Finally it is the Christmas season. You can see the Christmas illuminations everywhere in Fukuoka where I live. “HIKARI-no-MACHI・HAKATA” (The city of light・Hakata) This time I visited Hakata station to see Christmas illumination. At Hakata station, the illumination is decorated…
As written on the title, this time, I will introduce “Hojoe (放生会)”. It is called one of Hakata three major festivals (It is called “Hojoya” in Fukuoka). Hojoya is a religious event that has been held in shrines and temples…
Kawachi wisteria garden, (Kawachi Fuji-en:河内藤園 in Japanese) which I’m going to introduce this time, became a popular place for a lot of tourists from both domestic and overseas in recent years. Although its presence is spread by SNS internationally, it…
Fukuoka tower was built in 1989 and now, it’s well known as the tourist attraction in Fukuoka. The height is 234 m and the appearance of tower is covered with 8000 sheets of half mirror. The elevator takes us to…
Before the year changes, I’m going to introduce this Hakata Dontaku Festival (博多どんたく祭り) in 2014(almost forgot to write about this). In Fukuoka, there is one of the biggest festivals in Japan. In the beginning of May, over 2 million people visit…
Yatai (food stalls) is one of the best places to visit in Fukuoka. They basically provide dishes such as Oden (Hot pot. Stew Japanese radish, boiled eggs and other variety of ingredients in a pot with dashi soup), Yakitori (grilled…
This second part of one day trip is about Dazaifu Tenmangu shrine (太宰府天満宮) in Dazaifu city, which located just 20 km away from the center of Fukuoka city. Dazaifu Tenmangu was built in 905, to deify Sugawara-no Michizane who was…
This time I’ll introduce a short trip for Dazaifu city and Yanagawa city. There is a discount train ticket for Nishitetsu train (西鉄電車) from Tenjin station(天神駅) or Yakuin station (薬院駅) to Dazaifu city and Yanagawa city with a return ticket. The ticket price is…