Culture Kurume Ueki Festival 2026 Late Feb - Mid Mar The Kurume Ueki Festival includes a number of local vendors gathering together to exhibit and sell 100,000 plants in approximately..
Culture Oniyo Fire Festival 2026 Early Jan With a history of over 1600 years, the Oniyo Fire Festival in Fukuoka's Kurume City is held on the 7th of January each year...
Culture Chikugo Sake Festa 2025 Oct 11th - Oct 12th The two-day Chiguko Sake Festa celebrates the area's longstanding sake culture, and attendees can enjoy tasting and comparing..
Temples & Shrines Dazaifu Tenmangu Shrine Tony Mariani Dazaifu Tenmangu is a large Shinto shrine dedicated to the scholar Sugawara Michizane. Students come here to pray for success at..
14 Temples & Shrines Tochoji Temple in Hakata Tony Mariani It is said that Tocho-ji temple in Hakata was dedicated to the Buddhist saint Kukai who built it in 806. The feudal lords of Fukuoka..
Culture Yawata Steel Works Jaclynn Seah Visit a UNESCO World Heritage site and learn about the role Kitakyushu played in Japan's rise in modern industrialization
Culture Kurume City Cosmos Festival 2025 Late Oct Held in October each year, the Kurume City Cosmos Festival is one of the region's most popular autumn events. A stretch of the..
Culture Sumo Practice in Dazaifu Isamu Yoneda Hidden behind Dazaifu's main sites, is a lesser known one where men train their special art everyday to the point of brutal..
