The Cube

Golden hour with rainbow out of an aircraft Unexpectedly a month after my overnight visit to Sydney, I was back for another 4 days for training. So it meant more eating capacity and usually Japanese cuisine. On the day I landed, a Sunday evening, one of my work colleague invited me to have...

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Here's the recap of travel (read: last post on Kyushu), or rather it serve as an index page for easier tracking. Pre-travel Breakdown of travel days and links to accommodations. Day 1 - Nagasaki Getting around in Nagasaki and places visited. Day 2 - Kumamoto Getting around in Kumamoto and places visited. Day...

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Dazaifu 太宰府 used to serve as the administrative center for Kyushu island in the late 7th century. Nowadays it is a small city on the outskirts of Fukuoka. Getting to Dazaifu from Fukuoka There is a bus connection from Hakata bus center to Dazaifu but I took a train. Daizaifu is served b...

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The title is in reference the suggested route on the leaflet that came with the subway pass. This particular route is named as "Fukuoka's History and Culture course". I didn't visit all of them but ended up in 2 shrines, 1 museum, yatai and shopping in Hakata and Tenjin. Here goes. Kawachi Wisteria...

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