Vacation
time! My friend Sam and I were considering going to Okinawa for vacation this
month, but for a variety of reasons (one of which being I didn't want the skin
to melt off of my face) we decided it was a better idea to go to Kyushu, one of
Japan's southern main islands (where Nagasaki is, if you recall). Only this
time, we were thinking more about beaches instead of museums (and One
Piece..but more on that soon ;) )
With saving
money for the important stuff always in mind, we made our plan. First, Sunday:
getting there. Since we were going to stop in Osaka on our return and take
normal trains then, we decided to use the bullet train (Shinkansen) to get
there. Even travelling at 300kmh it took about 5 hours (we were going through
some typhoon remains, so we had to slow at points). We arrived in Fukuouka
around dinnertime (which we then ate) and eventually got to our hotel (after
walking in the exact wrong direction and making a big circle, because how else
would we get there). But it was still only around seven, so what did we do? Oh,
just go see the Rurouni Kenshin movie again <3 It was just as beautiful the
second time... Next time I'll actually pay attention and take vocabulary
practice notes.
So, first
full day! Game time! The goal? Huis ten Bosch. Thousand Sunny. Does that sound
familiar at all? Well, when I went to Nagasaki I wanted to go to this
"amusement park" (that's super boring) so I could ride the pirate
ship from One Piece, but I got tied up searching for the correct bus to the
Penguin Aquarium and it was sold out by the time I got there. Well that wasn't
happening this time; I was determined.
Continuing
our money saving, we left really early so we could take the cheaper, slower
trains there. (sidenote: we charged our train cards before we left so we could
use them, but the park was so far out in the countryside that it wouldn't
accept them...I was super ticked at the accidental misappropriation of money,
but I was able to use it elsewhere) We arrived a bit before 10; then we needed
to determine how to get to the free area (where you paid by ride instead of
admission) where the ship was. Turns out we needed to take a bus that was
leaving in 15 minutes. Okay, fine.
Well that
bus was 15 minutes late. And poor, traumatized Rosie was freaking out that we
didn't get there early enough and it was going to be sold out again. The bus
finally came (one of the Japanese people also waiting even called the bus
people, because seriously) and took us to the area, and...we got tickets! I was
slightly beside myself. Finally. Eeeeeeeee
Then we of
course did some One Piece shopping. I was slightly saddened, however, that the
One Piece area had shrunk since I was there last time. But we were still happy
campers. And Huis ten Bosch is in Sasebo; since we came so far, we figured we'd
eat some famous Sasebo food for lunch. Sasebo lemon steak was way too
expensive, but we got Sasebo burgers! Yum!
Then we
started home and arrived around dinnertime. Then we holed up in the hotel with ramen
for dinner and went to bed at 10. Why would we do this you ask? Well we did get
up at 5, for one. But the last day of our vacation was at USJ, home of Harry
Potter and One Piece. We had to pace ourselves!
But the
merriment had only just begun!
~Rosie
No comments:
Post a Comment