《2》Dazaifu Tenmangu Shrine (Part 2)...This shrine is the tomb of Sugawara no Michizane
-When he was transferred from the capital to Dazaifu, Sugawara no Michizane, a great lover of poetry and flowers, wrote the following poem about the plum blossoms in his garden.
"When the east wind blows let it send your fragrance, oh plum blossoms; although your master is gone, do not forget the spring"
-The plum trees, which are said to have flown to Dazaifu overnight in admiration of Sugawara no Michizane, bloom with fragrant flowers every year at Dazaifu Tenmangu Shrine.
-The biggest difference between Dazaifu Tenmangu Shrine, famous for the legend of the flying plum tree, and other Shinto shrines is that it is not a place to worship Amaterasu or other Shinto deities, but a mausoleum, or tomb, of Sugawara no Michizane. /
太宰府天満宮（その２）…この神社は菅原道真公の墓です
-詩歌と花をこよなく愛した菅原道真公が、都から太宰府に左遷されるときに我が家の庭の梅に思いを残し詠んだ詩が「東風吹かば にほひおこせよ 梅の花 あるじなしとて 春な忘れそ」です。
-彼を慕い一夜にして太宰府に飛んできたと伝えられる梅が、太宰府天満宮では毎年香り高い花を咲かせています。
-この「飛梅伝説」で名高い太宰府天満宮が、普通の神社と異なる最大の点は、天照大神などの神道の神を祭る場でなく、菅原道真公の廟、つまり墓という点です。