On Mike’s first day in Fukuoka, we did some WW II related sight seeing and then went to Tenjin, the downtown neighborhood of Fukuoka, a city of about 1.2 million people. Here we all had ramen which in English translates to something like ramen. Its basically pork soup with ramen noodles and scallions and ginger.
It’s much better than the instant ramen noodles ya’ll ate in college. A fork was provided for Mike’s utensil needs.
This was a non-touristy very local ramen shop. Oishii (tasty).
Sue and I used to make shopping trips to Fukuoka about twice a month. It was about 45 minutes by train and cost about $8 per person each way. That sounds expensive, doesn’t it? Japan has a great public transportation network but it costs money to use it.
Mike purchased a one day subway pass for about $6. Each subway trip costs between $1 and $2 so it was worth it.
Father and daughter Berg.
This is the shed that houses the Kushida Shrine’s festival float. Once a year during the town festival they bring these out and carry then through the streets. This one was very tall.
Naoko, who lives in Fukuoka recommended this shrine to us.
Mike bought a prayer piece of wood for Nicole Baca, his Pammy K’s friend.
Boys will be boys in every culture. . .
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