Christmas Illumination 2007 Part 3, more photoes@ Canal City Hakata

November 21, 2007 - 12:34 am by akko@hakata in Food, Others, Travel  

Around Canal City Hakata, there’re lots of local restaurants, and also entertainment night spot called Nakassu. What surprises us is, from Canal City, we cannot see any of those entertainment building. That’s the way Canal City Hakata is designed:>

Christmas Illumination 2007 Part 2, fountain show @ Canal City Hakata

November 17, 2007 - 10:52 am by akko@hakata in Culture, Food, Others, Travel  

One of the most popular place in Canal City Hakata, the largest shopping and entertainment mall in Kyushu Island is, SUN PLAZA STAGE, where we can enjoy DANCING WATER SHOW every hour.

Along with the latest music, water dance dramatically.

In the evening, this place completely changes.
The Christmas decoration this year is very fantasic, as we [...]

Christmas Illumination 2007 part 1 @ Canal City Hakata

November 13, 2007 - 8:42 pm by akko@hakata in Travel  

Canal City Hakata, the largest shopping & entertainment mall in Kyushu Island, has started the Special Christmas Illumination.

Chandelier of Forest 1.

Chandelier of Forest 2.

Canal (artificial, of course!).

Sun Stage, where performances are held.

There’s a way people can walk through.

Raindeers relaxing on the canal.
Canal City Hakata attract for both Fukuoka visitors and locals, especially on weekends, offering [...]

Fukuoka Motor Show 2007 /Dec.7-10

- 11:59 am by akko@hakata in Culture, Travel  

Following Tokyo Motor Show, `Fukuoka Motor Show 2007‘ is to be held soon (Dec.7-10), for the first time in Fukuoka, to focus more on Asian market.
Fukuoka is the largest city in Kyushu Island, having been the gateway to Asian nations for its geographical reason, and now is the mecca of car factories, including Toyota [...]

48th Kanda Furuhon Matsuri

October 31, 2007 - 11:05 am by kaorichani in Others  

If you are fast you still can pass  the Furuhon Matsuri in Jimbocho .   The stands can be found everywhere around  Jimbocho station along the streets.

For bookworms and antiquity hunters , this will truly be heaven … there are thousands of books and you will surely find something of your taste!!  The festival lasts until 1st [...]

Hakata O-kunchi Festival @ Kushida Shrine, Hakata/Fukuoka

October 24, 2007 - 6:56 pm by akko@hakata in Culture, Others, Travel  

Hakata O-kunchi is a local festival to appreciate harvest in mid-autumn.

Parade is the highlight of this festival, and they walk through busy city-centre area to amuse local people.

What’s special about Festival in Hakata is, that it is cherished by locals, including children.
This year is 1250 th anniversary for Kushida Shrine, which is the local shinto [...]

Festival in Japan

September 1, 2007 - 2:59 pm by kiokitok in Culture  

Video
It is another matsuri (festival) season. People carry Mikoshi, portable shinto shrine with their god inside, all around town.

TOYOTA LEXUS Factory Tour @Kyushu

August 20, 2007 - 1:52 pm by akko@hakata in Travel  

Kyushu Toyota is one of the two factory, producing LEXUS, the premium brand of Toyota(Another one is in Tahara, Aichi), and the only one making LEXUS RX350.
It organizes Factory Tour!
- You can see LEXUS RX manufacturing flow!
- The whole factory tour take 1 hour and 25 minutes.
- Foreign visitors need to be accompanied by an [...]

Hello Kitty’s got a suntan! @ Canal City Hakata

- 9:06 am by akko@hakata in Others, Travel  

Forgot sunscreen?
Sunbaked Hello Kitty visited Canal City Hakata yesterday to amuse little children, and also, grown-ups!

If you have no time (or money!) to go all the way to Sanrio Puroland, a Hello Kitty theme park in Tokyo, this would be the perfect place to satisfy children.
Character show is held every other Sunday, with different characters.
This [...]

Enjoying the evening cool at Gojo-zaka Toki Matsuri Festival

August 18, 2007 - 4:47 pm by Yuk in Others  

It is natural that it is hot in the summer of Kyoto, but it is also terribly hot this year. I did not want to go out in daytime because too hot. However, the heat is at least better in the night than the daytime. Therefore, I went out to Gojo-zaka Toki (Pottery) Matsuri [...]