Ukiha Inari Shrine

Breathtaking scenery in harmony with the shrine.

Ukiha Inari Shrine is located at the foot of the Mino mountain range,

130 meters above sea level.

A tunnel of 90 vermilion Torii gates stands along a 300-step staircase,

leading you from the base of the hill all the way up to the shrine’s main

building.

 

From the bottom

To the Shrine building

To the Shrine building

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Shrine Compound

Shrine building

Shrine building

View from Shrine building

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From the Shrine compound, a breath taking panoramic view of Chikugo

plain in harmony with Torii Gate can be enjoyed.

 

Yoshii machi direction

Ukiha machi

Haki machi direction

Japanese restaurant, Shirakabe

 

Local Japanese Cuisines cooked by the best chef in Chikugo region. The chef who makes

that cuisines also experienced the imperial family’s cook. Japanese cuisines using best local

ingredients that vary by season can be enjoyed.

 

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The authentic Japanese restaurant Shirakabe is in the former merchant’s building constructed

in 1928. The building is designated by Government as Traditional building at the Conservation

district in Ukiha-city.

 

Shirakabe-dori Avenue

 

Time-honored scenery, back to 100 years ago. The Avenue is located in Yoshii-machi, 

Ukiha-city.  Shirakabe, literary meaning is white wall. The avenue of houses with white

wall were constructed about 100 years ago.  About 250 houses in the area has been

designated as National important traditional buildings preservation district.

 

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In the Edo era (1603-1868), Yoshii flourished as a post town between Kurume and Hita.

In the Meiji era ( from 1868), this area experienced a big fire three times. In order to protect

from the fire, people have rebuilt the houses with the fire resistance design using clay wall

painted by white.

 

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Hina Doll Festival

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Featured Restaurant, Shirakabe

The restaurant Shirakabe is in the former merchant’s building constructed in 1928. Japanese

cuisines using best local ingredients that vary by season can be enjoyed. The chef who makes

that cuisines also experienced the imperial family’s cook.

 

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Chikugo Yoshii Hinadoll Festival in 2020

 

 

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Hina matsuri, also called Doll’s Festival or Girls’ Day, is a special day in Japan, celebrated

each year on 3 March. A platforms covered with a red carpet-material are used to display a

set of ornamental hina dolls, representing the Emperor, Empress, attendants, and musicians

in traditional court dress of the Heian period.

 

It is an occasion to pray for the well-being and prosperity of girls. It is thought that the festival has its roots

in an ancient purification ceremony, in which dolls were floated down the river, taking all of the girls’ bad

luck with them.

 

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Yoshii-machi, Ukiha-city Hina doll Festival

 from February 11 through April 3

Main Hina dolls are displayed at Shirakabe Avenue district, where the river is lined by attractive former

warehouses, all with traditional wood and white plaster exteriors. The doll displays of Ukiha usually

feature two types of dolls: okiage (paper cut-outs covered in cotton and wrapped in fabric) and hakobina

(dolls in individual display cases).

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General information  

Address	Yoshii-machi, Ukiha-city, Fukuoka-prefecture
Access	50 minutes by a vehicle from Fukuoka-city 45 minutes by a vehicle from Dazaifu-city 60 minutes by a vehicle from Yanagawa-city 90 minutes by a vehicle from Kitakyushu-city

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