CHISAN-CHISHO, Try 100 Organic Local Foods @ `Konohana Garden’, Tenryo Hita

January 6, 2008 - 8:16 am by akko@hakata in Food, Others, Travel  

KYUSHU is a blessed island with rich soil, warm weather, and the location surround by sea, all of which eventually make it the FOOD PARADICE !! (beside being ONSEN PARADICE!!)
Now `CHISAN-CHISHO’ means, producted and consumed in local town, a key phrase to characterise KYUSU culture.
Out of many wonderful places, Tenryo Hita, (Tenryo means the town [...]

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 [...]

Guinness World Record `Torii (Shinto Shrine Gate)’ is in New Year fashion @ Chijiwa, Nagasaki

- 6:38 pm by akko@hakata in Culture, Others, Travel  

This is the world largest Torii (Shinto Shrine Gate), in Chijiwa of Nagasaki prefecture, East end of Kyushu, where Onsen (hot spring ), food, and nature is all so wonderful !

Torii gate is decorated in New Year celebration style.

This is the normal style :>
More information here (Japanese, but with many images)
Access
From Hakata Station (Fukuoka) , [...]

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).

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 [...]

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

- 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:>