Woke up with the sunrise, ate breakfast buffet, and we rode the bus to a little
village named Yufuin. There were small crafts stores and tourist trickets. It’s
a residential area so I was able to enjoy the Japanese home architecture.
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| Breakfast- Much fish |
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| On the road again |
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Lake Kinroko in Yufuin. The warm spring water that fed the lake produced a floating mist.
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| The older village houses did not follow a grid system and I saw neighbors lined up like this often. |
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| Japanese Honey Ice Cream- Damn, so good |
Restaurant we stopped at served this meal. The traditional
udon was complete with wide noodles, oozing mochi at the bottom of the bowl,
and tempura to put inside the dish to the diner’s discretion.
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| Mochi Mochi Mochi |
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| Basically bulgogi. |
The largest active volcano of Japan,
Mount Aso sent huge
plumes of white smoke up into the sky. It has been usually more active in the
last month which was a two sided fortune. One, we were able to see an active
volcano fart. Two, we weren’t allowed to visit the crater (Or go with 3 miles
of it).
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More than the volcano, I enjoyed the caldera of the area. It’s
the valley created by the collapse of the the surround land after a volcanic
eruption. Though it looked like a regular valley between mountains, you could
see that the top of the hills was relatively flat.
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We visited
Shirakawa Foutainhead. It was a little park with
a crystal clear pond with spring water bubbling through the sand.
As many Koreans do the short trip to Japan to get their
shopping fix, we stopped a huge shopping complex (Canal City). Most of the stores were
Western stores (H&M, GAP, etc). I was only interested in the Raumen Stadium.
About 7 Raumen restaurants tucked in the corner of the shopping mall. All competing with each other for the customers. Each had their own style and flavors.
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| Customers looked through a ATM looking device to browse through the menus and pay for the their choice. It would print out a tiny ticket for you to give to the chefs of the restaurants. |
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| Ramen made with crab broth and heaven |
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| More traditional Hakata Ramen- Pork broth with pork slices |
Arrived at Hilton at Fukuoka Bay. It's next to the biggest and newest baseball stadium of Japan
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