Centraza Hakata Hotel Fukuoka

... like? I have no friggin' idea. I've been trying to research it on the internet but have come up with very little as to what kind of life we'll be living there. Which is one of the reasons I've decided to revive the travel blog and maybe somewhere down the line, someone else is moving to Salalah and will actually have some idea of what it's like before they get there. Here's hoping it's good!<br><br>-M<br>

... with Hello Kitty ROBO. Pretty cute. But for the $1000 price tag I could buy a lot of 'cute' in the red light district!<br><br>Next, the AIBO collection caught my eye. Several generations of the lovable little robot dog by SONY were obediently seated on a matrix of shelves. If you've seen an AIBO it's probably been one of the futuristic looking shiny silver, black, or white ones. I was surprised to see a more "natural" looking beige pup from 2003, the AIBO ERS-311, but I ...

... Mojiko also became an important terminal for both the railroad and cruise ships. So it's full of Meiji-era Western-style buidings, mostly built in grand style between 1910 and 1920. The view of the waterfront and the bridge across the strait is just beautiful. There's a nice little railroad museum, a couple of small shopping plazas, and a new hotel with a striking modern design. I think Mojiko deserves everybody's ...

... a pottery center because of deposits of clay that produced pure white porcelain, and because Korean experts were brought to the area. Reports vary about the circumstances under which the Korean experts arrived, but there appears to be some ambiguity about whether their arrival in Japan was voluntary. <br><br>The old pottery village just outside Imari is actually the remnants of a secret government installation hidden at the end of a ...

We stayed in Fukuoka for one night as we were getting the Beetle at 9am in the morning from the port here. We knew it was a bit of a party town and had many street stalls so went out in the evening for a wander. We walked for miles but ended up back at the first street stall we saw as it had a good view and seemed busy enough that it was ok to eat in!! Sat down and got noodles as we couldn't decide ...

Naja gesehen haben wir sie noch nicht. Wir haben nur bemerkt, das hier die Leute nicht so freundlich sind. Andi hält einer die Tür auf (wartet extra auf sie ne halbe minute) und erntet nichtmal ein Kopfnicken... nani sore????<br>Schön sind die Frauen hier auch nicht dafür gibts hier Hostclubs und das einen nach den anderen und das für beider Geschlechter....Mal schauen ob ich morgen ...

... their trip around the island. I took the ferry back to Kagoshima and from there a train to Ibusuki. In Ibusuki are famous sand baths, which I 'took': you dress down completely naked and then put on a yukata (a kind of kimono). With this I walked outside to the beach where people bury you in hot sand. With only the head above the sand you 'cook' yourself for 10 minutes. The feeling was quite nice, but it was a bit marred by the fact that I was under a bit of time ...

... joku naisellisuus-juttu ;D tai sit se on sen vessan syy! haha..no joo, tata vois miettii loputtomiin. Kaiken kaikkiaan ma tykkasin Japanista ja varmaan tuun uudestaankin. Hello there my international friends ;) Fukuoka/Hakata and last day was passed by with some laundry and good night sleep. The city's fine as far as we saw it. We decided to do something special on the last day and went to Canal City complex. We wanted to go to movies there and eat some conveyor belt sushi. Gooosh ...

... long it might take me to gain fluency in a language. It also disheartened me regarding Japanese and graduate school. The foreign language test(s) for a master's or a PhD in history involves translating a document in the language into English with no aid except for a dictionary. This means that despite being able to converse freely and make complex jokes in Japanese (this later seems to be a specialty of Josh's), Josh could not pass the graduate school language test even after so much ...

... whether I missed any dishes. I think I have them all now. This first real and traditional Japanese meal was so special, so delicious, and the setting so beautiful. A most memorable experience. I can understand why Atsuko-san loves to live at home with her parents and her grandmother in the beautiful home, which is decorated with many artifacts from the Kyushu area, but especially with Imari porcelaines. After dinner, Mrs Tanaka had ...