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Fukuoka Slideshow
Fukuoka
Travel Blogs from Fukuoka, Japan
Never an Ordinary Day in Paradise
... been able to meet so many more people. Most of the friends I have made are Japanese - which would make sense considering I am in Japan. Its great to spend time with the people who live in this culture, as oppose to only other outsiders. You feel less like ...
Day 7
Day 7, Mon 10 Nov: Failed morning zodiac cruise of Elsehul cove, but successful zodiac cruise through Right Whale Bay. Saw the amazing black and white Comerson's Dolphins, who raced our zodiacs. Every animal/bird down here seems to be ...
Hello from Penang
Alright there folks, All going swimminly at our end. Hope you all well. Malaysia is class. The people are so friendly and welcoming and as I said in the last blog speak really good english so its made life easy as please and thank you are as far as my ...
Back from the bush
Hi all! well we are back in (relative) civilisation, after 10 amazing days in a pretty basic 'village' called Kotomore (which translates as 'rain and thunder' - for very good reason too!). the collection of mud huts in the middle of a vast ...
Just a quick stopover
Kokura was just a stopover on the way to Hiroshima. I travelled there so I would be that much closer to Hiroshima the next morning. I even had a reservation at the Kokura youth hostel - that is until I found out it was a 20 min train ride and a 25 min ...
Fukuoka
We travelled on three trains from the alps to Fukuoka, the capital city of Kyushu, the most southerly of Japan's 4 main islands. The trains really are blissfully good in Japan. The first train through the alps had huge windows all along the ...
Fukuoka/Hakata, Japan
Hello hello ja hellat tunteet! Fukuoka viimenen matkakohde Japanissa ja siina kiireessa mita ehdittiin kaupunkia nahda niin ihan hauska paikka. Vika paiva nukuttiin myohaan ja pestiin pyykkia hotellilla ja illalla paatettiin menna vahan ulos, syomaan ...
Fukuoka
We arrived at the airport and put our luggage in lockers, expecting to while away the following 18 hours or so until check in at the airport. However we soon discovered that the airport closes overnight as it is located in a residential area so we had to ...
Equatorial Crossing ... & the antics that go w/it!
We crossed the Equator! Whoo hoo! We're in the southern hemisphere now, and we've been watching the stars from our balcony to see the changes in the sky. The weather is COMPLETELY different; sweatshirts are no longer needed, and the staff have been ...
BUMMED OUT IN FUKUOKA
Landed in Fukuoka on the southern island of Kyushu at the beginning of their Yamakasa festival--where a lot of men bear huge floats on their shoulders wearing sumo-like loin clothes. Many bare bums to be seen. The floats are very colourful and ...
I am trapped in a cubicle!
... you in the traditional Japanese hospitality except here you can barely see them bow even with the curtain open. Eating culture in Japan is at the extreme opposite end from Italy. The Italians can sit forever at a restaurant or cafe, socialize or watch ...
The oldest country in the world
San Marino, the third smallest state in Europe and the oldest constitutional republic in the world. It was founded in 301AD by a Stonemason called Marinus who was escaping from persecution due to his Christian beliefs. It is only 61 sqkm and has its own ...
Kicking back on the Kyushu coast
... the city has to offer. We had an amazing dinner at our Ryokan - there were 12 separate dishes as well as rice and dessert - and took the opportunity to eat Fukuoka's famous speciality - ramen style noodles in pork stock soup - absolutely ...
sumo, tripe and the inevitable porn
... are pretty much shopping complexes with little stalls selling customized sweets and memorabilia. unfortunately, i couldn't find any post cards of Fukuoka. on the way back to the hostel i stopped in at a three story electronic store to look around. it ...
Fukuoka
Well, we've had a full day in Fukuoka, which is a fantastic city, very cosmopolitan and seems to have a big international flavour to it. Finally managed to get Dee to eat some Japanese food when we went to a buffet restaurant at the top of a shopping ...
Day 8 - Fukuoka Bound
... , bells. In the most technically advanced nation in the world, that is their method of luggage security. If we were anywhere but Japan it would be a concern, but I'm sure we could have left our bags out on the footpath with no problems. Since we are ...
Where the Fuk am I?
... should get off. Then I managed to get someone to buy my ticket for me at the train station. When I arrived in Fukuoka City I saw that it was actually a really big place. Very clean and all the buildings look brand spanking new. ...
Fukuoka
... Kyoto to Izumo via Himeji and Tottori (where I spend a few hours in a huge sand dune area). Today I came back to Fukuoka via Masuda, Nagato, Shimonoseki and Kokura. In Shimonoseki I stopped to have a walk through a pedestrian tunnel from Honshu Island to ...
Fukuoaka for the flight back to Korea
I travelled with these strange busses where there is some kind of Duschhaube for everybodu to sleep under. Japan is sometimes very funny. ...
Fun stuffs about Japanese
I stayed a few days in this nice and modern city located on Japan southern island before taking a 6h ferry to Korea. To sum up I'd say: Good looking women and good food here. See info in pictures' comments. Fun stuffs about Japanese and ideas: 1. ...
Fukuoka, last day
On the last day in Fukuoka we did not do much. We washed our clothes, packed our bags and went to an internet cafe. In the late afternoon we visited a nearby park which was quiet ...
Zu Fuss unterwegs
... in dem jegliche Arten von Robotern angeboten werden. Unter anderem auch ein niedlicher Robodog, der auf Rufzeichen und Streicheleinheiten reagiert. Fukuoka ist nicht sehr gross und kann daher gut zu Fuss erkundet werden. Auf dem Weg zum Ohori-Park treffen ...
A day in the life of Fukuoka
... front and wandered along the beach which was spotlessly clean. It must be a really popular hangout during the summer. I then headed towards Fukuoka tower wondering if you could go up to the top and view the city. In actual fact, it is nothing but ...
Breaking bags
... , as usual recently, having been a lot in South East Asia, they all think I must take loads of drugs and be importing them into Japan.. Either that or I just look like a drug dealer. Ha ha ha. In the end they decided that I'm just very bad at packing, as ...
Because an Irishman told me so....
... through the ticket gate, It wasn't quite like that but it was fun anyway..... an experience... I realised some things in Fukuoka. That I hate smoky, packed, RnB nightclubs more than you could ever imagine and I intend to never enter another nightclub ...
und weiter geht`s...
... auf. Naechster Halt: Shin Osaka. Dort angekommen fruehstuecken wir erstmal und warten, bis unser Shinkansen eintrifft. Die Fahrt nach Fukuoka dauert gut 3 Stunden. Also genuegend Zeit fuer uns, um uns nochmals etwas auszuruhen und zu doesen. In Fukuoka ...