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The simple, functional objects
are characterized by marked, PICTURE PERFECT
dribbled glazes in earth Time Travel
Did You Know? colors. The Onta Folk Pottery After going through the
Festival takes place on the torii at Dazaifu Tenman-
Students visit Dazaifu second weekend of October. gu, pause at the pond
Tenman-gu to pray for in the shape of the
success in their exams. Japanese character for
0 “heart.” Take a picture
of the bridges linking
Dazaifu the three islands, each
representing the past,
大宰府
9 ! A6 ⌂ Fukuoka present, and future.
Onta Prefecture £ n At Dazaifu
Stn; (092) 925-1880
小鹿田 The Kyushu National Museum
Dazaifu was of great military focuses on the interaction of
! B6 ⌂ Oita Prefecture importance under the Yamato Japan with other Asian nations.
£ Hita, then bus to
Sarayama n (0973) 23-3111 government (p211) and an Exhibits include 75 hand-
administrative center in the drawn Edo period Um sum
Tucked into a wooded later Nara period. Today, most cards depicting customs.
mountain valley, this tiny visitors come for the shrine of The Dazaifu Government
village has been producing Dazaifu Tenman-gu. Located Ruins is a spacious park with
Onta-ware since a group in a tranquil district close to a scattering of medieval ruins.
of Korean potters set up the station, the shrine is
their kilns here in 1705. Later dedicated to the calligrapher, Dazaifu Tenman-gu
lumi naries of the mingei (folk scholar, and poet Sugawara " ⌂ 4-7-1 Saifu § (092)
craft) movement, such as Michizane. The guardian of 922-8225 # Treasure House:
Yanagi Soetsu and Bernard learning, Michizane, who died 9am–4:30pm Tue–Sun
Leach, praised Onta-ware for in AD 903, is also known by
its un pretentious quality. The his divine name of Tenjin. Kyushu National Museum
kilns, dug into the hillside and The Treasure House can be " ⌂ 4-7-2 Ishizaka § (092)
water-powered, are still used. visited, and just behind 918-2807 # 9:30am–5pm
it is a hall displaying Tue–Sun (to 8pm Fri & Sat)
curious tableaux of Hakata
The ornate exterior of clay dolls representing Dazaifu Government Ruins
Dazaifu Tenman- scenes from ⌂ Mizuki § (092) 922-7811
gu Shrine Michizane’s life. # 9am–4:30pm daily

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