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Dazaifu and back

4–6 hours ashore. Timed from the gangway and back, with the hour before all-aboard already set aside.

~5h door to door6 stops4–6 hours ashore
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Photo: Andy Li / CC0
Door to door
~5h
From the gangway and back
Best for
4–6 hours
6 stops, nothing to reserve
What it costs
~¥1,600 pp return
Transport spend: ~¥1,600 pp return. Shrine free.
Booking
Nothing
Every stop here takes walk-ups
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
    Taxi or bus to Hakata Station

    ~15 minutes

    What you will see here →
  2. +0:30
    Train to Dazaifu

    ~30 minutes with one change at Futsukaichi

    What you will see here →Full guide: Dazaifu Tenmangu →
    Photo: Jakub Hałun / CC BY-SA 4.0
  3. +1:10
    Dazaifu Tenmangu

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

    What you will see here →Full 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 →
    Photo: Hirho / CC BY-SA 4.0
  6. +4:00
    Train and taxi back
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.

Canal City Hakata at dusk
Canal City Hakata at duskPhoto: そらみみ / CC BY-SA 4.0
A lit yatai food stall in Hakata at night
A lit yatai food stall in Hakata at nightPhoto: Nesnad / CC BY 4.0
A Hakata Gion Yamakasa float
A Hakata Gion Yamakasa floatPhoto: lienyuan lee / CC BY 3.0
The Genko Borui stone wall along Hakata Bay
The Genko Borui stone wall along Hakata BayPhoto: そらみみ (Soramimi) / CC BY-SA 4.0
The yatai
The yataiPhoto: Yoshikazu TAKADA from Tokyo, Japan / CC BY 2.0
Mentaiko to take home
Mentaiko to take homePhoto: hee17670 / CC0
Different hours, different day

The other routes in Fukuoka

Hakata in three hours2–3 hours · ~3h2–3 hours ashoreThe full Fukuoka day, ending at a yatai8 hours or more · ~8h8h+ or a late stay — 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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