road trip! part 2: fukuoka!

 off to fukuoka!

i slept in my car at a parking lot at the onsen.

needed to be on the freeway by 4AM but woke up at 3:30

drove real fast. 

 fukuoka is famous for ramen

(you knew that already)
this shopping mall had a floor dedicated to it

everyone told me to eat a bowl for them,

so i made sure to eat ramen as often as i could 

in the three short days i was in fukuoka

 bowl one:

 actually this was bowl two, 

didn't take a pic of the first bowl

 bowl three:

 fukuoka was actually a really big city!

almost up there with tokyo and osaka, 

so most of my time in fukuoka was spent roaming the city

that night, actually, that whole day,

my buddy was sick so i didn't have anyone to hang out with

no problem! 

wandered the city through the day, 

and looked for a tiny izakaya at night.

 

came across this spot, with a counter for about 6 people

and ended up staying there til 4am, hahaha

 they were good people! real good people!

totally enjoying life

ate a nabe by myself, it was small, promise.

but it was soooo good

mentaiko motsu nabe. bomb bomb bomb

went across the street for bowl four:

 this girl was working there but ended up getting off early

and sat and ate with us!

she kept making fun of me for eating a soloing a nabe, haha

 the next day Tsugeru and his brother Aogu

came out to hang out!

this is where we had bowl five:

 they knew all the good spots to shop,

so we ended up shopping all day. 

didn't buy much tho, but it was good fellowship

 told them i was into bicycles so we walked all day

trying to find this place 

ended up being pretty cool, small bike shop

 went to that girl's cafe the next day

(her name is Kanako [for my future reference])

 she was on break as we rolled in, which worked out all right

went to praise team practice

 then hit the beach!

it was cool, they had all these stands out and places to grill

 this is Tsugeru and Aogu's father's church

they were kind enough to let me stay here :)

 aaaand that was fukuoka! 

good times! i wish i had more money!