Fukuoka to Karatsu runs about 10 times a day, with the first departure around 06:21 and the last around 14:09. One passenger pays €11.88, every fee included. The fastest door to door is 1h 11m over 52 km, on services run by 3 operators across 1 mode.
What one seat costs
Every operator we hold on this corridor starts at €11.88, so there is no spread to show.
Typical fares
€11.88
- 9%Moves across the booking window
When it runs, leaving Fukuoka
No operator has filed a timetable for this direction yet, so the first and last departure below follow the pattern of the corridor. Read them as the shape of the service day rather than as times to turn up for.
- 06:21First departure
- 14:09Last departure
- 10Services per day
- 60%Run direct
JR Kyushu runs this service and does not sell it here. Bookaway takes the payment.
Buying this trip
Bookaway lists departures for Fukuoka to Karatsu on your date, and you pay on their side.
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Fares by date
What this journey usually costs, by departure date. It shows which days run dearer.
Typical fares
- about €12.99Wed16
- about €15.19Thu17
- about €11.89Fri18
- about €12.99Sat19
- about €11.89Sun20
- about €11.88Mon21
- about €11.88Tue22
- about €11.88Wed23
- about €11.88Thu24
- about €11.88Fri25
- about €11.88Sat26
- about €11.88Sun27
- about €11.88Mon28
- about €11.88Tue29
- about €11.88Wed30
- about €11.88Thu1
- about €11.88Fri2
- about €11.88Sat3
- about €11.88Sun4
- about €11.88Mon5
- about €11.88Tue6
Based on what this route has cost recently. The operator sets the price on the day, and the live fare is confirmed when you book.
The train gets you into Karatsu. It does not get you a bed, and neither do we.
A room in Karatsu for the night the train gets in
Sort by distance from Karatsu Station and you can see which places are ten minutes on foot and which are not.
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When to book Fukuoka to Karatsu
The same search run across the whole booking window, so the shape of the curve is visible rather than described.
- €11.8890 days
- €11.8860 days
- €11.8845 days
- €11.8830 days
- €11.8821 days
- €11.8814 days
- €11.887 days
- €11.893 days
- €12.991 days
- Cheapest lead time
- Fares bottom out around 90 days ahead, at €11.88.
- How much it moves
- The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time is 9 percent. The most expensive point is €12.99, 1 days out.
- What that means
- Today sits outside the cheap window, which opens around 90 days before departure. There is no advantage to booking this minute.
Book now Fares on this route are lowest around 7 days ahead, so there is no rush yet.
This corridor, specifically
Facts that apply to Fukuoka to Karatsu and to no other route on the site.
Clocks
Both ends keep the same time, so the arrival is the departure plus the journey.
The shape of it
52 km
45 km as the crow flies, 16% further by the route services actually take. The bearing runs south-west.
Who lives at each end
1,612,392 → 117,663
Population at the departure city and at the arrival city, which is usually what decides how often anything runs.
How we know
0/2
2 of these connections were inferred from service-area overlap rather than observed in a timetable. We would rather say so.
The route
What the journey actually looks like
Direct or connecting, how far the route really runs, and what happens when a connection is missed.
- Direct or connecting
- 60% of the services we sell on this corridor run through without a change. The remaining 40% involve one connection.
- How far it really runs
- The route covers 52 km against 45 km in a straight line, a detour of 16 percent. Track and road geometry account for the difference.
- Where the change is
- Connections are made at Ōmura, Yanagawa, Ōmuta, Chikugo. The gap between arriving and leaving is 45 minutes, of which about 5 is walking.
- If the connection is missed
- The tightest connection we sell here has a 20 percent chance of not being made on the timetable alone. Part of this journey is a self transfer between separate tickets, so leave more time than the minimum and expect to check in again.
Who runs this route
Karatsu is small enough to see in an afternoon, which is easier without the luggage. Storing it is not our business.
Baggage storage near Karatsu Station
Most of the points near Karatsu Station open before the first train and close after the last one.
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Questions about Fukuoka to Karatsu
The questions people actually ask about this trip, answered from the same prices and times the page above is built on rather than written once and left to go stale.
How long does it take to get from Fukuoka to Karatsu?
The fastest journey from Fukuoka to Karatsu takes 1h 11m door to door, of which 27m is spent moving, on the train. Most services take around 1h 12m, because that average includes slower stopping services and journeys with a connection. Times include reaching the terminal and leaving it at the far end.
How much does it cost to travel from Fukuoka to Karatsu?
The cheapest fare from Fukuoka to Karatsu is €11.88, as of September 15, 2026. A typical fare across the next three weeks is €11.88. Both figures are the total for one passenger, including taxes, supplier fees and our service fee, so nothing is added at checkout.
What is the cheapest way to get from Fukuoka to Karatsu?
The cheapest way from Fukuoka to Karatsu is by train, at €11.88 for one passenger on September 21, 2026. That journey takes 1h 11m door to door. Cheaper is rarely faster on this corridor, and the comparison table on this page shows what each mode costs against what it saves.
When should I book Fukuoka to Karatsu?
Fares from Fukuoka to Karatsu bottom out around 90 days before departure, at €11.88. Across the whole booking window the gap between the cheapest and the most expensive lead time is 9 percent, measured on September 15, 2026. Booking inside the last week has consistently cost more on this corridor.
Which day of the week is cheapest for Fukuoka to Karatsu?
Sunday is the cheapest day to depart from Fukuoka to Karatsu, at €11.88. That is the median of 21 priced departure days across the next three weeks, as of September 15, 2026. Shifting a departure by one day is usually worth more than shifting the booking by one week.
Which month is cheapest for Fukuoka to Karatsu?
October is the cheapest of the next 5 months to travel from Fukuoka to Karatsu, at €11.88 for one passenger. Each month is priced on its fifteenth, so the comparison is like for like rather than a mix of weekends and midweek departures.
Who runs service from Fukuoka to Karatsu?
3 operators sell services from Fukuoka to Karatsu across 1 mode: JR Kyushu, Kyushu Railway Company, 九州旅客鉄道. Journey times, fares and fare conditions differ between them, and the operator table on this page compares all of them on speed, flexibility and what is provided on board.
Is there a direct service from Fukuoka to Karatsu?
60 percent of the services we sell from Fukuoka to Karatsu are direct. The rest connect at Ōmura, Yanagawa, Ōmuta, Chikugo, with about 45 minutes between the two services. Both legs are sold on one booking, so a missed connection is rebooked at no charge.
Which station or terminal do services from Fukuoka to Karatsu use?
Services from Fukuoka to Karatsu by train leave from Minami-Fukuoka Station and arrive at Karatsu Station. Allow about 44m in total for reaching the departure terminal and leaving the arrival one, which is already included in every door to door time on this page.
Can I change or refund a ticket from Fukuoka to Karatsu?
3 of the 3 operators we sell from Fukuoka to Karatsu allow a change or a refund. A change on a changeable fare costs €5.00. The operator table on this page names which is which, and the condition is shown again before you pay.
Where these numbers come from
Places, coordinates, operators, which operator serves which pair, and every distance on this page are real and come from open data. Where a corridor has a filed timetable the departure times are real too, and ferry fares are the prices the operators publish themselves.
Derived from service area No carrier record names this exact pair. The operators listed publish a service area covering both places at a distance their mode plausibly carries people, which is evidence that the corridor is served and not evidence of a specific service. Pages state which, because presenting the two as the same thing would be dishonest.
Where no operator publishes a fare for a corridor, the price here is our own estimate, worked out from the real distance and the real operator through a fare curve that follows lead time, day of the week and season. It tells you roughly what the journey costs. It is not a seat anyone has agreed to sell, and the payment step will not take it.
Defined in full at Door to door, Fares, The booking window, Carbon, Distances
- On this page
- Every figure above was computed for Fukuoka to Karatsu on September 15, 2026: 52 km of route against 45 km in a straight line, 10 services a day, 3 operators a cheapest fare of €11.88, and 1h 11m door to door on the fastest mode. The return direction is computed separately and its numbers are not these numbers.
Being on the water gives Karatsu a set of days out that do not start at a station. We do not sell those either.
Day trips out of Karatsu and across Japan
Day trips that leave Karatsu in the morning and cover a good part of Japan by evening.
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The two ends, compared
Fukuoka reaches 92 places in 12 countries on services we hold, over distances from 42 to 9,095 km. Karatsu reaches 15 places in 1 countries, from 43 to 77 km.
Other ways to make this journey
Leaving Fukuoka
- 92Places you can leave for
- 12Countries
- 44Operators
Arriving in Karatsu
Leaving Karatsu
- 15Places you can leave for
- 1Countries
- 3Operators