misstinapie

I don't know why I have gotten it wrong. We're supposed to be going to the reclining Buddha (Nanzoin Temple) and have instead gone to a different place, Dazaifu Tenmangu. I really thought it was the same place. We didn't get to explore the entire area though because of reasons I forgot but maybe because it would make us do bus trips around. We can't walk because of intermittent rain, I mean, getting sick around this time is unacceptable. But even if the trip was a bit short, it's fine for me. It was after all free! + Dazaifu Tenmangu + It's very easy to reach because it's next to the train station.  This place reminded me a lot of the same layout as Sensoji Temple at Asakusa but larger and spacious in between stalls. You can take time and try different types of food and spend your remaining yen for more souvenirs.  The grounds is huge and have tons of places to see. Since it's a park, you can just enjoy long strolls with your date underneath the plum tre...

Let's face it. Fukuoka has something to offer, but not as much as the rest of more popular destinations like Tokyo or Osaka. Which is why the next day we had to take a long train ride OUT of Fukuoka and to Oita prefecture, the land of hot springs.   + Hells of Beppu + From the train station we looked (as advised by the information) for the tourist center. We made it there around lunch time already, not enough to visit all 7 Hells. There's 2 more that we missed which were out of the way of the first 5 which are within walking distance. So even still we got the pass which will allow us to enter all of them just by showing it instead of paying each entrance.   We were dropped off by the bus on a highway it seems and we have no idea where to go first. I think we spent some time deciding where we're going until we just tried going to anything that looks like an entrance. Be aware that there are a lot of resorts nearby and not all of them is susceptible to the voucher. They wil...

I could not remember what our original plan for today was but Rochelle is quite eager to see penguins. Again, not a fan of buses but that is the only way to reach it. We had to pester a local to help us get to the right bus. Google Maps is not that helpful at this moment. So anyways, if you find yourself getting to the penguin aquarium as well, you need to get to the bus with the PENGUIN logo on the LED ticker at the top of the bus. I was like, of course. + Nagasaki Penguin Aquarium + It's about a 30ish minutes bus ride which as usual I had to oversee via maps just to verify it's really going to where we intend to. I was extremely anxious because the route there involved doing a mini Marcos road type of travel. Yes, there's some bit of mountain involved because the aquarium is on the other side of the island.  And so we have arrived at our stop. I am not sure how to go back, but hopefully it's the same bus. (it is) We've arrived quite early. There's a handful of...