Hotel Monterey La Soeur Fukuoka

... an hour's walk, maybe longer. Thanks to computer mapping, I have a good map of the route, including the locations of convenience stores along the way. Hasami is a town where there's a company, Hakusan, that makes pottery in modern designs.

... to try, but even after eating we knew it was fish but that was as far as it went!! One of the Japanese eating at the stall offered us some of his gyoza (little parcels of chicken) and we enjoyed it so much that we ordered some of our own - we weren't expecting about 10!!! Absolutely stuffed and it ended up being the most expensive meal in Japan, ironic as it was a street stall, but the ...

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????
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 ...

... bow when saying good-bye. The one which owes more respect will bow more and the other one will bow back. Sometimes they do so for 5 or 6 times each!
4. Beer dispensers in the street is the single best invention on earth
5. The sushi rotating plates is the 3rd best invention (sushi being 2nd)
5. Back left door of taxi opens and closes automatically
6. In toilets, there is a wash-hand basin on top of the flush
7. You gotta try an ...

... de una nube de hombres esperando su turno para cargarlas. El publico y los hombres a la espera van echando agua a los "cargadores" para irlos refrescando.
La calor a las 5am ya era insoportable. Nosotras estabamos entre el publico, que se habia agolpado al frente para ver las carrozas pasar. Mucha gente estaban bebiendo cerveza, probablemente continuando la fiesta de la noche anterior.
Cuando termino, volvimos al hostal a dormir, hasta las diez, que teniamos ...

La première fin de semaine passée au Japon fut très intéressante. Samedi, dodo toute la journée pour reprendre un peu du poil de la bête. Dimanche, je décide finalement d'aller rejoindre deux étudiants de l'école qui doivent aller voir le temple de Dazaifu. On ne sait pas où il se trouve, donc nous nous rejoignons vers 11h en face de l'école. Je prends donc le train de Shirakibaru à Tenjin. Sebastien (suisse) et Miekel (Allemagne) me rejoignent peu de temps après et j'apprends a ce ...

... and considering my knowledge of rugby has been watered down a fair bit after 5 years in England, I felt Peter had an extremely strong, if not, sensational debut. Ok, so I probably am a bit biased but even the main English language newspaper here in Japan, the Daily Yomiuri, stated he was 'Australia's best player'. I'd be interested to learn what the Australian media made of his performance. It's actually not so much to do with the fact that he ...

... absorbed by the exhibition and a walk through the Peace Park brought me back to the present! Before we left we took a cable car up to the top of Mount Inasa and watched the sun set over the mountains and saw Nagasaki light up, all very pretty! Got the nicest train back to Fukuoka - had leather seats and loads of leg room! And I was proud of myself as I managed to find my way back from the station to Helen's house without getting lost once! Well my time in ...

... yet it seemed small. Nicely tucked away along a long white sanded coast line against some rather high but not snow covered mountains. There were a few tall buildings, but most buildings were less than 10 storeys. Quite interesting, there was a double decker highway, I think the bottom road was for one direction, the top road for the other direction, and both roads were built as a flyover throughout the city, and this double ...