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Yanagawa rafting and Dazaifu Tenmangu day trip

Yanagawa rafting and Dazaifu Tenmangu day trip

Art, Culture, & Historical

Joined 2018

Masatoshi M.

5.00 / 5

(29 reviews)

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Fukuoka

English

9 hours

Private tour (only you and Masatoshi M.)

Up to 10 people

In the morning, we will go down the Yanagawa River, and in the afternoon we will visit Dazaifu Tenmangu Shrine.

Use the Dazaifu/Yanagawa sightseeing ticket.

Itinerary

This itinerary can be customized to meet your needs and preferences. Send me a message with your requests!

09:00 AM

Meeting Point

Your hotel

10:00 AM

Yanagawa rafting

Going down the river in Yanagawa is a moat tour. It makes seven turns and seven circuits before descending.

Now, along with Yanagawa's travels, please reflect on the wonderful wisdom of our predecessors and enjoy an unforgettable ``exploration of water compositions'' guided by a boatman.

02:30 PM

Dazaifu Temmangu

Dazaifu Tenmangu is a shrine built over the grave of Michizane Sugawara venerated by the Japanese throughout the country as the Tenman-Tenjin(the deified sprit of Michizane), or the God of literature or calligraphy.

2.3 million people visit in the New Year.

More than 10 million people visit each year.

Ending Point

Your hotel

Want to personalize this tour?

This tour can be customized to meet your needs and preferences. Click below to send me a message with your requests.

Inclusions & Exclusions

What‘s included

Guide fee, hotel pick-up

What‘s not included

Guide transportation fee ¥520

Yanagawa/Dazaifu sightseeing ticket ¥3,340 per person (guide also needs this ticket)

This sightseeing ticket includes round-trip train tickets from Fukuoka's central Tenjin to Yanagawa, Yanagawa to Dazaifu, Dazaifu to Tenjin, and Yanagawa boat fare.

It also comes with a discount coupon for lunch, so it's a great deal.

Lunch fee

Steamed eel set meal costs approximately 5,000 yen.

Guide tip.

*This tour can also be organised using my private car (up to 4 people), so please contact me for more information.

Tour Important Information

The earliest pick-up time is 7:30am.

On this tour, you can also change the order of Yanagawa and Dazaifu.

Cancellation Policy

Free cancellation - 8 days prior to meeting time
50% Refund - 3 to 7 days prior to meeting time
No Refund - Within 2 day(s) prior to meeting time

Joined 2018

Masatoshi M.

5.00 / 5

(29 reviews)

Identity Verified

Interview-Based Quality Checks

About Tour Guide Masatoshi M.

I had worked for the Japan's biggest travel agency JTB (Japan Travel Bureau) for 35 years as a tour escort for Japanese.

I visited 68 countries and of course all over Japan as well. So I’m familiar with almost all of the tourist attractions in Japan.

More over I’m also a professional magician now. I’m a member magician of The Magic Castle in Hollywood in US. That's why I made a decision to become an English tour guide.

I acquired a tour guide license issued by the Japanese government with a lot of hard work in 2016 and I started from the following year.

I guided 1,420 people with 17 groups totaly in 2017and 1,600 people in 1018.

Through long work for travel business, I was assigned to excursions of all over Japan, such as Sapporo, Tokyo, Kyoto, Osaka, Nagoya, Hiroshima, Fukuoka, Okinawa and others, which gave me intimate knowledge about most places in the country.

In addition, I am adept in business fields and knowledgeable about historical sites, traditional culture and modern subcultures in Japan.

My wife is a disabled person with an intractable disease who needs 24-hour nursing care.

Our daughter takes care of my wife while I am guiding.

Even if my schedule is free, I may not be able to take the tour on days when my daughter cannot cooperate.

Please ask me first. If it is possible.

Reviews

Lucrecia E.

5 / 5

Nov 5, 2025

Full day Fukuoka city tour