Japan KYUSHU Tourist  ジャパン九州ツーリスト株式会社

We are the specialist’s for travel and tours in Kyushu, Japan
warmly welcoming customers from all over the world.

九州を旅行する日本人をはじめとする、世界中の人たちの旅行会社です

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Hakozaki Shrine

Hakozaki Shrine founded in 923, is one of the three great Hachiman shrines in Japan along

with the Usa Shrine.   

 


 

It is one of the representative shrines of Fukuoka-city and the place where many people come

to hatsumode or to worship at the beginning of the year and during festivals such as Tamaseseri

in January and Hojoya in September. 

 


 

Tamaseseri / wooden ball catching festival

New Year’s Festival held in January, including a traditional form of fortune-telling. Several hundred

men wearing lion cloths compete on piggy back in two teams, the “sea” team and the “land” team

team,  for possession of a wooden ball.

 

 

 - Fukuoka travel guide