'''Dazaifu''' (_____{) is a city in Fukuoka Prefecture, Kyushu, Japan.
Get in
By train
Dazaifu is accessible via '''Futsukaichi''' (_____s) station on the '''Nishitetsu Tenjin-Omuta Line'''.
From Tenjin station in Fukuoka there are at least a dozen trains per hour operating to Futsukaichi. The journey is 12 minutes by Limited Express or 25 minutes by Local train, and currently costs ¥330.
By car
Take the main road number 3 south out of Fukuoka, which passes through Dazaifu. This can be crushingly slow for such a short distance. A better option is to take the toll road south out of Fukuoka (you can access from various points around the city) and get off at the Dazaifu interchange, which will cost ¥600 as of May 2007.
Get around
Dazaifu has little of interest to the average tourist beyond Dazaifu Tenmangu Shrine and the adjacent Kyushu National Museum, however, if you should want to explore the remaining ruins, you are advised to walk or bicycle.
See
Dazaifu Tenmangu Shrine. -7-1 Saifu. 92-922-8225. ttp://www.dazaifutenmangu.or.jp/other/index.htm. A large and beautiful complex dedicated to Sugawara Michizane in the city of his exile from