Japan's first designer hotel, Il Palazzo opened in Fukuoka in 1989 as a genuine architectural statement — the work of Pritzker Prize-winning Italian architect Aldo Rossi, with interiors by celebrated Japanese designer Shigeru Uchida. The building is bold, theatrical, and unmistakably European in spirit, which makes it all the more interesting sitting in the heart of one of Japan's most vibrant cities. A minute's walk from Nakasu's famous yatai street food stalls, it puts you right in the thick of Fukuoka's nocturnal energy — a city that, frankly, doesn't get nearly enough credit on the Japan trail.
Slurp-worthy ramen, lantern-lit street stalls and Japan's oldest Zen temple – all without the crowds.
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