^ 3M ^ Mylinh, Mimi & Marie went to Kitano-Cho to try the oldest & the best Starbuck in town followed by browsing around the old city of Kobe-shi.
Our First Trip Together
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My girlfriend and I traveled around Japan for four days from July 21st to July 24th, 2012. We started off with a train ride to Kobe where we met up with my friend who's living there. We went to the city's China Town, Nanching Town (南京町), and had lunch there. Then we were off to rub the snout of the famous wild boar statue in Ijinkan (異人館). We also visited the art museum Uroko No Ie (うろこの家).
Day two was spent in Oita Prefecture (大分), so we decided to take an overnight ferry called the Sunflower Gold to get there.
We arrived in Oita in the early morning, ate breakfast and then headed to Beppu Station to rent a car for the day. We drove to the town of Yufuin (由布院; also 湯布院) and admired the absolutely gorgeous scenery along the way. In Yufuin we walked around the town enjoying the layout of the city and even got to ride in a Rickshaw (人力車).
After Yufuin we drove to the famous Usa Shrine (宇佐神宮), walked around the beautiful shrine grounds and bought Omikuji (御神籤). Mine tore when I tried to tie it!
That night we drove to our hotel in Beppu (別府).
Day three saw us off to Fukuoka (福岡), the city where I spent ten months studying abroad from 2009 to 2010. It was a day of shopping, food, and relaxation. We shopped in Canal City, ate at the ramen restaurant Ichiran (一蘭), and relaxed in our very nice hotel's onsen.
Our last day of the journey was spent at Space World (スペースワールド), an amusement park in Kita-Kyushu (北九州). We rode roller coasters and water rides and finally relaxed on the giant ferris wheel.
We took the Nozomi Shinkansen back to Okayama. It was an awesome four days but it was good to be back home again.