Fukuoka Convention Center

Fukuoka Convention Center (福岡国際会議場, Fukuoka kokusai kaigijou) in Hakata-ku, Fukuoka, Japan is a collection of three separate buildings operated by the Fukuoka Convention Center Foundation.^[1]

Fukuoka Kokusai Center[]

Fukuoka Kokusai Center, Nov. 2005 honbasho

The Fukuoka Kokusai Center opened in 1981. A Sumo Tournament is held here every November. Many Grand Sumo Tournaments are held here and all attract many visitors.^[2]

Marine Messe Fukuoka[]

Marine Messe Fukuoka

Marine Messe Fukuoka opened in 1995. One of its main uses is as an indoor sporting arena. The capacity of the arena is up to 15,000 people for sports events and up to 13,000 people for concerts.^[3] It hosted the official 1999 Asian Basketball Championship and some of the group games for the 2006 Volleyball World Championship.^{[citation needed]}^[4]

Japanese musicians Misia, Koda Kumi, and Ayumi Hamasaki commonly play here for arena tours.^{[citation needed]}

Fukuoka International Congress Center[]

The Fukuoka International Congress Center opened in 2003.^{[citation needed]}

Events[]

Past events[]

1999 Asian Basketball Championship
2001 World Aquatics Championships
2003 Mariah Carey - Charmbracelet World Tour
2006 International Political Science Association world congresses
2011 Girls' Generation - The First Japan Arena Tour (Girls' Generation)
2013 Girls' Generation - Girls & Peace: 2nd Japan Tour
2014 Girls' Generation Japan 3rd Tour
2015 Exo Planet 2 – The Exo'luxion
2016 Exo Planet 3 – The Exo'rdium
2016 iKON Japan Tour 2016-2017 ^[5]
2017 Exo Planet 4 – The EℓyXiOn
2017 iKON Japan Dome Tour 2017 ^[6]
2017 BTS Live Trilogy Episode III: The Wings Tour
2018 Blackpink Arena Tour 2018
2018 Aqours 3rd LoveLive! Tour ～WONDERFUL STORIES～
2019 Red Velvet 2nd Concert "Redmare"
2019 Seventeen - Seventeen 2019 Japan Tour 'HARU'
2019 Iz*One - IZ*ONE 1st Concert "Eyes On Me"
2020 NCT 127 - NCT 127 1st Tour 'NEO CITY – The Origin'^[7]

References[]

^ "【マリンメッセ福岡】". www.marinemesse.or.jp (in Japanese). Retrieved 2021-06-16.
^ "Schedule of the Year's Sumo Basho – The Japan Times Online". Archived from the original on January 16, 2013. Retrieved 2007-06-15.CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
^ "【Marine Messe Fukuoka】FUKUOKA CONVENTION CENTER". Marinemesse.or.jp. Retrieved 2018-05-21.
^ "【一般財団法人福岡コンベンションセンター】". www.marinemesse.or.jp (in Japanese). Retrieved 2021-06-16.
^ 『iKON JAPAN TOUR 2016』YGEX – iKON. Retrieved July 3, 2016.
^ "iKON JAPAN DOME TOUR 2017 追加公演". YGEX. June 18, 2017.
^ "NCT Website". nct-jp.net. Retrieved 2020-07-14.