I will take you to the Nanzoin temple, which has the world biggest reclining buddha made of bronze, with the length of 41 meter and 11 meter height. This temple is known for the wealth promotion and bring you fortune, which is validated by the fact that master of the temple hit the 1 Mil dollar by lottery. The temple was built in 19th century . Then I will take you to the Fantastic Japanese garden Yusentei and Fukuoka people's home, Ohori park !
This itinerary can be customized to meet your needs and preferences. Send me a message with your requests!
Meeting Point
Hakata tourist center in Hakata station
- There is Tourist center in Hakata station and we will meet there . I will put up my name card.
Arrive at Nanzoin Temple
We will catch train from Hakata 9:30 and arrive at NanzoinTemple about 10:00. We will see the huge reclining buddha statue there. The statue was built in 1855 and approved by government 1899. The biggest Bronze-made statue in the world. The temple has strong connection with Myanmar Buddhist party and they have donated to this temple. We can also explore inside of this statue at 500 yen charge.
Also there is a good vista point from the temple that you can observe the nice scenery of Fukuoka country side.
We will head back to Hakata station to have lunch
We will have Hakata lunch.
For trip efficiency, please let us decide what food you would like to have for the lunch, prior to the trip.
Will take bus to Yusentei Garden park
We will take bus from Hakata station to Yusentei park. This is beautiful Japanese garden that shows authentic beauty of Japanese tranquility Wabi and Sabi. We have matcha available at additional cost of 500 yen.
Head to Ohori Park
After spending 1 hour at Yusentei, we will move to Ohori Park, which is trully a oasis and heart of Fukuoka people. The park holds the beautiful lake and Japanse garden, Noh theater and Fukuoka municipal museum and nice restaurant etc. You can take pedal boat as well. There is a hexiagon hall built in the center of lake, which attracts a lots of people. Please enjoy the beauty of the lake
Head back to Hakata station or your hotel
We finish the tour at the place you want to choose, either Ohori park, Hakata station or even at your hotel .
The end time should be about 17:00
Ending Point
Ohori Park or Hakata station
This tour can be customized to meet your needs and preferences. Click below to send me a message with your requests.
Guide fee
Public transportation of bus and train
Entrance admission fee for temple
Lunch
This tour involves the lunch. Please let me know what food you prefer or if you have dietary restriction, please let me know in advance.
Nanzoin Temple requires the visitors to follow the below regulation.
1:No eating while walking
2:No smoking in the venue nor no alcoholic drinking
3:No talking in loud voice nor any action to disturb others.
4:No selfi stick , No tripod
5:No wearing of costume nor clothes that exposes so much of skin(Short skirt, short pants etc)
I am flexible but need advanced info as regard to the location to visit .
I can guide you in Tokyo /Kanazawa/Kyoto/Hiroshima/Fukuoka/Kumanoto as long as you pay me transportation .
I live in Fukuoka Prefecture now
Hi there! I'm Manabu , your personal guide ready to unveil the enchanting wonders of Japan through thoughtfully crafted tours suitable for travelers of all ages.
I am a 57 year old friendly guy living in Fukuoka city.
I grew up in Saitama prefecture, next to Tokyo and worked in Tokyo almost over 20 years and
Also worked in Osaka for 6 years, other than that I lived in Nagoya for 5 years and I have been around many major cities in Japan. But I assure you Hakata is the best place in Japan to visit and live, since you can visit Kyushu everywhere with stay in Fukuoka as hub and visit Nagasaki, Miyazaki, Oita , or Kagoshima , all of them are wonderful attractive places.
Kyushu is actually the origin of Japan in Japanese mythology, which generated the Japanese Shintoism in Takachiho Gorge. There are so many attractive places to see and so many fabulous foods to eat , fresh fish, beef, Motsunabe, Udon, and so many foods were generated from this region. I can introduce and explain a lots of stuff about here to you .
To talk about my career, I started to work at company Panasonic and after that , I walked on the career for Automotive component as sales working for American companies.
I had education at Meiji University majoring Business Administration and was exchanged to
University of Alberta in Canada. Though I walked in the field different from tourism, I was always aspired to talk about and promote Japan to foreign countries and people and wanted to be civil Ambassador for long time and became guide 2 years ago. I have guided Americans and so many foreigners globally and all of them have given me 5 star ratings, fortunately!
I can offer you the customized tour for you . I can listen to your hobby, things you want to do in Japan and accommodate your desire. Please come and see me. I can make your bucket list
empty after we see !!!
$138/ per person