I don’t get to travel as much as I used to, but all travel posts go here!
I meant to have this post up during Golden Week but I ended up being so drained that I only got around to writing it today. But Mifuneyamarakuen is seriously way too beautiful! But before I get to Mifuneyama rakuen, I just want to say that anyone who has not tried Starbuck’s American Cherry Pie… Read More Mifuneyama Rakuen with Totoro and Friends
Time for the first part of the recap! I’m sure all of you have heard TONS of things about Fukuoka and to a lesser extent Yanagawa and Dazaifu by now so I want to focus on something different: Should you rent a car in Fukuoka (or anywhere else in Kyushu)? The answer if obvious if… Read More Should you rent a car in Fukuoka? (+ Yanagawa in Spring!)
Alright, time to get started on my graduation trip with my family, or I’ll never get started (I probably won’t be posting consecutively, because I’ve got some other stuff too(: ). Last March, my family came for my graduation, and since they were here, decided to tour Kyushu. And guess who was their guide? (no… Read More Kyushu in a Week? (An Itinerary)
While my sister was still here, we decided to drive around Sasebo for a day and visit the different observatories! The Sasebo99 site has a few recommended observatories (link to the English site) and we basically based our trip on that. By the way, anyone know how to embed a google map saved locations thing? I… Read More Sasebo Observatories
Finally finishing my recap of the Kuroshima trip, which was more than half a month ago! If you don’t remember, in the last post, I talked about the Deguchi family and some trees (it sounds boring when I put it like that). Well, after visiting those two sites, our guide brought us to a lookout… Read More Kuroshima – Make Sure You Visit (Part 3)
Hey everyone! Here’s part two of my trip to Kuroshima, continuing from where I left of the other time. After lunch, the guide brought us to look at… trees! I know it sounds boring, but the history behind them is pretty interesting. This is a camellia tree that will bear white flowers. It’s not the… Read More Kuroshima – Island of Faith (Part 2)
Since my sister is here, I wanted to bring her somewhere special. A little googling led me to Kuroshima island, which is famous for being one of the places where Christians hid during the persecution in Japan (mainly in the Tokugawa era). Another place would be the Goto islands, which is mentioned in Silence, but… Read More Kuroshima – Island of Hidden Christians (Part 1)
Since my sister is here and I’m not familiar with the area, we decided to explore Sasebo using a map. There was a guidebook, and they gave this “model course” for Sasebo city: If you can’t see it, the course goes like this: Sasebo station → Tunnel Yokocho Arcade → Hario Market → Sasebo Bridge… Read More We Tried the Recommended Sasebo Walking Route
Recently, I was asked to talk about my 10 top reasons for visiting Kyushu. But perhaps because I’m moving from Fukuoka to Sasebo, I started thinking about all the good things about Fukuoka instead, and ended up with my top five reasons on why you should visit Fukuoka! I really think that Fukuoka is severely… Read More 5 Reasons to Visit Fukuoka
I finally managed to go to Yanagawa (with my family)!! Unfortunately, it rained the whole time, so you can expect some rather dreary (but hopefully still pretty) pictures. For our trip, we decided to get the Nishitetsu tokumori ticket that includes the train tickets, the boat ticket, and a lunch set at one of the… Read More Yanagawa