Seven-day travel diary, 3000 words

June 20xx from 13 to 19 is a day worth showing off for me, because I went abroad! Those of us who were born in the 1940 s and 1950 s and have been receiving traditional education regarded going abroad as an unattainable thing when we were young. I'm afraid I never dreamed that when we are old, we can go abroad easily. It stands to reason that we all go to the dock by train. It really doesn't matter whether we can go abroad or not, but who doesn't want to see if the outside world is really wonderful? What's more, the education we received always criticized capitalist countries for nothing, and now it is meaningful to be able to identify them with our own eyes.

A group of old friends in Wuhan have been planning to travel abroad since March. The first country they chose was Japan, our neighbor separated only by water. Just because it is very close, it is easy to get excited. It takes only three hours to fly directly from Wuhan, which is shorter than many domestic routes. When I was still in Shenzhen, Du Lianghuai called me to go to Japan, and I readily agreed. To tell the truth, it has been five years since I got my passport abroad, but I have never made up my mind to travel abroad. I can't give up such a good opportunity. There are many old friends going abroad together. All the booking procedures are entrusted to Brother Du, and the expenses that need to be paid to the travel agency are remitted from the bank, including entrusting him to replace the Japanese yen.

Lao Du called and said that after many twists and turns, he finally completed all the procedures for 20 friends to travel to Japan in the travel agency. Travel time is from June 13 to June 19. And repeatedly stressed that when I return to Wuhan, we will discuss the specific matters of this trip to Japan together.

When I returned to Wuhan in early April, my friends who were going to Japan really got together twice. The itinerary of this trip to Japan was basically signed according to our requirements, and the itinerary was fixed. What we talked about together was nothing more than trivial things. We friends are not talking about traveling, but creating opportunities for happy parties.

Get up early to go to the airport, an episode during the waiting period.

After waiting for several months, the day of departure finally came. Our flight MU5 17 takes off at 7: 45 am, stops in Shanghai for one hour, and then flies to Fukuoka, Japan. My family lives in Guizishan, Wuchang, and it is not easy to get to Wuhan Tianhe Airport at six in the morning. I'm really glad that our family also has a private car. When Lao Ye insisted on buying a car, I firmly opposed it. But in my family, things are often like this. If the opponents object, the supporters will still do what they want, and so will buying a car. Since the objection is invalid and the car has been bought back for more than two years, it is natural to make some contributions to the family. Lao ye enthusiastically prepared his trip in advance and set off for the airport at five o'clock on time. Have a good trip.

Wuhan Airport International Terminal is not grand at all. We are arriving at the waiting hall one after another, which may be too early. We should have checked in 90 minutes in advance, but we didn't see the staff. The tour guide is a very young and fashionable woman. She introduced herself as "Fang Jingjing". I was glad to hear that, because when our family went to Taiwan Province a few months ago, the young female tour guide was called "Fang". Is it too much like sisters?

This tour group has 25 members, 20 of whom are our old friends. While waiting for check-in, everyone chatted happily. Suddenly, Lao Du shouted "Oh dear" and saw him running out of the waiting hall in a panic. After a while, he turned around and approached again, his forehead was already sweating. Everyone quickly asked with concern what had happened. It turned out that when Lao Du got off the taxi, he left a SLR camera at his feet in the taxi. This camera is not Lao Du's own, but he helped his colleague Song to hold it, so he was in a hurry when he bought something himself. Everyone made a lot of suggestions, because no one remembered the license plate of the taxi and didn't know which taxi company it belonged to, so Lao Du had to go to the airport guard room for filing. Before Lao Du returned to the hall, a cleaner came to us and brought the camera that Lao Du had lost. I didn't know until I asked. The taxi driver found a camera in the car and immediately sent it outside the terminal for the cleaner to deliver it to the terminal. When everyone praised the taxi driver in succession, Lao Du said that it was a pity that he could not express his gratitude and respect to him in person.

At the end of the episode, the airport began to check in for our class. We successfully boarded the plane and arrived at Shanghai Hongqiao Airport in about an hour. After staying in the terminal for an hour, we boarded the plane again. At noon 12: 45, the plane arrived in Fukuoka, Japan on time.

The first stop is to watch Taizai Prefecture and spend the night on a cruise ship to Osaka.

The Japanese tour guide who is in charge of the tour guide in Japan is already waiting at the airport exit. He is a handsome boy, short, black and red, and looks like a Japanese. He introduced himself and said, "My name is Zheng. You can call me. I am a tour guide in your these days."

Zheng Xiao led us on a 30-seat tourist bus. The driver has gray hair and looks no less than 60 years old. In the next few days, the tour bus changed almost every day. Similarly, almost all bus drivers are over 60 years old, except one who looks over 40 years old. I once told students in the teaching of world economic geography that Japan is a country with a shortage of labor and the problem of aging is more serious. I didn't know it was true until I saw it with my own eyes. It is particularly worth mentioning that although Japanese drivers are old, they have good physical strength, and what is even more rare is that they are very dedicated. Every time they pick up the station, they will get into the carriage and carefully arrange the tourists' suitcases one by one. When they got off the bus, they took the initiative to get into the carriage and took out the suitcases one by one and put them next to the tourists.

The first stop of our trip to Japan was Tianman Palace in Taizai, which is listed as a world cultural heritage. This is where the Japanese worship heian period scholar Sugawara no michizane. As soon as I entered the palace, I saw a large group of middle school students in school uniforms. The tour guide said that every year, many students who are about to take the college entrance examination or their parents come to Tianman Palace to pay homage in order to win the college entrance examination and be admitted to an ideal university. This is the holy land where Japanese children pray to be the first. It turns out that it is not just the dream of China children to be the first. Everyone immediately urged colleague Chen Wennian to pay homage to your son in order to bless him to be admitted to a key high school.

Standing outside the main hall, I carefully watched the worship ceremony being held inside and took some photos from a distance. Dazaifu is very large, like a very large garden, and the scenery in the garden is beautiful. Due to time constraints, we only saw a small part of Dazai Prefecture. Came to the back of a small garden and stopped in front of the blooming hydrangea. Yanan and I are like butterflies in love with flowers, wandering among the flowers for a long time.

In addition, there are two unforgettable landscapes in the garden. One is two tall old trees named "Husband and wife Zhang". These are two ancient camphor trees with huge crowns and thick trunks, standing side by side. I don't know whether this tree is male or female, but from the outside, it looks like a couple who live alone.

There is also a small tomb, because it is strange to look at tombstones. Look carefully, there are two bronze words "pen tomb" on the tombstone. I think this should be a manifestation of Japanese respect for culture.

There is a commercial street outside Tianman Palace, and we have a little stroll. There is a university nearby. From the appearance, I feel that the school is not large in scale and the buildings are not large.

Not as luxurious as our domestic universities. As an educator, I always think that the evaluation of a school is not based on the appearance of the school building, but on the teaching quality and scientific research ability.

Our stay in Fukuoka is not long. At about five o'clock, we arrived at the waiting room of Xinshimen Port in Kitakyushu. The seagoing vessel we took was named Mingmen Dayang, which took a fixed route from Xinmensi Port in Kitakyushu to Nangang in Osaka. This route is 350 kilometers long and crosses the Seto Inland Sea. After driving 13 hours, I arrived in Osaka the next morning.

Dinner is in the restaurant on the cruise ship. This is our first meal in Japan, and everyone is very novel. In particular, a group of good wine buddies happily bought two bottles of Japanese sake, ready to drink heartily. Can take a sip of the glass, they all said: what a pity! So I managed to drink a bottle and bought beer immediately. After tasting it, I will always admire: Japanese draft beer is delicious! It's past nine o'clock in the evening after eating enough. From the window, the sea was dark. So, everyone went back to the cabin, and the room for four people and the beds on the upper and lower floors were quite comfortable. After running all day, I slept soundly and had nothing to say all night.