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After visiting Dazaifu Tenmangu Shrine, a nationally famous shrine dedicated to the god of learning, you can stroll around the area leading to the shrine and fill your stomach with soba noodles at a popular local restaurant. Finally, you can relax in an open-air bath with a spectacular view of the city.
Distance: 31.3km (one way), Travel time: 1 hour 17 minutes (one way)
After visiting Dazaifu Tenmangu Shrine, a nationally famous shrine dedicated to the god of learning, you can stroll around the area leading to the shrine and fill your stomach with soba noodles at a popular local restaurant. Finally, you can relax in an open-air bath with a spectacular view of the city.
Many Shinkansen trains connecting Honshu and Kyushu depart and arrive at this lively station, visited by many businessmen and tourists alike.
There are rental car offices of various rental car companies within a 5-minute walk. You can complete the procedures at the office, rent a car, and return it at the same office or another office. All types of cars are available, from compact cars to wagons and eco-cars.
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Dazaifu Tenmangu Shrine, which enshrines the god of learning, is famous nationwide, with as many as 8 million visitors per year, peaking around exam season.
The main hall, with its stately vermilion and gold accents, is a Gokensha-ryu style building with a cypress bark roof and is a designated Important Cultural Property of Japan.
Located on the approach to Dazaifu Tenmangu Shrine, "Yasutake" is a soba restaurant well-known among local gourmets. The soba noodles, made with flour from Kyushu and groundwater from Mount Homan, are fresh, with a unique texture and rich flavor.
This Zen temple was founded by the monk Tetsugyu Enshin, who has ties to the Sugawara family, and is known for its dry landscape garden, which is said to be one of the best in Kyushu.
The lush green scenery from spring through to summer and the gorgeous autumn leaves are a must-see.
Kamado Shrine, located on a hill about a 5-minute drive from Dazaifu Tenmangu Shrine, is a power spot for matchmaking. When the Dazaifu government office was established in 664, a ritual to ward off evil spirits was held at the top of Mount Homan, which is the evil direction, and the shrine building was built afterwards. You can enjoy cherry blossoms in the spring and autumn leaves in the fall.
The concept of the museum is to "understand the formation of Japanese culture from the perspective of Asian history." In addition to the special exhibition room and the permanent cultural exchange exhibition room, the museum also has "Ajippa," where you can experience Asian culture with all five senses, and a museum shop.
Located on a hill, "Chikushino Tenpai no Sato" is a popular day-trip hot spring spot with a high-ceilinged indoor bath that lets in plenty of light, and an open-air bath with a panoramic view of the nature of Chikushino. The hot spring water that springs from 1,500 meters underground is a simple reddish hot spring that does not cool down easily.
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