Dazaifu Tenmangu

太宰府天満宮

Dazaifu, Fukuoka · Kyushu

Tenjin head shrine

Since

919

Kyushu's most beloved shrine, built over the grave of the scholar-god Sugawara no Michizane and famous for six thousand plum trees that bloom while the rest of Japan is still in winter. Thirty minutes from Fukuoka's golf, best with an umegae-mochi in hand.