Kawabata-daijingū

Kawabata-daijingū is a shrine in Hakata, Fukuoka, Fukuoka. Kawabata-daijingū is situated nearby to the Shinto shrine Kushida Shrine, as well as near the quarter Nakasu.

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Type: Shrine
Description: Shinto shrine in Kami-kawabatamachi, Hakata-ku, Fukuoka City, Japan
Also known as: “Kawabata Daijingū” and “Kawabata-daijingu”
Postal code: 812-0026

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Kushida Shrine and Fukuoka Asian Art Museum.

Kushida Shrine

Shinto shrine

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Kushida-jinja is a Shinto shrine located in Hakata-ku, Fukuoka, Japan. Dedicated to Amaterasu and Susanoo, it is said to have been founded in 757. The Hakata Gion Yamakasa festival is centred on the shrine. Kushida Shrine is situated 210 metres east of Kawabata-daijingū.

Fukuoka Asian Art Museum

Museum

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Fukuoka Asian Art Museum is a museum of Asian art that opened in Hakata, Fukuoka, Fukuoka Prefecture, Japan in 1999. The collection of modern and contemporary art comprises some three thousand works from twenty-three countries. Fukuoka Asian Art Museum is situated 290 metres northwest of Kawabata-daijingū.

Hakata’za

Theater building

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The Hakata-za Theatre is a kabuki theatre in Fukuoka, Fukuoka Prefecture, Japan, located near the Nakasu-Kawabata Station. It was originally constructed in 1996. Hakata’za is situated 280 metres northwest of Kawabata-daijingū.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Nakasu and Nakasu-Nakashimamachi.

Nakasu

Quarter

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Nakasu is the red-light district which exists between the sandbank of the Naka River and the Hakata River in Fukuoka City, Fukuoka Prefecture, Japan. It is named after a popular, but very short-lived, entertainment quarter of Edo, which existed in the late 18th century.