A Fukuokan's Notes from Sapporo

Many of buildings in this area were built in the 1990s, when we were still in an illusion of bubble age. To modern eyes, they not only look rather extravagant but have recently acquired a kind of beauty of withering due to lack of maintenance. 

You can thoroughly appreciate a sense of Wabisabi (or witness how badly managed this city has been for the past 30 years) on your way from a local library to Fukuoka Paypay Dome. The followings are Wabi-Sabi points I have found so far:

1. signage of the library with rust and peeling,

2. a two-storied bridge

with ruined ceilling

and calthemites,

3. cracked pavements and

4. an abandoned open space.

With very few people walking, this route makes a good and safer-feeling walking path stretching around one kilometer. However, as there is no vending machine and public toilet, although plenty of benches and shades are available, you might need some preparation for some sorts of emergencies.