coralreefnk: Hakata downtown
coralreefnk: Mt. FUJI ! from Tokyo Haneda Airport. Clear sky this morning :) Bye Tokyo for a week!
coralreefnk: Shofuku-ji, the first built (in 1195) zen temple in Japan. Hakata,F ukuoka.
coralreefnk: Shofuku-ji zen training center. Hakata, Fukuoka.
coralreefnk: Art of life. It can be alive... Shofuki-ji.
coralreefnk: A small cat appeared & kept sitting like this, not looking at mebut the same direction I was looking at. Shofuki-ji.
coralreefnk: Hakata, Fukuoka.
coralreefnk: Nagahama yatai area (open air bar?) every bar has ramen, gyoza,oden . There were more yatai long before. Hakata, Fukuoka.
coralreefnk: Kushida shrine, local guardian of Hakata. Founded in 757.
coralreefnk: Kushida shrine, Hakata, Fukuoka.
coralreefnk: Yamagasa. Kushida shrine.
coralreefnk: Rakusuien. Hakata, Fukuoka.
coralreefnk: Had maccha (green tea) at Rakusuien, Hakata, Fukuoka.
coralreefnk: Rakusuien's tea rooms. Hakata, Fukuoka.
coralreefnk: Rakusuien's garden with pond, koi, waterfall, brides and woods.Haka ta, Fukuoka.
coralreefnk: Tea ceremony room of Rakusuien. Actual color is not such green.
coralreefnk: Already got Aka-kirishima :shochu!
coralreefnk: This is how I love fish. I can't live without you fish.. Dinner!
coralreefnk: Hakozakigu, Fukuoka. One of 3 head Hachiman-gu in Japan. A treasure board says "Enemy to Surrender", because of its history 1000 yrs a go.