Final destination
22 November 2015
The short train ride from Shimonoseki to Fukuoka
Now I am in Fukuoka, it will be my last stop on this holiday. Getting here took about, 18 minutes, on the bullet train in a tunnel for probably 17....
Under the sea
21 November 2015
Walking from Honshu to Kyushu under the sea and then to the nearby Samurai town
Today I went under the sea to Kyushu. This is the first time I have ever been to one of the main Japanese islands other than Honshu. I then wander....
Closed at seven
20 November 2015
The shops in Shimonoseki close early
Everything in Shimonoseki closed at 7pm, on a Friday. I was shocked. Maybe not everything, Sake bars, Hostess bars and a cool supermarket were ope....
Giant phallus
20 November 2015
From Hiroshima to Shimonoseki on the Shinkansen
Now I am in Shimonoseki, home of banished samurai and the deadly puffer fish fugu. The local spelling of fugu is of course, fuku, so you can laugh....
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