VOLUME 40
FUKUOKA
Hakata Tonkotsu Ramen, Dazaifu Tenmangu Shrine & Hakata Yatai Stalls
Tonkotsu broth, milk-pale, in a low bowl. A yatai canvas glowing along the Naka river after dark. Pink mentaiko on a small white plate. A Yanagawa donko-bune punt sliding under a thatched canopy. The Hakata Gion Yamakasa float at full lift, all carved pinnacles and shouting men. A plum tree at Dazaifu Tenmangu, its blossom pinned against winter sky. Fukuoka eats and prays in close quarters. The merchant city of Hakata grew around its shrines (Kushida, Sumiyoshi, Tochoji) and around the appetites of dock workers and night-shift cooks, and the prefecture still arranges itself that way. Forty pages here. Hakata ningyo clay dancers in unglazed white. A bowl of motsunabe with garlic chives heaped on top. Koishiwara stoneware combed in flying-white. The red-brick warehouses of Mojiko Retro facing the strait. The white donjon of Kokura Castle above the Murasaki River. A votive ema knocking against its peg in the wind off the Genkai Sea. The order roughly follows a day, harbour at dawn to the lanterns of Nakasu after midnight, but it can be read in any direction. Begin at a shrine or begin at a yatai. Either is a Fukuoka beginning.
“Harbour, shrine, yatai, page by page.”
- 40 original Fukuoka Prefecture illustrations
- Single-sided pages to prevent bleed-through
- 8.5 x 8.5 inch square format
- A mix of detailed and breathable compositions
- Brief editorial introduction to Fukuoka
- Anyone with an interest in Japan, its food culture, and its port-city traditions
- Adults who use coloring for relaxation and quiet focus
- A considered gift for friends and family with a love of Japan
The Fukuoka coloring book is Volume 40 of Sora Mikami's Prefectures of Japan series, a 47-volume collection that explores Japan one prefecture at a time. It gathers 40 original black-line illustrations of Fukuoka. It draws on Hakata Tonkotsu Ramen, Dazaifu Tenmangu Shrine, and Hakata Yatai Stalls, alongside the everyday scenes Fukuoka considers its own.
You will find Hakata Tonkotsu Ramen, Dazaifu Tenmangu Shrine, and Hakata Yatai Stalls, together with the landmarks, food, and quiet corners that give Fukuoka its character. The compositions move between detailed, intricate pages and calmer, more breathable ones, so there is something for every mood.
Yes. The book mixes detailed illustrations with more open, breathable designs, so beginners and experienced colorists alike can settle in. The large 8.5 x 8.5 inch square pages give you plenty of room to work, and every page is printed single-sided.
Colored pencils, markers, and gel pens all work beautifully. Because every illustration is printed single-sided on white paper, you can use heavier media without bleed-through onto another design. Slip a sheet of card behind the page if you want to be sure.
It is Volume 40 of a planned 47, one book for every Japanese prefecture. The volumes can be coloured in any order, and together they sketch the whole country one place at a time. Fukuoka sits in the Kyushu & Okinawa region of Japan.
