We had one and a half days in Fukuoka (also known as Hakata) at the end of our trip. Fukuoka is a large city and is quite spread out. When we arrived we had a bit of a look around and then we had dinner before going out. We were looking for a club called “Sam and Daves” but we walked around in circles before being shown where it was! It was raining when we went out so we had umbrellas with us. Japan is well prepared and there is always an umbrella holder of some sort. When we arrived there weren’t many people there but there were 3 huge umbrella tubs so we thought we would put our umbrellas together (Tina had a big clear one – very popular type and Marie and I had small fold up ones) outside a tub so we would find them. The club was great and had good music but there were a lot of foreign people there which is not always what you want. It is good to go to a place where mainly Japanese people go so you can meet new friends and sometimes attempt to practice your Japanese. When we decided to leave we realized that we hadn’t thought the umbrella situation through very well considering now the 3 tubs were full of about 50 or more umbrellas each!! Well I dug around in one and found Marie’s and Tina decided to take any clear umbrella as they are all the same but I was determined to find mine! It was a really good, really small polka dot one that I bought from Australia and I wasn’t leaving it behind! After pulling out about 100 umbrellas I finally found mine still hooked onto Tina’s!! Tip of the week – if your umbrella doesn’t stand out or is too small don’t put it anywhere near umbrella holders!!!
Our last day of our holiday we walked around Ohori Park which has a huge lake in the middle and a running, cycling or walking track around it. There is also a Japanese garden which we visited and it seemed the perfect time of year to do it, it was so green and beautiful.
Ohori Park.
Japanese Garden.
I had such a great holiday even though I got sick! And Marie and Tina are great to go away with! I am looking forward to my next trip!
2 comments:
I give you full credit for being soooo determined to find yoru umbrella Roren. That was sooo funny! :-)
I LOVED `Sam and Daves` nightclub! It was so cool to dance all night! You are really cool to travel with too because you like to do everything and you always giggle at everything! :-)
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