Solaria Nishitetsu Hotel Fukuoka

... visible to the hotel guests. Reminds me a bit of that long-neglected hit by Reparata and the Delrons, "Saturday Night Didn't Happen."

Tomorrow is my big hike--I am taking the train to Arita and walking to Hasami, which should be ...

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.

... marchar para Hiroshima.

Isla de Miyajima
El hostal estaba en Mijayimaguchi - la entrada a la isla templo.
Mija: templo.
Yima: isla
Guchi: entrada
Teniamos que coger el ferry a la isla. El hostal esta convenientemente situado junto a la terminal. La hora de marea alta, cuando el torii esta flotando en el mar era a las dos de la tarde y la marea baja a las ocho. Cuando llegamos era hora de marea alta, asi que nos hicimos las correspondientes fotos ...

... photos d'un arbre qu'il a importé d'Allemagne et dont les fleurs servent à faire du thé. Si je trouve le nom, je l'ajouterai à la photo. C'était bien intéressant, pour ce que l'on a comprit! Au retour, en direction de la gare, nous sommes passé près des « ruines » de l'immeuble gouvernemental d'il y a je ne sais combien d'années. Bref il n'y a plus rien, mais ce site est conservé tout de même. Ce fut une bonne journée! Épisode 4 : Sortie dans la ville et festival culturel. Mata ato de ne!

... Japan, hmmm... Anywho, here are some pics from Japan. Its all jumbled in my head right now, I'll sort later with some snappy captions to go with it later. I had a good time, did a lot of traveling between the three cities. The Shinksansen (super fast train or bullet train) is great and looks cute. Things are always cute in Japan; except ...

... much for our £35 but when we arrived we found ourselves in a really lovely business hotel in a great location near the subway for getting back to the airport for 6am. We headed out for some food and a wander around the city where we stumbled across the most amazing shrine. The entrances were guarded by large heads which you had to enter through the mouth and when we first ...

... pack of post cards, which she left for me to write post cards to friends and family. How sweet. We had touched down in Fukuoka at 12.40, but now it was already around 2.30 p.m. Just another 8 hours I wanted to remain awake, so that I could get over the jet lag (7 hours time difference) as fast as possible. Around 3 p.m. I went for a walk to the nearest subway station, which was about 10 minutes away. I had to simply walk along ...