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Oct 16, 2019 Local News
Tofuro-mae Station in Dazaifu City Gets Honorary Additional Name
Nishitetsu announced on October 10 assignment of an additional name to its Tofuro-Mae Station in Dazaifu City, marking the enthronement of the new Emperor of Japan. As the nearest ...
Oct 10, 2019 Event
New Life for Timeless Art Exhibition
Anything of form cannot hold its shape for eternity. For cultural properties made of fragile materials like lacquer and silk, periodic restoration is essential. This is why periodi...
Oct 10, 2019 Event
Dazaifu Fes 2019
Enjoy a laid back festival held at Kanzeonji Temple in Dazaifu, a place with a strong sense of history in the air. The temple is close to Sakamoto Hachimangu Shrine which is said t...
Oct 2, 2019 Local News
Hotel Cultia Dazaifu Opens Oct. 4
A new hotel developed inside a traditional Japanese townhouse will open near Dazaifu Tenmangu Shrine on October 4. The Hotel Cultia Dazaifu aims to appeal to tourists interested in...
Aug 21, 2019 Event
Sword Exhibition at Dazaifu Tenmangu
An exhibition of fifteen swords, including those dedicated to the god of Dazaifu Tenmangu shrine, is being held inside the Treasure Hall on the shrine’s premises. While swords orig...
Aug 20, 2019 Event
Jinkoshiki Festival at Dazaifu Tenmangu
Jinkoshiki is a Shinto festival to bring peace and prosperity and to give thanks for an abundant autumn harvest, held since 1101. It is also an Intangible Folk Cultural Property of...
Jul 31, 2019 Now Reports
Kyushu National Museum – Kyushu in Perspective
Dazaifu, once the seat of regional government, continues to be a hub for international exchange. Appropriately, it is the site of one of the four national museums in Japan. When I ...
Jul 17, 2019 Event
Dazaifu Tenmangu Shrine Summer Tenjin Festival
Celebrate the birth of Tenjin-sama, Shinto god of literature. Children march with mikoshi (portable shrines) and walk through woven hoops for good health. Watch the yukata (summer ...
Jul 11, 2019 Event
Involvement of Fifteen Ashikagas in Wars and Arts Exhibition
The Ashikaga shogunate (1336–1573), also known as the Muromachi shogunate, was founded and led by the Ashikaga family in Kyoto. In the approximately 240 years of their reign, the M...
Jul 8, 2019 Local News
Reiwa T-shirts on Sale in Dazaifu
Special "Reiwa" t-shirts are on sale at the Dazaifu Fureai Museum. The museum conceived the shirt to promote the ongoing mini-exhibition of a replica of Manyoshu, made in the late ...
