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Hiraodai Noyaki, is an event which burns the withered grass at Hiroodai Karst Plateau for the purpose of preventing a fire and exterminating noxious insects in the end of winter every year.Sprig comes after Hiraodai Noyaki, and it becomes like the green carpet in the whole area.[Back to Fukuoka-ken]
Kyokusui-no-en Festival held at Dazaifu Tenmangu Shrine on first Sunday of March, a purification ceremony on a winding stream, is performed by ladies and gentlemen in a ceremonial court robe under the plum blossoms in full-bloom.After the Tobiume-no-mai dance by shrine maidens, Kyokusui-no-En Festival begins. Vermilion-lacquered cups full of sake are set afloat down the stream. Before the cups reach each of the participants sitting along the stream, they have to make up a Japanese poem, waka, and write it down on a strip of fancy paper. When the cups reach the participants, they drink the sake and hand the paper strip and cup over to an attendant.The ceremony has its origin in a historical fact that Ono-no-Yoshifuru, an elder brother of a noted-calligrapher Ono-no-Tofu, held a ceremony to appease the soul of Michizane Sugawara and to beguile tedious hours in a rural life.[Back to...
Umegaya-mochi, literally means plum tree rice cake, and is a kind of the rice cake sweets mainly sold in Dazaifu.
Hotel Nikko Fukuoka Fukuoka
1 Review and 246 Opinions I really relaxed to stay in this hotel. This hotel is typically authentic one. Westren style hotel...
Mojiko Hotel Kitakyushu
1 Review and 62 Opinions Mojiko Hotel is located in Mojiko Port Retro District
Kurume Hotel Esprit Kurume
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Q: Hello! Is anyone familiar with rail transportation around Fukuoka? I'm going to be living there for around 3 months, so I'm...
A: See http://www.japan-guide.com/forum/quereadisplay.html?0+71353: "From March 13, the following prepaid cards will all be valid on all transportation in Fukuoka: - SUGOCA...
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