Dazaifu

I wanted to try on a yukata on my way to Dazaifu, so I made a reservation. It's about a 15-20 minute walk from Gojo train station, and although the shop was small, I was able to try on a yukata in the design I wanted. I've worn women's yukata before, so this time I tried on a men's yukata, which was a unique experience, and the staff were very kind and helpful. They quickly helped me change and put on the geta with swift movements. It became a special memory.

The staff were incredibly friendly and skilled! The location was also perfect, right in front of the Tabito bus stop and Dazaifu Station. The hair styling, in particular, was truly artistic. When upgrading to premium on-site (which includes hair styling and more yukata options for women, but no hair styling for men), there was an additional charge of approximately 5,500 yen for two women. Even short hair could be styled! Please note that if you have a larger build or hips, your yukata design choices might be limited due to sizing. As of early June, wearing a yukata was comfortably warm and pleasant!

වෘත්තීය ඡායාරූපකරණ අත්දැකීමක් වෙන්කරවා ගත් අපගේ පළමු අවස්ථාව මෙයයි. පැය 1ක ඡායාරූපකරණයේදී අපි ඉතා සතුටින් සිටියෙමු. ඡායාරූප ශිල්පියා ඉතා හොඳයි, අපට ක්‍රියා කළ යුතු ආකාරය පිළිබඳව උපදෙස් ලබා දුන්නා. අපට ඡායාරූප ලැබුණු පසු, ඒවා ඉතා අලංකාරයි. ඒ ගැන සැබවින්ම අගය කරනවා.

අත්දැකීම: අයිතිකාරිය ඉතා මිත්‍රශීලී වන අතර ජපන් සහ මැන්ඩරින් භාෂා කතා කරයි. යුකාටා තෝරාගැනීම සඳහා ඇය අපට ලබා දුන් උපදෙස් ඉතා ප්‍රයෝජනවත් විය. යුකාටා මෝස්තර ඉතා අලංකාර වූ අතර, අපගේ කොණ්ඩා සැරසිලි සකස් කිරීමට ඇය අපට ඉතා විශිෂ්ට ලෙස උදව් කළාය, එය අපගේ පවුලට ඉතා හොඳ අත්දැකීමක් විය. ඊළඟ වතාවේ නැවත පැමිණෙන විට අපි අනිවාර්යයෙන්ම මෙම වෙළඳසැල නැවත තෝරා ගනිමු. 😘 ස්ථානය: ස්ථානය Dazaifu වලට ඉතා ආසන්නයි, එය ඉතා පහසුයි. පහසුකම්: පරිසරය ඉතා සුවපහසුයි.

We really enjoyed the tour. Very informative, Nicole shared the traditions and cultures especially in Daizafu Shrine. Kirin lake is very magical. We just hope the time is longer for each spot so you can enjoy leisurely.

An absolutely wonderful tour! The first stop was Dazaifu Tenmangu Shrine, with an 80-minute stay. It takes about half an hour to walk through the shrine grounds, where you can pray for good fortune or buy some lucky charms. The small street in front of the shrine has many great little shops; whether it's local snacks, souvenirs, the Sumikkogurashi specialty store, or the unique Starbucks, everything is very interesting and well worth spending some time exploring. Next was the Beppu Ropeway, with a 60-minute stop. The cable car ride up the mountain takes about 10 minutes, offering beautiful scenery along the way. It's a bit cooler at the top, so you should keep that in mind. When we went up, it happened to be foggy, so we couldn't see the view below, but walking along the mountain trails in the fog was still a lot of fun. We had nearly two hours in Yufuin. Starting from Lake Kinrin and slowly walking back, there are so many small shops to browse and shop at, as well as plenty of interesting snacks. Even though no lunch time was scheduled, eating and browsing our way through Yufuin turned out to be a fantastic experience. On the way back, we rode the Yufuin no Mori train. Although you can't see much of the scenery at night, it gives you more leisure time, and the seats on the train are more spacious, making it easy to use the restroom and much more comfortable to rest. It's a great choice.

This was an enjoyable trip. Although it was drizzling, it didn't affect the overall tour route. Our guide, Yang Liu, explained everything very clearly and used a large sign to indicate meeting times, which was very helpful. The time spent in Yufuin was quite sufficient; we visited the owl cafe and were surprised by how many owls were there. We could pet them and take plenty of photos, which was a great experience. Afterward, we went to Beppu Kamado Jigoku, where everyone received a hot spring egg, and then to Dazaifu Tenmangu Shrine. The itinerary was a bit tight, but being able to visit three places in one day satisfied tourists who want to see many attractions with limited time. Overall, it was great value for money and highly recommended.

ඩසයිෆු, යුෆුයින්, කමාඩෝ ජිගෝකු සහ උමි ජිගෝකු වෙත අපගේ දින සංචාරය ජපානයේ අපගේ සංචාරයේ එක් විශේෂ අවස්ථාවක් විය. සංචාරක සැලැස්ම හොඳින් සකස් කර තිබූ අතර, එක් එක් නැවතුම ගවේෂණය කිරීමට, ඡායාරූප ගැනීමට, සාප්පු සවාරි යාමට සහ සැබවින්ම භුක්ති විඳීමට අපට ප්‍රමාණවත් කාලයක් ලබා දුන්නේය. අත්දැකීම වඩාත් අමතක නොවන එකක් බවට පත් කිරීම සම්බන්ධයෙන් අපගේ සංචාරක මාර්ගෝපදේශිකා වන විවියන් හට විශේෂ ස්තූතියක්. ඇය අප සංචාරය කළ සෑම ස්ථානයක් ගැනම රසවත් කථා සහ ඓතිහාසික කරුණු බෙදා ගත් අතර, එය එක් එක් ගමනාන්තය ගැඹුරු මට්ටමකින් අගය කිරීමට අපට හැකි විය. ඇයගේ උපදෙස් සෑම විටම පැහැදිලි වූ අතර, ඇය කාලසටහන කාර්යක්ෂමව කළමනාකරණය කළ අතර, සංචාරය සුමටව පවත්වා ගනිමින් අපට ප්‍රමාණවත් නිදහස් කාලයක් ඇති බව සහතික කළාය. විවියන් දේශීය විශේෂතා සහ අනිවාර්යයෙන්ම රස බැලිය යුතු ආහාර නිර්දේශ කිරීමෙන් අමතර උත්සාහයක් ගත් අතර, අපගේ සංචාරයෙන් උපරිම ප්‍රයෝජන ගැනීමට අපට උපකාර කළාය. ඇයගේ මිත්‍රශීලීත්වය, වෘත්තීයභාවය සහ කණ්ඩායමේ සිටි සියලු දෙනා කෙරෙහි වූ අවංක සැලකිල්ල මුළු සංචාරයම ප්‍රීතිමත් සහ ආතතියෙන් තොර එකක් බවට පත් කළේය. ෆුකුවෝකා සහ බෙප්පු වෙත පැමිණෙන ඕනෑම කෙනෙකුට මෙය බෙහෙවින් නිර්දේශ කෙරේ. ඔබට විවියන් ඔබේ මාර්ගෝපදේශිකාව ලෙස ලැබුණහොත්, ඔබ සිටින්නේ විශිෂ්ට අතේය!

We spotted tour guide Nana's flag first thing in the morning. She was sweet and extremely dedicated, and she didn't waste any time talking when it was time for us to rest and catch up on sleep! Her Mandarin and English were both fluent, so there were zero communication barriers. Since I easily get motion sick, I had added a note requesting a front-seat before joining the tour, and they saved a seat for me. The scenery along the entire way was truly gorgeous, and everywhere we went had a wonderful, comfortable energy. Because we joined the Takachiho Gorge boating activity, our schedule required precise timing. As soon as we arrived at Takachiho Gorge, Nana gave instructions on the meeting time and place for those not boating, and then rushed forward with the nine of us who were participating in the boating activity! It turns out that boating time is limited, and failing to return within the designated time results in extra fees charged by the boat rental shop! The boats are not the easiest to steer, but it is a lot of fun. I highly recommend trying it out if you aren't traveling with very young children or elderly family members—since you're already there, you might as well! I highly recommend this tour and am very grateful to our guide, Nana, for giving us such a wonderful day! By the way, the mango shaved ice has very poor value for the money, so skip it! The soft-serve ice cream should be worth a try, though!