About the shrine office building
The shrine office building functions as a hub for disseminating culture and history,
housing and displaying historical collections of the shrine. It also provides a welcoming place for visitors to relax.
Floor Guide
Along with a shrine office and jinja gift counter, there are cafés, restaurants,
rental venues, and more. Detailed information on the shops is also available.
- THE KEGO CLUB by HAPPO-EN
- Office
- Ceremonial preparation hall
- Restaurant (Nangoku Fruits Parlour)
- Restaurant (Bar Vespula)
- Restaurant (Hakata Mizutaki Hamadaya Tenjin)
- Café (Blue Bottle Coffee Fukuoka Tenjin Café)
- Shrine office / jinja gift counter
Restaurant Information
Blue Bottle Coffee Fukuoka Tenjin Café
You can enjoy specialty coffee that is carefully brewed one cup at a time, brunch plates with bread from Fukuoka’s popular Pain Stock, toast, and desserts and pastries that go perfectly with coffee.
- Business hours:
For more information, please see the official website below.
Nangoku Fruits Parlour
Whether it’s a special treat or an everyday occasion, you can enjoy the most delicious fruit right now.
The menu focuses entirely on seasonal fruit.
Vividly colored and rich in nutrients, fresh fruit finds its perfect expression in parfaits and desserts served in a fruit parlor.
Enjoy seasonal flavors in a relaxing space while taking in the natural setting of Kego Shrine.
- Business hours:
For more information, please see the official website below.
Bar Vespula
An authentic bar on the grounds of the shrine, Bar Vespula opens at 1:00 p.m. and offers a rich array of alcoholic beverages and cocktails. Enjoy a special time in the bar’s relaxing atmosphere.
- Business hours:
Hakata Mizutaki Hamadaya Tenjin
The pride of the restaurant is mizutaki chicken hot pot, which is both light and flavorful. It is boiled for a short time using plenty of fresh chicken stock and features the flavor of red chicken and highly aromatic vinegar soy sauce. At the restaurant, waitresses tend the hot pot at each table, adding to a lasting impression of the highly refined service.
- Business hours:
For more information, please see the official website below.
THE KEGO CLUB by HAPPO-EN
Outfitted with both large and small banquet halls and private rooms, the restaurant can accommodate a full range of culinary requests featuring local Kyushu ingredients—whether for weddings, banquets, post-gokito meals, naorai (post-ceremony gathering with food), or other events. The staff eagerly awaits proposals of all kinds and can deliver one-stop event production.
For more information, please see the official website below.
Cultural Properties and Collections
The exhibits available for viewing are located on the first and second floors only.
Other items on display are not open to the public.
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Wu Song Slays the Tiger
(Water Margin)Artist unknown, 1724
Donated by Honmachi children groupThis can be viewed on the second floor of the shrine office building.
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Plum Blossoms and Cranes
Ryusui-do, 1909
Donated by parishioner group -
Guan Yu
Artist unknown, 1858
Donated by Yaoya Choshichi and Yorozuya Joshichi -
Spindle-shaped fish
Manen, 1900
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Kego Shrine Main Sanctuary
Jishu, 1909
Donated by group of parishioner representativesThis can be viewed on the first floor of the shrine office building.
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Takasago
Hyakko Yoshimura, 1939
Donated by Gofukumachi Respect for the Aged Association -
Thirty-Six Immortal Poets:
Ono no KomachiShogyoku, 1853
Tangible Cultural Property of Fukuoka City -
Thirty-Six Immortal Poets:
Sojo HenshoShogyoku, 1853
Tangible Cultural Property of Fukuoka City -
Thirty-Six Immortal Poets:
Sakanoue no KorenoriShogyoku, 1853
Tangible Cultural Property of Fukuoka City