The intimate Kushida-jinja, municipal Shint¨ shrine of Hakata, traces its history to AD 757 and sponsors the Hakata Gion Yamakasa Matsuri, in which storeys-high floats make their way through the streets. There's a float visible outside that's well worth a gawk. A one-room local-history museum has many displays about the festival, as well as swords, ancient pottery and more.
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Among the countless visitors to the grand, sprawling Tenman-g¨± ¨C shrine and burial place of poet-scholar Tenman Tenjin ¨C are students making offerings and¡
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Built into the tranquil eastern hills of Dazaifu and reached through more escalators than can be found at the average airport, this striking structure ¡
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Nicknamed Maizuru-j¨ (Dancing Crane Castle), this elegantly proportioned white castle (built 1608, rebuilt 1966 and refurbished 2017) is picturesquely¡
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Spread over three machiya (traditional Japanese townhouses), this folk museum re-creates a Hakata nagare (neighbourhood unit) from the late Meiji era¡
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On the upper floors of the Hakata Riverain mall, this large museum houses the world-renowned Asia Gallery, and additional galleries for special¡
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Karatsu-yaki is defined by the work of 14 generations of the Nakazato family. Walk through the shop, which feels like a museum unto itself, and cross the¡
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This fabulously restored late¨CMeiji period villa of a local trader is built in a mix of Japanese and Western styles, with lantern-filled gardens, a¡
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This colourful morning market for squid, fish and produce animates the quaint, dwindling fishing port of Yobuko (ºô×Ó) each day, drawing visitors from all¡
Nearby Fukuoka attractions
1. Hakata Local History Museum
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On the grounds of the Kushida-jinja shrine, this old-school museum has many displays about the Hakata Gion Yamakasa Matsuri, as well as swords, ancient¡
2. Hakata Traditional Craft & Design Museum
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This compact museum displays stellar examples of local crafts, Hakata-ori textiles, Hakata ningy¨ (Hakata dolls), papier-m?ch¨¦ Daruma and lion figures,¡
3. Hakata Machiya Furusato-kan
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Spread over three machiya (traditional Japanese townhouses), this folk museum re-creates a Hakata nagare (neighbourhood unit) from the late Meiji era¡
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°Õ¨³¦³ó¨-Âá¾± houses the Fukuoka Daibutsu, Japan's largest seated wooden Buddha (10.8m high, 30 tonnes, completed in 1992) and some impressively carved Kannon ¡
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On the upper floors of the Hakata Riverain mall, this large museum houses the world-renowned Asia Gallery, and additional galleries for special¡
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Built in 1910, this historic French Renaissance¨Cstyle building, a nationally registered important cultural property, can be found just across the river¡
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³§³ó¨´Ú³Ü°ì³Ü-Âá¾± is considered the oldest Zen temple in Japan, founded in 1195 by Eisai, who introduced Zen and tea to Japan; the nation's first tea plants are¡
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This small but pretty garden and teahouse was built by a Meiji-era merchant in 1906 and offers a couple of paths, a rushing waterfall and tea ceremony. In¡