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Day 3 in Kyushu– We visited a museum on Olden Hakata. It display how the culture of Japan like, in the past n present.

 
   
 
 
 

Next we walked into an the old embroidery wooden making center.. I was asked to try on the process.. I was very nervous at first coz i didnt know how to do it and being afraid tt i might spoil the thg.. haha!! But the kind old man kept telling me its ok, its simple.. The rest refuse to try coz they say they no understand wat he talking bot…

We went for afternoon boat ride in Yanagawa. Along the ride, we took
some scenic pictures. A nice and peaceful river flow experience.

 
 
 
 
 
 

We were super hungry liao by the time we reach back hakata.. but hor.. haha.. We still went to 博多座.. Y? Coz, its a performing arts center and takarazuka and Taka OGs often come here to perform.. So we here to take photo!! :p See the large poster behind, its a new performance by one of the taka OGs….
Hahaha ok ok.. Time for dinner la.. Super hungry, we split up for dinner.. Xiaomei n i had omu rice then ah mai n mulan had some stone bowl thgy for dinner…
As we were at canal city shopping center, once again, the xmas lightings were super nice.. So take photo again!!!

The big carriage reminds us of Oscar n andre during the last act in heaven haha…..

Time to say good bye to kyushu n off to Osaka!!! We took shinkansen instead!Its the first time we took Shinkansen n its really fast!  As the trip is bot 3hrs(again!) We bought bento set lunch on the train, n bored? play with bear again lor!!!!!
To Be continued…

Actually nothing to eat on the domestic flight, so, we had our own biscuits!!! This one i bought earlier at the Shiroi Koibito. Then see see this air stewardess pretty? I got to know her on this flight, coz i manage to converse with her in japanese n she quite surprise.. So we start to yak yak in jap n exchange contacts… Hahaha!!!! (but some of my frds say chey not steward leh.. hahah!!! Nah i dont need anyway..). She then wrote a postcard for each of us, n wrote in jap for me… N in return, i gave her a orchird bookmark(which actually meant for my idol, but its ok!)
It was quite late by the time we reach our hotel so jus had dinner n walk ard a bit b4 head back to our rooms…
All fresh n ready for the day! We took a quick breakfast n dashed for Beppu.
One of the famous spot, Hell of Onsen. Its a near to 3 hrs bus journey, on the way, the sceneries were beautiful!
There were total 8 "hell" to visit. One of us quite sensitive to the word hell n wouldnt take photo of us wif the wd hell together.. but hmm, xiaomei n i quite alright wif it.. so.. we took wif it… :p

   

 
   
   
   
   

 
 

Well well.. time for lunch!! I had this dish,(forgot the name) but its the special dish there.. Its hell sometig.. cant remember.. haha… Anyway, i quite like it coz theres light scent of lemon in it!

       
   

After lunch shall continue with our journey of "hell". Though its called hell, but no doubt the sceneries are wonderful, n maple leaves still could be seen…  We happen to come across the statue of "The Eight Immortals" which was a gift from China to Japan in 2005.    

   
   
 
   

   
At the 2nd last  "hell" we ran into a bunch of singaporean with tour grp which were so rowdy!!! Hai yo… They shouted out loud! "Hey free onsen leh, come come, must use ya Oie Ah boy!! Got free one to use!!!!" Hai yo so Pai say!!!! All other jap stared hard at them.. 4 of us, hurry ran off….so pai say leh!!!!! ARUGHH!!!

 

 

 

Forget bot them… Time to go back hotel… Sighh.. Another 3 hrs bus trip….
Went back to the bus terminal to wait lor..
Too hungry liao.. so bought bento set n eat on the way back… 
ZzzzZZZzzz… ARughh.. cant sleep.. nvm… play wif the bear….

After 8 mths of planning, mths of waiting, finally, we r off to Japan. Our first stop is Hokkaido.As no direct flight from Sg to Hokkaido, we change a domestic flight from Osaka.This pix is taken from the airplane when flying over Hokkaido.. The scene is so beautiful..

We were fortunate that we happen to be there at the same time with The German Xmas Market that held only once a year during xmas time.The things were very pretty but too bad not suitable for us coz mainly xmas items.. But we tried the food n drinks.. Its nicee!!!

As its near xmas time, there r xmas lightings all over.. Of coz not to forget, snow, n it had been turned into ice.. Its so slippery tt we had a hard time walking.. But its seems to be a piece of cake for the locals.

My 1st target for this trip is to eat Hokkaido Crab! So we went to a restaurant n ordered a full set, oh, this is the one!! Its huge!!! We were so full at end of the meal..
 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

   

On the 2nd morning, I was washing up when xiaomei scream out saying, its snowing!!!!!!!

We went out to feel the first snow we had for this trip. We went to shiroi koibito(White lovers chocolate factory).

We had chocolate ice cream!! Its freezing cold, but we dont care, we all jus wan to have ice cream!! Hey, at least it doesn’t melt in this weather!! We bought gifts n watch the "chocolate parade".

 

We sprung to Sapporo beer factory.. But tik we missed some events… But nvm, its still nice n amazing to see how the machines operates to produce beer.

3rd day, as planned earlier, we went to Lake Toya. We decide to go for bus. On the way, the sceneries are really wonderful. N we get a resting pt n took photos there.. The journey is bot 2 hrs odd… But darn, we didnt know most shops closed on sunday.. Its a small town n its so quiet… But nvm, at least the ice cream shop was opened.  Ice cream again!!!! But this time round its really freeeezzzziiinnnggg cold….My hands were numb!!!!!!

Lake Toya is a big lake, but the current to us goondus, it looks more like sea current!!! Too cold!!! Lucky theres onsen ard for us to use… But ah mai refuse to go into it coz she scare of cold air… So.. We left her alone n we 3 used it!!

 

   
    

Sigh… soon its time to bid goodbye to hokkaido n to our next stop…

But we really hate to go!!!!!!!

Must i leave here?????

Our plane to Kyushu..