Kasuga
Worth seeing in and around Kasuga
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.
- 01Ōno 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.
4.5 km · ruined castle in Fukuoka Prefecture, Japan · Wikipedia - 02Kaidan-in Temple
Kaidan-in is a Rinzai temple in Dazaifu, Fukuoka Prefecture, Japan. It was founded by Ganjin in 761.
5.7 km · Buddhist temple in Fukuoka Prefecture, Japan · Wikipedia - 03Kanzeon-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.
5.7 km · Buddhist temple in Dazaifu, Fukuoka prefecture, Japan · Wikipedia - 04Ushikubi Dam
Ushikubi Dam is a dam in the Fukuoka Prefecture of Japan.
4.7 km · dam in Fukuoka Prefecture, Japan · Wikipedia - 05Kokubu Tile Kiln ruins
The Kokubu Tile Kiln ruins is an archaeological site with the ruins of a Nara period kiln, located in the city of Dazaifu, Fukuoka Prefecture Japan. It was designated a National Historic Site of Japan in 1922.
4.5 km · archaeological site in Japan · Wikipedia - 06Itazuke Site
Itazuke Site is an archeological site with a late Jōmon period to late Yayoi period settlement located in Hakata-ku, Fukuoka, Japan. Along with the Nabatake Site in Karatsu, Saga, it is the oldest known rice-growing village site in Japan, and is also the oldest known moated settlement.
4.5 km · archaeological site in Japan · Wikipedia - 07Kanenokuma Site
Kanenokuma Site is an archeological site with a Yayoi period cemetery located in the Kanenokuma neighborhood of Hakata-ku, Fukuoka, Japan. It was designated as a National Historic Site in 1972.
4.2 km · archeological site in Hakata-ku, Fukuoka, Japan · Wikipedia - 08Hihaizuka Kofun
The Hihaizuka Kofun is a Kofun period burial mound, located in the Shimohirasui Minami neighborhood of the city of Kasuga, Fukuoka Prefecture, Japan. The tumulus was designated a National Historic Site of Japan in 1976.
2.1 km · historic Site in Kasuga, Fukuoka, Japan · Wikipedia - 09Sugu-Okamoto Site
The Suguokamoto Site is a Yayoi period cemetery and associated village, located in the Okamoto neighborhood of the city of Kasuga, Fukuoka Prefecture, Japan. The site was designated a National Historic Site of Japan in 1951 as the "Okamoto Site", with the area under protection expanded in 2000 and the name changed to its present designation.
1.7 km · historic site in Kasuga, Fukuoka, Japan · Wikipedia - 10Seika Women's Junior College
Seika Women's Junior College is a private junior women's college in Fukuoka, Fukuoka, Japan, established in 1967.
2.4 km · College from Japan · Wikipedia
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Getting to Kasuga
- Airports
- Fukuoka (FUK), 7 km · Kyushu Saga (HSG), 44 km · Kitakyushu (KKJ), 64 km
- Stations
- Hakata-Minami Station, 2.4 km · Takeshita Station, 5.5 km · Tofurōminami Station, 4.9 km · Sasabaru Station, 3.3 km · Ijiri Station, 3.3 km
- Saga → Kasuga36 km · quickest by road, 1h 14m · ¥640–870
- Kitakyushu → Kasuga51 km · quickest by road, 1h 38m · ¥810–1,110
- Nagasaki → Kasuga102 km · quickest by road, 2h 44m · ¥1,570–2,150
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No local-transport research exists yet for Kasuga
Our researched notes are written from a sourced entry: every shared taxi, boat and village bus with its operator, its rule, its fare and the year we saw it, and what could not be confirmed. Nobody has done that work for Kasuga. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.
- Get inBusan-Fukuoka: Camellia Line, +81 92 262-2323 (Japan) or +82 51 466-7799 (Korea), operates a ferry that takes about 8 hr and starts at ¥12,000; if overnight, it may stop and wait in front of Busan Port in the morning until Korean Immigration opens.
- Get inThe JR Kyushu Ferry (the "Queen Beetle") which had operated between Fukuoka and Busan has been discontinued.
- Get inAn economy-class ticket on the Meimon Taiyo Ferry from Osaka to Kitakyushu costs about ¥6,000 (20% discount if booked online); tickets in other price ranges are available.
- Go nextMunakata Itoshima Karatsu Iizuka Yanagawa Yoshinogari Beppu — and its famous Hells (unique hot springs for viewing) is a potential day trip at 2 hr via Sonic Limited Express trains (departing via Hakata Station), or a bit longer via bus.
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Next door to Kasuga
Kasuga is 9 km from Fukuoka, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.