I lived outside Fukuoka for a while. It was a much easier airport to get in and out of. I usually took the train from the airport that dropped me off a few bl

I lived outside Fukuoka for a while. It was a much easier airport to get in and out of. I usually took the train from the airport that dropped me off a few blocks from my apartment in Iizuka. But yes, that train also had space for bags. I usually tried to manhandle my own bags for international flights, but Yamato for everything in-country. My spouse and I did rent a car once (I got a Japanese driving license, so had to use it.) I also can't recommend driving near big cities, but out west near Aso there were some great rural areas to tour by automobile (though it would have been much cheaper to travel by bus.) Though... we did randomly come upon the Panawave Laboratory, and the sight of a gaijin driving around seemed to shock some people our in the middle of the more rural neighborhoods.