Hotel New Simple Fukuoka

The New Simple Hotel - the most luxurious place that we have stayed but only because we didn't have to sleep on the floor. The city really comes alive at night when all of the food stalls set up along the canals. We splashed out and had a ramen and a ...

... was plain hot rice onigiri made from the same type of plastic mould that mom bought.  I headed off to Fukuoka Historical village, a collection of traditional artisans selling their own work (mostly potters).  I checked yesterday with the ...

... at the main street of these, and planned to return the next day for dinner.  On the way back I saw a jungle style love hotel and a large Dojinshi store.  I’ll try them tomorrow. B: (groceries) strawberry and cream pillow, fruit cup. L: ...

... Whether this was in thanks for our custom, or just to make sure we actually left, I'm not sure. We were headed for Hakata/Fukuoka - a city which once was two cities but due to recent expansion of both are now known officially as one, the former locals of ...

... out to be much less than a standard return ticket. Since the deal was for only one night though, we had to change to a new hotel today, but that just allows us to try a couple different places out. Last night we were at a fairly non-descript business ...

... us to survey the surrounding city for miles and miles from the castle. Another weekend we trained down to Fukuoka with Hiro.  We stayed at the Smile Hotel, which had small but very clean rooms at a decent price.  That night we sampled ...