Chikushino-shi
Chikushino is a city in Fukuoka Prefecture, Japan.
Chikushino is a city in Fukuoka Prefecture, Japan. As of 29 February 2024, the city had an estimated population of 106,513 in 48029 households, and a population density of 1200 persons per km2. The total area of the city is 87.73 km2 (33.87 sq mi).
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Worth seeing in and around Chikushino-shi
10 places within 25 km that the world writes about, in the order of how widely: the ones a visitor has heard of first, then the ones only a local would name.
- 01Kyushu National Museum
The Kyushu National Museum opened on October 16, 2005, in Dazaifu near Fukuoka—the first new national museum in Japan in over 100 years, and the first to elevate the focus on history over art. The distinct modern impression created by the architectural facade is mirrored in the museum's use of technological innovations which are put to good in making the museum's collections accessible to the public.
3.6 km · national museum in Fukuoka, Japan · Wikipedia - 02Dazaifu Tenmangū
Dazaifu Tenman-gū is a Shinto shrine in Dazaifu, Fukuoka Prefecture, Japan. It is built over the grave of Sugawara no Michizane and is one of the main shrines dedicated to Tenjin, the deified form of Michizane.
3.9 km · Shinto shrine in Fukuoka Prefecture, Japan · Wikipedia - 03Ōno Castle
Ōno Castle was an ancient castle straddling the border of the cities of Ōnojō and Dazaifu, and the town of Umi, Fukuoka Prefecture Japan. Its ruins have been protected as a National Historic Site since 1932, and raised to a Special Historic Site since 1953 with the area under protection expanded in 2012.
5.9 km · ruined castle in Fukuoka Prefecture, Japan · Wikipedia - 04Mount Hōman
Mount Hōman is a mountain on the border between the cities of Chikushino and Dazaifu in Fukuoka Prefecture in Kyūshū, Japan. It has an elevation of 829.6 metres meters.
7.1 km · mountain in Japan · Wikipedia - 05Kōmyōzen-ji
Kōmyōzen-ji is a Zen temple in Dazaifu, Fukuoka Prefecture, Japan. It was founded by Tetsugyū Enshin of the Tōfuku-ji Rinzai school in 1273.
3.5 km · Buddhist temple in Fukuoka Prefecture, Japan · Wikipedia - 06Kaidan-in Temple
Kaidan-in is a Rinzai temple in Dazaifu, Fukuoka Prefecture, Japan. It was founded by Ganjin in 761.
3.1 km · Buddhist temple in Fukuoka Prefecture, Japan · Wikipedia - 07Kanzeon-ji Temple
Kanzeon-ji is a seventh-century Buddhist temple in Dazaifu, Fukuoka, Fukuoka Prefecture, Japan. It was once the most important temple in Kyushu.
3.1 km · Buddhist temple in Dazaifu, Fukuoka prefecture, Japan · Wikipedia - 08Kamado Shrine
Kamado-jinja is a Shinto shrine located in Dazaifu, Fukuoka prefecture, Japan. Located at the top of Mount Hōman, which has been venerated from ancient times as a sacred mountain, the shrine is dedicated to Tamayori-bime, Emperor Ōjin, and Empress Jingū.
7.1 km · Shinto shrine in Fukuoka Prefecture, Japan · Wikipedia - 09Umi Hachimangū
Umi Hachimangū is a Shinto shrine located in Umi, Fukuoka prefecture, Japan. It is dedicated to Emperor Ōjin, Empress Jingū, Tamayori-bime, Sumiyoshi sanjin and Izanagi.
9.3 km · Shinto shrine in Umi, Fukuoka, Japan · Wikipedia - 10Kyushu Historical Museum
The Kyushu Historical Museum is a history museum in Ogōri, Fukuoka, Japan. The museum first opened in Dazaifu in 1973, but moved to its present location in 2010.
6.1 km · museum in this ogōri,Fukuoka,japan · Wikipedia
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Getting to Chikushino-shi
- Airports
- Fukuoka (FUK), 13 km · Kyushu Saga (HSG), 43 km · Kitakyushu (KKJ), 62 km
- Stations
- Futsukaichi Station, 1.1 km · Hakata-Minami Station, 8.9 km · Dazaifu Station, 3.5 km · Kiyama Station, 7.4 km · Haruda Station, 4.2 km
- Saga → Chikushino-shi35 km · quickest by road, 1h 5m · ¥550–750
- Kitakyushu → Chikushino-shi50 km · quickest by road, 1h 33m · ¥760–1,040
- Kumamoto → Chikushino-shi79 km · quickest by road, 1h 53m · ¥1,000–1,370
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- Get inTimes and prices for other destinations from Tosu are as follows: Kurume: 8 minutes, ¥230 Kumamoto: 1 hour 30 minutes, ¥1650 Saga (Limited Express): 20 minutes, ¥1280 Saga (local train): 30 minutes, ¥460 Nagasaki (Limited Express Kamome): 1 hour 30 minutes, ¥4230 There is a nimai-kippu which allows a day trip on the Shinkansen from Shin-Tosu to Hakata (or Yoshizuka) for ¥2260.
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