Umi

Worth seeing in and around Umi

3 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.

1. 01
   Ōno 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.

   3.3 km · ruined castle in Fukuoka Prefecture, Japan · Wikipedia
2. 02
   Umi 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.

   200 m · Shinto shrine in Umi, Fukuoka, Japan · Wikipedia
3. 03
   Kanenokuma 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.

   3.6 km · archeological site in Hakata-ku, Fukuoka, Japan · Wikipedia

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Getting to Umi

Airports

Fukuoka (FUK), 6 km · Kyushu Saga (HSG), 50 km · Kitakyushu (KKJ), 58 km

Stations

Sue Station, 3.4 km · Sue-Chūō Station, 2.1 km · Shinbaru Station, 1.2 km

• Saga → Umi

  42 km · quickest by road, 1h 18m · ¥670–920
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• Kitakyushu → Umi

  45 km · quickest by road, 1h 30m · ¥730–990
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• Kumamoto → Umi

  86 km · quickest by road, 2h 6m · ¥1,110–1,520
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No local-transport research exists yet for Umi

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 Umi. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.

If you know how people move in Umi – the stand, the rule, the fare – tell us, and the note gets an entry.