Dazaifu Tenmangu 太宰府天満宮
Until 2027 the shrine of 1591 is replaced by one with a roof of 10,000 real plants.
Founded in 919 over the tomb of Sugawara no Michizane, a court official who died in exile at Dazaifu, it is now one of Japan's main shrines dedicated to learning. The present honden was rebuilt in 1591 by the daimyō (feudal lord) Kobayakawa Takakage. Every year, in early March, the shrine also hosts the 曲水の宴 (kyokusui no en), a poetry rite in which the participants compose a poem before a cup of sake, floated down an artificial stream, reaches them.
Fukuoka
Dazaifu
