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Dazaifu and back, Fukuoka

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Dazaifu and back

Timed from the gangway and back.

5 hr door to door6 stopsNeeds a 7-hour call
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Photo: redlegsfan21 / CC BY-SA 2.0
Door to door
5 hr
From the gangway and back
Best for
A 7-hour call or longer
6 stops, nothing to reserve
Room to spare
None
Fits a 7-hour stop with nothing to add (off the ship 30 minutes after arrival, back at the gangway an hour before all-aboard). A longer call gives you the extra time; on this one, do not add a stop.
What it costs
~¥1,400 pp
Return via Tenjin (bus ¥210 + train ¥480 each way). Shrine free.
Booking
Nothing
Every stop here takes walk-ups

Timed from the gangway with the port's official timetables · updated · Takumi Yamada

Numbers follow the route below. Pins are the places themselves; walking lines are not drawn because the best way between two stops can change with the tram, the tide or the weather.

The route

How the day runs

Times are from the moment you step off, not from the scheduled arrival. Everything shifts if your ship is late; the order does not.

  1. +0:00
    BRT bus to Tenjin

    15 minutes, ¥210, every 15 minutes from the International Terminal stop

  2. +0:25
    Nishitetsu train to Dazaifu

    About 35 minutes, usually changing at Futsukaichi (a few trains run direct), about ¥480. The train leaves from Tenjin (Nishitetsu Fukuoka), not the JR station

    What you will see hereFull guide: Dazaifu Tenmangu
  3. +1:10
    Dazaifu Tenmangu

    Built over the grave of an exiled scholar who became the god of learning

    What you will see hereFull guide: Dazaifu Tenmangu
  4. +2:15
    Umegae mochi on the approach

    Grilled to order, eaten walking. The only correct snack here

  5. +2:45
    Kyushu National Museum, if you have the hour

    Behind the shrine, up an escalator through the hill

    What you will see here
    Kushida Shrine and the Yamakasa float, Fukuoka
    Photo: mdid / CC BY 2.0
  6. +4:00
    Train and taxi back
Would rather have it arranged?Dazaifu and Yanagawa Canal Cruise Private Guide Day Tour by TrainSame shrine by private car with a guide, plus a canal cruise added on · from US$168 · 5.0★ — why we list it
The margin is not optional. This route ends an hour before all-aboard on purpose. If you are running late, drop the last stop, not the hour.
What the day looks like

Fukuoka, along this route

Real photographs of the places above and the streets between them. Every one is credited.

The Naka River at Nakasu, between Hakata and Fukuoka
The Naka River at Nakasu, between Hakata and FukuokaPhoto: Yoshikazu TAKADA from Tokyo, Japan / CC BY 2.0
A lit yatai food stall in Hakata at night, Fukuoka
A lit yatai food stall in Hakata at nightPhoto: Yoshikazu TAKADA from Tokyo, Japan / CC BY 2.0
A Hakata Gion Yamakasa float, Fukuoka
A Hakata Gion Yamakasa floatPhoto: Nissy-KITAQ / CC BY-SA 4.0
A bowl of tonkotsu ramen, Fukuoka
A bowl of tonkotsu ramenPhoto: City Foodsters / CC BY 2.0
The Genko Borui stone wall built against the Mongol invasions, Fukuoka
The Genko Borui stone wall built against the Mongol invasions, FukuokaPhoto: 震天動地 / CC BY-SA 3.0
The yatai, Fukuoka
The yataiPhoto: Yoshikazu TAKADA from Tokyo, Japan / CC BY 2.0
Different hours, different day

The other routes in Fukuoka

Hakata in three hoursNeeds a 5-hour call · ~3hThe full Fukuoka day, ending at a yataiNeeds a 12-hour call · ~10hOnly on a sailing at 21:00 or later — the only way to do the yataiThe rainy-day FukuokaA wet day · ~4hWet weather — Kyushu rains hard and this city is built for it
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