Sydney to Fukuoka
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An easy 9;15 am flight: JAL to Tokyo, land at 1640, a slightly rushed trip through Customs and then a false start and long walk back to find the bus to the other terminal. Not too long waiting, spentLæs mere
An easy 9;15 am flight: JAL to Tokyo, land at 1640, a slightly rushed trip through Customs and then a false start and long walk back to find the bus to the other terminal. Not too long waiting, spentLæs mere
Bullet train to Nagasaki on our Kyushu pass, then back late afternoon. We walked to Hakata station, feeling we knew the route well enough to try small variations, and booked tickets with our pass. TheLæs mere
15m walk to the main station, and breakfast at one of the bakery/cafes with lots of bread, tea and coffee. Bullet train going south, and maybe only an hour or two, so we were in Kagoshima beforeLæs mere
Explored Kagoshima's shops, checked out, caught the bullet train to Fukuoka (all without crossing a road), and met the Walk Japan people with guide Andrew Daniels (Yorkshireman 110%) at HakataLæs mere
A traditional Japanese 12,000 course breakfast plus coffee, then a minibus to the starting point, from whence we climbed Cloud Mountain (645m). That meant passing lots of Buddhist statues and ShintoLæs mere
Had to message Alistair early to say that in this 900 year old wooden temple his parents at 7am did a 15 min Zen meditation. He was surprisingly unresponsive, although it may have been midnight whereLæs mere
Another Japanese inn tonight. Back to sleeping on the floor.
Amazing 10 course breakfast, mini-bus, fields and farms, forests, temples, a stroll over hills and fields to another temple and aLæs mere
Usual elaborate and endless breakfast, mini-bus to a ridge walk that needs its own album to describe it (see later), then a ferry to a small, old island, and a walk up to a lookout there with Sidd andLæs mere