Ellaleah Posted January 19, 2018 #1 Share Posted January 19, 2018 Fukuoka is be our first stop when we leave on the Ovation in May. Does anyone have experience to say what the top thing to see might be. I believe there are 3 different castles (2 appear to be a bit far). I am open to taking the ship excursion, but which one? I believe the castles are Kokura or Karatsu. I’d be great full for any input.Thank you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pacrimheather Posted January 20, 2018 #2 Share Posted January 20, 2018 Fukuoka is be our first stop when we leave on the Ovation in May. Does anyone have experience to say what the top thing to see might be. I believe there are 3 different castles (2 appear to be a bit far). I am open to taking the ship excursion, but which one? I believe the castles are Kokura or Karatsu. I’d be great full for any input.Thank you. Typically, the number one thing to do in that area is to visit https://wikitravel.org/en/Dazaifu. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ScottishMaid Posted January 20, 2018 #3 Share Posted January 20, 2018 Typically, the number one thing to do in that area is to visit https://wikitravel.org/en/Dazaifu. We took the train to Dazaifu last November. Walked around a lot and rode back from a different station. Helpful tourist information people gave us a good map of Dazaifu. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare MicCanberra Posted February 10, 2018 #4 Share Posted February 10, 2018 Thanks for the information and the link. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The_Big_M Posted February 12, 2018 #5 Share Posted February 12, 2018 There's multiple things you can do there. When I went we went to the largest Buddha sculpture, and there are many city sights and other temples. A very nice city, but depends on your timing and interests as to what you do. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jantoby Posted May 29, 2018 #6 Share Posted May 29, 2018 We took the train to Dazaifu last November. Walked around a lot and rode back from a different station. Helpful tourist information people gave us a good map of Dazaifu. How long would I need to allow for a stroll at the Dazaif Tenmangu Shrine? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ScottishMaid Posted May 30, 2018 #7 Share Posted May 30, 2018 How long would I need to allow for a stroll at the Dazaif Tenmangu Shrine? From the railway station to the shrine is maybe a 15 minute walk if you don't stop at the shops and restaurants lining the street. Apart from the shrine there are interesting back streets with a smaller shrine etc. So an hour in all at least. If you walk from there back to the other railway station, you walk past fields,interesting houses and gardens and some other much less visited shrines and maybe meet some friendly Japanese like we did. We walked about 3 miles and took half a day there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jantoby Posted July 7, 2018 #8 Share Posted July 7, 2018 From the railway station to the shrine is maybe a 15 minute walk if you don't stop at the shops and restaurants lining the street. Apart from the shrine there are interesting back streets with a smaller shrine etc. So an hour in all at least. If you walk from there back to the other railway station, you walk past fields,interesting houses and gardens and some other much less visited shrines and maybe meet some friendly Japanese like we did. We walked about 3 miles and took half a day there. Thanks, Scottish Maid. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
petechan Posted July 8, 2018 #9 Share Posted July 8, 2018 http://fukuokawalks.com/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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