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Dazaifu 2019: Kyushu National Museum (九州国立博物館)

Up on a hill in the eastern part of Dazaifu is the Kyushu National Museum. This is the newest of Japan’s four national museums, having…

During my stay in Fukuoka I took a day trip down to Dazaifu, a small town about 15 kilometers to the southeast. Long ago Dazaifu…

Inside Canal City Hakata there’s a conveyor belt sushi restaurant where I ate a late lunch. The restaurant is called Heishirou and it’s on the…

With the rain showing no sign of stopping I ventured into the Canal City Hakata complex to try to dry off a little. Canal City…

The rain started coming down hard again shortly after I left Shofukuji Temple and I ducked into nearby Tochoji Temple for a few minutes. This…

I caught a gap in the rain as I got close to Shofukuji Temple and I was thus able to explore the temple and take…

A storm was passing through Fukuoka and I ducked into Kushida Shrine to get out of the rain for a minute. Kushida was founded the…

After dropping off my stuff at my hostel I still had a bit of time for sightseeing before nightfall. I wanted to explore someplace that…

The next stage of my journey across Japan and Korea took me to the city of Fukuoka on the Japanese mainland. Fukuoka is the most…

Having left Okinawa, I returned to the Japanese mainland to begin the next phase of my journey. For five nights I’d be in the northern…