Smoking is a bit odd in Japan- in that its allowed, almost everywhere. In bars it would be unusual not to see people with cigarettes in tow and it is often allowed in restaurants too. The only exception seems to be train stations, in which smokers have to cram themselves into their own little booths.
We arrived in Fukuoka on a Friday night and failed miserably at navigating out way through the subway to our hostel- eventually giving up and hailing a taxi. The hostel was, to put it nicely, rustique- the beds rickety and three tiered, one bathroom between twenty and all a bit unorganised. However, it had a […]
Hagi isn’t the biggest of places and after a few weeks we were ready to go exploring. We decided on Fukuoka, a city on Kyushu island. This gave us an excuse to ride the Shinkansen- Japan’s bullet train, reaching speed of up to 300 km per hour. I didn’t really know what to expect and […]
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