good restaurants
and cute cafés with a nice atmosphere.
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Check-in
Check-in happens in the first-floor lobby,
and there were several Korean-speaking staff at the front desk,
which made the whole process really easy.
Hotels in Fukuoka, Japan charge an accommodation taxwhen you stay.
It’s charged per person, per night:
if your room rate is under ¥20,000, the tax is ¥200,
and if it’s ¥20,000 or more, it’s ¥500.
Our baby didn’t have to pay the accommodation tax.
Usually preschool-age children are exempt.
There’s also a luggage cart in the lobby,
plus a coffee machine that doubles as a water dispenser.
Disposable items like toothbrush sets and cotton swabs
aren’t stocked in the room,
so you can grab exactly what you need from the lobby.
The hotel goes up to the 9th floor,
and we were assigned a lower floor, the 3rd, but it was totally fine.
Before using the elevator, you have to tap your room key
to call it.
Fukuoka Tatami Hotel
We stayed in room 304,
and chose the Japanese-style tatami room.
Depending on the booking platform, like Agoda or Yeogi Eottae,
the room name can vary a little.
You might see it listed as Japanese Style, Concept Corner Twin Room,
Tatami Room, or Corner Room,
but they’re all the same room type.
The tatami rooms are only available as corner rooms,
so there aren’t that many of them in the hotel.
If you definitely want a tatami room,
I’d recommend booking as early as possible.
First, take a quick look around the room in the video.
As soon as you open the door, the bathroom is right there,
and once you step onto the raised wood flooring,
you need to take off your shoes.
Here’s the clothing rack and luggage stand.
It was more than enough for our 3-night, 4-day stay.
The sink is set outside the bathroom,
and the hair dryer is actually a Dyson.
The entire room is covered in tatami flooring.
Because of that, our baby could crawl around on her own
and explore and play, which made things so much easier for us.
The room has twin beds pushed together,
which gave her a nice safe space to roll around and play.
They’re not fully floor beds,
but they’re much lower than standard hotel beds,
so it was easy for our child to climb up and down by herself.
The clothes laid out on the bed are pajamas,
so you don’t need to pack sleepwear from home.
You can also wear them when going back and forth to the public bath.
And that table is much bigger than it looks.
We were able to put all of our baby gear on top,
along with plenty of other stuff.
One little tip if you want to make the room feel bigger:
take out everything you need from your suitcase first,
then slide the suitcase under the chair to save space.
Even a 28-inch suitcase fit under there.
Be sure to check the fridge and minibar too,
and that item on the nightstand is a Dyson air purifier.
The window is covered once with a traditional Japanese paper-style screen,
and then there’s also a blackout blind
for blocking out even more light.
Our daughter loved looking out the window,
and since we were on the 3rd floor,
she had fun watching people pass through the alley below.
I was a little worried about noise because we were on a lower floor,
but this alley doesn’t get much foot traffic,
and cars can’t speed through it, so it was actually very quiet.
The bathroom has a pretty deep and spacious bathtub,
plus a bath scoop and bath stool,
which made washing the baby much easier. The water pressure was excellent too.
Baby Items Available to Borrow
At Hotel Torifito Hakata Gion,
you can borrow several baby items,
including a bed guard, baby potty, bottle sterilizer,
diaper trash can, and baby bathtub.
The item inside the baby bathtub
is a toddler toilet seat cover, and the photo on the right
shows the steam bottle sterilizer.
They only gave us one bed guard,
so I’m not sure whether they’d provide a second one if you ask.
The diaper trash can is the kind
that helps block odors, but I forgot to take a photo of it.
Between the baby gear they provide
and the overall room layout, it really felt like a comfortable place to stay with a child.
From now on, whenever we travel to Japan with our little one,
I think I’ll try to book hotels with tatami rooms
whenever possible.
Hotel Facilities and Useful Info
You can find hotel information and facility details
in the information booklet inside the room.
It covers the water dispenser and coffee machine, smoking room, vending machines,
ice machine, and coin laundry,
plus how to request housekeeping for multi-night stays
and how to control the heating and air conditioning.
Honestly, it answers just about every question you might have.
I’ll share a separate post soon
with a more detailed review of the facilities and breakfast.
Who I’d Recommend This Fukuoka Hotel To
Travelers looking for a tatami hotel in Fukuoka with a baby or toddler
Travelers looking for a great-value stay around the low-100,000 KRW range per night
Travelers who want a hotel they can walk everywhere from
Travelers looking for a hotel with baby amenities
I mainly recommend it for families traveling with young kids,
but the tatami room is also great for trips with older parents.
A lot of adults also find it more comfortable
to take their shoes off and move around indoors,
so it’s worth considering for a parent-appreciation trip too.
For reference, if you choose a standard room instead of the tatami room,
rates often drop belowabout 100,000 KRW on weekdays,
so even if you’re not specifically looking for a baby-friendly stay or tatami flooring,
I’d still recommend it as a great-value hotel in Fukuoka, Japan.
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And if you’re booking through Yeogi Eottae,
don’t forget to grab theJune overseas accommodation coupon pack too!
