NEW YEAR 2008 @ Kushida Shrine, Local Shinto Shrine of Hakata

January 6, 2008 - 6:21 pm by akko@hakata in Culture, Food, Others, Travel  

KUSHIDA SHRINE

This is the most famous shinto shrine in Hakata city, and worshipped by Hakata locals.
(Hakata is a traditional merchants town, and is a part of Fukuoka city).

RELIEF OF CHINESE ZOADIAC

This is the relief of Chinese zodiac, which is said to have more than 3000 years of history. The twelve animals are imaginary, and [...]

HITA LOCAL SOUVENIORS, Pottery, Food, Geta, and…

- 8:34 am by akko@hakata in Culture, Food, Others, Travel  

Tenryo Yaki is one of the local pottery in Hita, and is famous for gracious coloring and design, using maple leaves (Craftmen use real maple leaves).

Variety of dishes for lots of use.

Hita is also famous for making good GETA !

Decoration for New Year.

Plum jam, Plum pickles. (Hita produces good plums!)
The green one is YUZU KOSHO. [...]

ICHIRAN Ramen Shop @ Canal City Hakata, more photoes, English order sheet, and my recommendation

December 27, 2007 - 6:56 pm by akko@hakata in Food, Others, Travel  

This is Ichiran Ramen!

Which makes customers speechless.

I gurantee its taste, but if you want to make some arrangement,
I would especially recommend…

to get more onion!

What you should do is just pay another 100 yen, and say,
`Tuika negi, Kudasai’ (`Please give me another onions!’)

This is the English version of ICHIRAN order sheet.
(There’re [...]

Sugar Bunnies, Sweetest Doll House of Sanrio! & Christmas Eve @ Canal City Hakata

December 25, 2007 - 8:59 pm by akko@hakata in Culture, Others  

The latest doll house from Sanrio :>
These characters are named `Sugar Bunnies’ and are very popular among Japanese little girls, and among their mommies !!

*More information at Sanrio Website (Japanese).
*I found this at Sanrio Shop in Canal City Hakata, the largest shopping mall in Kyushu.7

Canal City Hakata on Christmas Eve.

ICHIRAN Ramen Shop, special lunch box version @ Canal City Hakata !

December 19, 2007 - 5:18 pm by akko@hakata in Food, Travel  

Hakata (an old merchants’ town in Fukuoka prefecture) is a FOOD PARADICE, and is especially famous for… `Tonkotsu Ramen’, the noodle with pork bone soup !

Out of many many Ramen shop, ICHIRAN is very popurar, for its home made delicious taste, hospitality of staff, and the unique system to enjoy Ramen.

This is ICHIRAN @ [...]

Hello Kitty Land (Harmonyland) -2-@ near Beppu, Oita

December 15, 2007 - 4:24 am by akko@hakata in Culture, Others, Travel  

More Photos of Pallade (Characters Show)

Sanrio characters (HelloKitty, Little twin stars, Usahana, Cinnamon, etc.) and dancers attract guests with dances and songs. Children can join the dance at the end of the show. (12:30-13:00).

INFORMATION
-Harmony Land is about 30 minutes drive from Beppu Station. From Hakata(Fukuoka) to Beppu is about 2 hours by JR express [...]

Hello Kitty Land (Harmonyland) -1-@ near Beppu, Oita

- 4:11 am by akko@hakata in Culture, Others, Travel  

There’re two Hello Kitty theme park in Japan, one is in Tokyo and the other is here, with the name, `Harmony Land’. This is the perfect place to bring your little children, to spend the whole day in a Hello Kitty World!

Swinging Coffee Cups. You can choose your favorite character. There’re some other [...]

Christmas Tree Illuminated on Fukuoka Tower

December 1, 2007 - 6:04 am by akko@hakata in Others, Travel  

Nearby is the Yahoo Dome, which is a huge baseball stadium, Marizon, which is a wedding ceremony institution, Cruise shaped JAL hotel, and sea.
Out of seaside towers in Japan, Fukuoka Tower is the highest, made of half mirrors(that’s why it spurkles during daytime, too), and is 234 m high (Observation floor is 123 m high).

The festival of the autumn of Asahara Shrine（A fireworks display）

November 28, 2007 - 3:27 pm by kaori-m in Travel  

The world’s biggest fireworks

 There is Asahara Shrine in the Ojiya-shi, Niigata katagai-cho.
An autumn festival called the katagai Festival is performed every year here for .10 day on September 9, and the fireworks mean dedication to this Asahara Shrine and I load the celebration such as the eighty-eighth birthdays, a deceased memorial service memorial service, health prayer [...]

Heart-Shaped Cake, out of Edith Piaf @ LA VIE EN ROSE, Fukuoka

November 21, 2007 - 6:18 am by akko@hakata in Food, Others, Travel  

Piaf, is the name of this sweet cake.
It is made when the film `LA VIE EN ROSE Edith Piaf’ was released a couple of months ago.

Macaroons are heart shaped, too.

Sweet and sour.
This shop is only in Fukuoka, and is walking distance from Canal City Hakata, or Hakata station, the largest JR station in Kyushu [...]