New Otani Hotel Hakata Fukuoka

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 ...

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 ...

... eingepackt.

Was ich noch vergessen habe zu erwähnen, wir haben hier den besten maguru (thunfisch) unseres lebens gegessen. Zugegeben es war nicht billig und eigentlich war es nicht der hauptgang sondern nur das Gedeck (das man hier auch zahlt wie in Italien, nur kriegt man hier noch ne kleine Vorspeise diese bestand eben aus besagten Maguru der eingelegt oder so war und etwas ...

... their geography and their language.
They developed complex social skills with many moral obligations both from their isolation and the influence of Confucianism.

The best thing I discovered about Japanese: their profound sense of service. If you ask them about finding a specific store for example they will not let you down until they help you figure out where it is. Even if it involves speaking on the phone with 3 different people.

... varios pisos que se plegaban y desaparecian.
Los hombres que cargaban las carrozas llevaban un pano parecido al de los luchadores de sumo, que cubria sus partes pero dejaba el culo al aire. Interesante.
Antes de que saliera cada carroza, era anunciada por el megafono y un tambor empezaba a sonar, al que se unian los gritos de la muchedumbre. Cuando las carrozas salian, lo hacian a gran velocidad. Los hombres que las cargan se van turnando, asi que cada carroza esta ...

... kept wanting to come talk to me all the time. That's all I'll say about the night life in Fukuoka. Some stuff can't be written down. Some is too boring to write down. Some I cannot remember....

Overall
Fukuoka wasn't as mystical as the Irishman told me. There were a lot of empty bars and overcrowded clubs filled up with people who wore gangster hats and sunglasses inside. I reek of smoke and am feeling the effects of 4 days of non stop ...

... e' che da qui partono i traghetti per la Corea del Sud; c'e' anche qualcos'altro da provare comunque, tipo i migliori ramen del Paese (secondo gli abitanti del posto) e una vita notturna alquanto movimentata. L'ostello e' carino, ma si trasforma in eccezionale grazie a Santa Benedetta Aria Condizionata che rappresenta un rifugio contro l'afa insopportabile. Come sempre incontri interessanti, tipo una ragazza giapponese che e' rimasta esterrefatta quando le ho detto che ...

... it`s aimlessly wandering around the big cities here, surrounded by neon lights and usually listening to the Arctic Monkeys at full blast on my minidisc player...what a buzz! I must have spent a few hours in the Tenjin area alone, just browsing around the huge department stores and wandering the streets, barely seeing another gaijin (which was nice). It was noticeably warmer than it had been on Honshu, so I was able to stroll around in a t ...

... in the wind', an analogy I borrowed from the Floating World of Buddhist philosophy. They use it to mean that a person has no control and nothing goes as a person wants it to, that he is a slave to the winds of happenstance and fate. There are other interpretations though, such as the Floating World means 'going along with an unsinkable disposition no matter what happens.' I shared this thought with him too, and it might have given him some small comfort. In the end though, we both ...

... to my strong grammar knowledge. Her Germany still is pretty good and her English excellent. Meeting her in Takamiya was a strange feeling. She was from Fukuoka, and that was a very nice coincident. Atsuko-san recommended that I buy a fixed coupon commuter card for Yen 5000, which included a credit of 10%, so that I got Y5500 of travelling money for only Y5000. Great deal. Each trip cost me around Y150, so this card will last me ...