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[Fukuoka Driving Course] A journey to visit historical tourist sites and enhance your knowledge!

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[Fukuoka Driving Course] A journey to visit historical tourist sites and enhance your knowledge!

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.

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Distance: 31.3km (one way), Travel time: 1 hour 17 minutes (one way)

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Visit Dazaifu, the birthplace of Sugawara no Michizane - Enjoy the history, nature and scenery of this quaint ancient city -

[Fukuoka Driving Course] A journey to visit historical tourist sites and enhance your knowledge!

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.

Driving course starting from Hakata Station

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Hakata Station
Hakata Station

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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Route to the next spot: National Route 385, Fukuoka Urban Expressway Loop Line, Fukuoka Urban Expressway Route 2 Dazaifu Line, National Route 3, Prefectural Route 35 Distance: Approximately 17km
Duration: Approximately 31 minutes

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Dazaifu Tenmangu Shrine
Dazaifu Tenmangu Shrine

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.

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Route to next spot: Walking distance: approx. 350m
Duration: Approximately 4 minutes

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Yasutake
Yasutake

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.

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Route to next spot: Walking distance: approx. 230m
Duration: Approximately 4 minutes

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Guangming Temple
Guangming Temple

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.

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Route to the next spot: Prefectural Route 35, Prefectural Route 578 Distance: Approximately 3km
Duration: Approximately 8 minutes

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Homangu Shrine Kamado Shrine Shimomiya
Homangu Shrine Kamado Shrine Shimomiya

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.

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Route to the next spot: Prefectural Route 578, Prefectural Route 35, Prefectural Route 610 Distance: Approximately 2.1km
Duration: Approximately 6 minutes

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Kyushu National Museum
Kyushu National Museum

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.

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Route to the next spot: Prefectural Route 610, Prefectural Route 578, Prefectural Route 35, Prefectural Route 581, Prefectural Route 505 Distance: Approximately 8.6km
Duration: Approximately 24 minutes

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Chikushino Tenbai Village
Chikushino Tenbai Village

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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