Reflections of parents of not-so-young-kids-anymore
Next stop was Tōchō-ji (temple), which boasts a 10.8m tall statue of Buddha, and a walking path beneath the statue that depicts the various parts of the afterlife according to the religion. Photos couldn’t be taken in the interior, so
Truth to tell, I was a little apprehensive of the walking tour scheduled for Day 02 mid-morning onward – and specifically because the first day weather was so humid I wasn’t looking forward to another day perspiring buckets in the
The city of Fukuoka is easily walkable, and I certainly did a good deal of it on the first day of the trip. By the time my legs had pretty much given up any more walking at about 6:30PM last
The other garden that also receives some praise online is Rakusuien Garden. The place is about a ten minute walk from Hakata Station. But as luck would have it, my place of stay – The Royal Park Fukuoka Hotel –
A third place of interest is the old Fukuoka Castle Ruins. The start point of the park that the ruins is located in – Maizuru Park – is about 6 minutes away from Ohori Park and an easy walk, but
Ohori Park is decent, but the real gem is the Japanese Garden tucked in the south-eastern corner of the park. Most visitors to the park itself won’t visit this quiet spot, and possibly also on account too that there’s a
The outbound flight from Singapore to Fukuoka Airport was uneventful, and almost totally free from any kind of turbulence even. Oddly though, the inflight breakfast was pretty awful and bland: or maybe I should have opted for the Japanese menu
We’ve been averaging around two staycations a year in the last few years now, and we’ll be doing four this year even. Invariably, they have been short stays for the two of us as a getaway from our kids. But
My other trip to Japan this year on account of work, and specifically for an educational and learning conference in Tokuyama. And since I also had quite a bit more annual leave to clear for the year, I worked out
We got royally cooked by the sun during our Maldives trip in June. In fact, our girl quips that Daddy turned into crispy bacon, while she herself was fried into well-done steak – a reference to our respective Chinese zodiac
Back in January this year, our local travel agent for our private island segment exclaimed in surprise when she learned that we were planning for a ten day trip to the Maldives. She asked if we were absolutely certain of
Before we began planning for our Maldives trip, a stay at a water villa at an all-inclusive private island was the bucket list item. So, in a sense, the planning for our 10 day trip was first largely centered around
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