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九州大学病院
“九州大学病院” — Kyushu Daigaku Byoin. Take the Hakozaki Line subway to Maidashi-Kyudaibyoin-mae, two stops from Nakasu-Kawabata; the station is named after the hospital and the gate is five minutes’ walk away.
Kyushu Daigaku Byoin. The subway station outside is 馬出九大病院前, Maidashi-Kyudaibyoin-mae.
- TypePublic — national university hospital, Kyushu University; designated an advanced treatment hospital (特定機能病院)
- BedsAbout 1,242
- Address3-1-1 Maidashi, Higashi-ku, Fukuoka 812-8582
- Switchboard+81 92 641 1151
- Appointment centre, weekdays 9.00 to 17.00+81 92 642 5508
- Websitehosp.kyushu-u.ac.jp
- HoursEmergency and critical care centre, which the hospital describes as the central tertiary emergency facility for the Fukuoka medical area, staffed day and night
- LanguagesJapanese; JMIP-certified for foreign patients, with medical interpreters arranged through the hospital at a charge, though it says availability is limited
- AccreditationJMIP, Japan Medical Service Accreditation for International Patients — first certified 2017, renewed April 2025 and valid to March 2028
- On the mapOpen in Google Maps
A 1,242-bed national university hospital at Maidashi, on the eastern edge of the centre, and the one hospital here whose own website says it is set up for foreign patients: JMIP certification since 2017, an international medical support centre and medical interpreters it can arrange. It works strictly by referral and appointment, with ¥7,700 added to a first visit made without a letter from a clinic, and it houses the tertiary emergency and critical care centre for the Fukuoka area. The subway station outside is named after it.
What it is known for
Being the reference hospital for northern Kyushu, and the only one in the city that presents itself to foreign patients. Kyushu University Hospital has 1,242 beds on the Maidashi campus, is designated an advanced treatment hospital, and houses the emergency and critical care centre that its own site calls the central tertiary facility for the Fukuoka medical area, with a separate paediatric unit alongside it. It was the second university hospital in Japan to be certified under JMIP, the national accreditation for hospitals that accept foreign patients, and that certification was renewed in April 2025 and runs to March 2028.
Who it suits
A visitor who needs a specialist rather than a first opinion, and anyone who cannot manage a consultation in Japanese. The international medical support centre and the appointment desk on +81 92 642 5508 are the way in, and the hospital will arrange a medical interpreter, though it charges for one and says availability is limited — it still asks patients to bring a Japanese-speaking companion for reception and billing where they can. It is not the place for a sore throat: the front door is a referral letter and a booked appointment, and some departments will not see you without both.
Cost and insurance
Expensive for a visitor, and deliberately so. Patients without Japanese public health insurance are billed at ¥30 per treatment point, three times the domestic rate, and a first visit without a referral letter costs ¥7,700 on top of that. Interpreting is charged separately, at ¥5,000 for the first hour by the hospital’s published rate. Payment is settled at the hospital rather than through your insurer, so expect to pay and claim: keep the itemised receipt and ask for a medical certificate in English before you leave, because neither is issued automatically.
Getting there
Easier than either of the others on this page. The Hakozaki Line subway stops at Maidashi-Kyudaibyoin-mae, a name that means Kyushu University Hospital, two stops from Nakasu-Kawabata and five minutes on foot from the gate. Nishitetsu buses from Hakata Station and Tenjin take about fifteen minutes to the Kencho-mae or Keisatsu-Honbu-mae stops, three or four minutes’ walk away. First-visit reception is at window 1 from 8.30 to 11.00 on weekdays only; the hospital is closed at weekends, on public holidays and from 29 December to 3 January.
Details checked against the hospital’s own website, September 2026. Call before a non-urgent visit; in an emergency call 119 or the hospital’s own emergency line above. Travel information, not medical advice.
The other 2 hospitals in Fukuoka
- Fukuoka University HospitalPrivate, about 771 beds, Fukudai-mae, Nanakuma Line.
- Kyushu Medical CenterPublic, about 694 beds, Jigyohama, by Ohori Park.