Site of Dazaifu Government Office

Government site of Ancient Kyushu. Known as TOFURO, the site was used during the

Nara (710 to 794 AD) and Heian (794 to 1185 AD) period. The Dazaifu was responsible

for supervising Japan’s maritime frontier, as well as for administering the nine provinces

and two island of the Saikaido (modern Kyushu).

In those days, a great edifice with vermillion columns and tiled roof stood at the foot of Mt. Ono, but

today all that remains is a park containing the huge foundation stones of the original building.

General information

Address

4-6-1 Kanzeonji, Dazaifu-city, Fukuoka-prefecture

Access

20 minutes walk from Nishitetsu Dazaifu station

30 minutes by a vehicle from Fukuoka Airport

30 minutes by a vehicle from JR Hakata station