Comfort Hotel Hakata Fukuoka

Here we go again, off to lands unknown (to us, anyway) with our lives stuffed into luggage. The last time we do this will not be too soon! I suppose it's the price of an adventurous lifestyle. <br><br>Speaking of which, we are currently in Nogata, Fukuoka which is probably the *least* adventurous town ever. It consists of rice fields and... rice fields. My grandparents live here though, and it's also where we ...

... FIDO" (Friendly Indelligent Dog Option) would be more fitting:).<br><br>Several pretty young Japanese women were on hand to demonstrate the robots and answer any questions. One had just fed an AIBO (i.e. replaced its batteries) when a trio of female Korean Navy officers happened by. Reading from a command list, one officer commanded the digital canine to dance. Their eyes lit up with amusement when the little robot sounded a tune and started to dance.<br><br>I made my way around ...

KARATSU<br><br>There is next to nothing in Saga, but it's a convenient rail connection to the pottery towns I want to visit. There is also a recently-built Comfort Hotel right next to the train station, and the rooms are very pleasant and an excellent value. I took the train from Saga to Karatsu and back this afternoon. Karatsu is an old town with a long tradition of making rough, non-symmetrical pottery, some of which looks like it was ...

... the other stuff was!! But glad we did as it was the best noodle soup we have had all trip. Then we decided to be brave and order some other little bits - Rob ordered some chicken skewers, which although this is what it was, we had no idea what part of the chicken it was from as it was hard and crunchy!!!! Lesley then pointed at a few things that could not be identified but thought it might be ...

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 ...

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. More info in pictures' comments.<br><br>Fun stuffs about Japanese and ideas:<br><br>1. They drive on the left side of the road. Can somebody explain? That I know, there was no English influence here..<br>2. You read a magazine from bottom to top (I mean right to left)<br>3 ...

... My hostel in Kumamoto enforced a 22h00 curfew and I was almost sure I couldn't make it. After a shower I walked back to the train station and took the train to Kagoshima. Here I kindly asked if a lady at the ticket counter could phone my hostel and tell them I would be late. I think this was the good and polite way to do it, because later that evening (at around 23h00) I had no problems. Japanese just don't like surprises. The following day I returned to Kagoshima ...

... it was good. I dont usually eat raw fish or any other similar but there I could choose from all the options and I sure made good decisions. ;P Afterwards we walked around bit and found a moomin shop! All the cups and towels filled with moomins. And what's best, I bought some rye bread, really miss it from home. Then a movie called The Good Shepherd was seen and it was okay, too long though. It was great fun to hear English.. We were suppose to continue in some pub for few more ...

... sit on the sofa in the next room, and we looked at photos of their recent trip to Germany in 1993, when they visited Heidelberg, Dresden, Meissen, Frankfurt, and Ruedesheim, and also enjoyed a Rhine cruise from Koblenz. We also looked at a slide show which I prepared for them of the trip that Suzanna and I had taken with Atsuko-san to the German Vogelsberg in April 2004, and also the pictures of when I invited Atsuko for an Indian ...