NIPPONIA No. 38 September 15, 2006

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Fukuoka

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Tenjin

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Nakasu

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Street stalls in Tenjin
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Shofuku-ji Temple
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Kushida Shrine
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Canal City Hakata
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Kokutai Highway
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Naka River
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Nagahama street stalls
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Fukuoka castle ruins, and Korokan ruins
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Ohori Park
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Fukuoka Airport
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Hakata Port
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Fukuoka Yahoo! Japan Dome (baseball stadium)
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Ruins of defensive fortifications at Ikinomatsubara
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Ruins of defensive fortifications
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Dazaifu Temman Shrine
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Kyushu National Museum
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Remains of Dazaifu Government Headquarters
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Kanzeon-ji Temple

Getting there:

· To Fukuoka Airport
90 minutes from Tokyo's Haneda Airport, 105 minutes from Tokyo's Narita Airport, 60 minutes from Osaka's Kansai International Airport, 75 minutes from Nagoya's Chubu International Airport.
· Getting downtown from Fukuoka Airport
By subway (operated by the Fukuoka City Transportation Bureau), from the airport to Hakata Station, 5 min; to Nakasu-Kawabata Station, 9 min; to Tenjin Station, 11 min.
· To JR's Hakata Station
From Tokyo Station, take the JR Shinkansen Nozomi bullet train (5 hrs 28 min).
From Shin Osaka Station, take the JR Shinkansen Nozomi bullet train (2 hrs 48 min).
· Getting to Dazaifu
From Tenjin subway station, walk to Nishitetsu Fukuoka Station (2 min). From there, take a local train to Nishitetsu Dazaifu Station (43 min).

For more information:

· Fukuoka Convention and Visitors Bureau
Tel: +81-92-733-5050
http://www.welcome-fukuoka.or.jp/english/index.html (English, Chinese and Korean)
· Nakasu Tourism Association / Town of Nakasu Joint Association
Tel: +81-92-272-1440
http://www.nakasu.org/ (Japanese language website)
· Dazaifu Tourist Association
http://www.dazaifu.org/ (Japanese language website)
· Kyushu National Museum
http://www.kyuhaku.com/eng/ (English, Chinese and Korean)
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