Hotel Elbis 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 ...

... http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doraemon) robot, the "life-like" pet cat robot, and perhaps my favorite, the "SUMO WRESTLER ROBOT"!:)<br><br>-----<br>CLOSING COMMENTS:<br><br>6 pm came around before I knew it and they had to run me out! I was the last one there. I kept snapping photos as I backed my way out, trying to capture the last little bits of my robot experience in Japan!.<br><br>And so yes, in the end I DID get to see some robots:)<br>--------------------------- -------------<br>

... the islands separated and the strait was formed. Think Red Sea. Mojiko had strategic military importance, so it was the focus of several wars and fights over whether this part of Japan would be open to foreign trade (a theme that also affected Nagasaki and Kagoshima). Mojiko had an important role in the banana import market, which anyone who has seen melons selling for $10 to $50 in Japan's supermarkets will ...

... 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 ...

... 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 ...

... Pilzen cremig und mit Fleisch das einen Fettrand hatte, aber sehr dünn geschnitten war - ich tippe mal auf Schwein oder Rind - aber nachdem es andi probiert hat und meinte man schmeckt das Fett nicht hab ichs auch probiert und es war echt sehr sehr gut und man konnte kein fett schmecken...) echt lecker sowas. Der Hauptgang war auch sehr lecker aber der maguru bleibt unvergesslich ^_° <br>

... nos souliers en entrant dans la maison. Personnellement je fais ça à la maison habituellement. Je n'ai aucun plaisir à me promener à l'intérieur avec mes souliers. Ici, à la maison de Junko-san et même à l'école, nous avons de multiples pantoufles, gougounes, sandales etc. Qui ont différentes utilités. Des pantoufles confortables et jolies pour la maison, des pantoufles différentes pour aller à la salle de bain, faire un tour dehors pour accrocher le linge ...

... and entertainment complex of Canal City, through the busy center Tenjin, down past the former castle and on out to the new western district of Momochi out on the waterfront. Apart from some intriguing modern architecture and a few remaining Meiji era buildings, Fukuoka's not much for specific sights. Really, the attraction of it is the overall atmosphere and energy about the place, not to mention the friendly people. The nightlife is also fairly potent as well ...

... range. Practicing in the range, and golf in Japan, in general is prohibitively expensive, yet golf is a necessary obligation for each "salary man", as they call male office employees, especially those that deal with clients. The practicing has to be done on their own time on weekends. The employees have to pay for the sport themselves. Their companies don`t pay them for the sport. As Mr. Tanaka explained, it is the ...

After the unscheduled and 'ultimate' man's night out in Japan, we boarded the aeroplane for Fukuoka, of which I remember and recall almost nothing. The only experience I have ever had similar to such a brain-dead moment was the first 30 seconds after parachuting with a rip-cord on my first jump. Bozzo the bump on my shoulders just would not function. I have an 18 minute uh, 18 hour, gap about what happened in that city.