A trip to Japan

For me, traveling to Japan in winter is not a trip to the south to see the snow, but a walk in the warm south.

I just finished a skiing trip in the snowy north of China, so ... just after the Japanese New Year, we went to a warm place.

After two years, I traveled around Kyushu again, so I didn't even have a chance to put it on the agenda. I'm just saying I'll leave.

After all, I have been to Kyushu again and again. For me, the trip to Kyushu seems more like a free trip for fun.

After all, when I arrived in Kyushu, everything was very intimate and enjoyable.

Speaking of Fukuoka Prefecture, Fukuoka can be said to be my "most familiar stranger" every time I come to Kyushu. Of the seven counties in Kyushu, I went to Fukuoka the most, but every time I changed trains in a hurry and turned around to go somewhere else.

On second thought, I seem to have missed a lot of beautiful scenery in Fukuoka. Since I missed it, I'll make it up this time.

For Fukuoka Prefecture, the food in Fukuoka City goes without saying. The nights in Lamian Noodles and Wutai ... Fukuoka are super rich food stages. However, for me, I always want to find some different places, see the beautiful scenery that many people are not familiar with, and eat more authentic food.

So I asked my friend who lives in Fukuoka, "Why don't you go to the island?"

Oh? Wangdao is not far from Fukuoka City. It's not convenient to get there directly by Jr.

The location of the island is actually in the northwest of Fukuoka Prefecture, which is completely different from that of Fukuoka City. Because it is near the sea, it has a southern style. Beach, sea, barbecue, palm trees ... The whole island gives me the feeling that it is a pure natural resort.

When I came to the first stop of this island, it was natural ... to experience the rich seafood first, after all, Kyushu! "Eating in Kyushu" is super tempting for me. After all, the seafood in Kyushu is really delicious compared with Kyoto, which is located in the "inland".

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A bite of seafood swallowed into your mouth is a moment's feeling: hmm! That's Kyushu!

Or you can choose to order a seafood sashimi dinner directly. The ingredients are super fresh, the rice is covered with shredded eggs, and it is delicious with sashimi. The price of a copy is not high, which is really affordable for shops in the fields and rural areas.

The "beauty" of the island is not just about food. If you can travel on the island, there are several places that are very suitable for taking pictures and punching in.

After lunch in our restaurant, you can go for a walk on the nearby beach. Take a photo and punch in. The palm tree swing is on the beach over there. If the weather is fine, take a beautiful photo in minutes without retouching.

In addition, there is a photo punching point built in the seaside parking lot.

A row of vending machines, where you can pretend to be one of the goods. However, I am more interested in any door of Doraemon than vending machines! I wish I could see the penguins in the Antarctic as soon as I open the door, or look at the architecture in ancient Rome and the aurora in northern Europe ... Well, although these are just fantasies, there is the sea behind the door, which is super beautiful.

In addition, there is a London bus nearby, which is also super suitable for taking beautiful photos of ins wind.

However, if the most famous photo location on the island is also Fukuoka's iconic photo punching point, it must be the white torii and Meotoiwa in Erjianpu on the island.

It is also one of the top beaches in Japan 100. When the weather is good, the sunset is super beautiful. Moreover, the lovers' stone in the sea is said to bless the harmonious relationship between husband and wife or seek a good marriage! So, if you come to the island, remember to look around.

Traveling around the island, basically more than half a day, can be slowly turned down. Although it is not familiar with Fukuoka Prefecture, it is really suitable for vacation and relaxation. Although the island is small, there are not many tourists at present. It is a relatively small shooting place, exquisite and beautiful, and really comfortable.

Travel practical information:

1, さぅ Our store

Address: No.79-6 ODA, Fukuoka West District, Fukuoka City

2, # vending machine photo frame

Address: 8 19-0202, xipu, Western District, Fukuoka Prefecture.

3. Erdao Erjianpu

Address: Seiji Maehara 1- 18, Rendao City, Fukuoka Prefecture

If I leave Fukuoka and travel slowly around Kyushu, I usually choose to go directly to Nagasaki.

I am no stranger to Nagasaki. I still remember when I first traveled to Nagasaki a few years ago, what impressed me the most was Zhonghua Street in Nagasaki. At that time, just in time for the Spring Festival in China, Nagasaki Lantern Festival was held on Zhonghua Street, and I even thought it was going home for a while.

However, this time, I didn't choose to go to Nagasaki, but went directly to visit 99 islands in sasebo as I did two years ago.

However, it is a great pity that the weather is not beautiful. When I arrived in sasebo that day, I found that it rained a little in Mao Mao.

I checked the cruise ship 99 on sasebo Island, but it was suspended on the same day because of the big waves, so I had to go to Zhanhaifeng Observatory first.

I was looking forward to seeing the whole picture of 99 islands in the sea from Zhan Haifeng's observatory, which made up for some regrets that I couldn't take a boat. However, it was foggy and raining at that time, and I didn't seem to see the imaginary blue sky and blue sea island. But on second thought, this kind of scenery also adds a kind of ink painting texture of smoky fairyland.

Nagasaki sure enough, beautiful scenery is beautiful scenery, no matter when, there is always a side to show charm.

If you leave the observatory, you can go for a walk at the Sea Lala in the ninety-nine Island Aquarium. Although this small aquarium is not very big, it is still very interesting.

Most of the fish here are marine fish from 99 islands. You can also see hundreds of fish swimming around in the vat, watching dolphins in the pool on the platform, and an independent jellyfish museum, which is very romantic in the dark environment.

It's actually quite comfortable to visit kirara, the 99 Island Aquarium, or to take a walk and blow the sea breeze by the small harbor outside the aquarium. In summer, there will be some sea activities here, and the small shops and restaurants on the shore are also very interesting.

I look forward to visiting again next summer!

If you have time, you can go to sasebo Wu Fan Street near the port of 99 Island.

This is actually next to the port in sasebo, which is a relatively new comprehensive commercial facility. There are not only many common brand stores and bookstores, but also some restaurants with Nagasaki characteristics.

Like me, you can buy a sasebo burger here in the harbor, have a cup of coffee, sit on a bench next to the harbor, and watch the sea and people walking and chatting around.

In fact, such a scene is the only way to truly feel your travel. For a moment, as leisurely as local residents.

However, when it comes to food, sasebo's food is not just hamburgers. Although hamburgers in sasebo are really famous, and even a local map of hamburgers has been made, the local lemon steak actually needs a name.

Sasebo is a famous restaurant in sasebo that eats lemon steak. Friends "inquired" about the opening time early, because ... is a popular local restaurant after all. If we don't enter the store early, we'll have to wait in line on an empty stomach.

Lemon steak is the specialty of the store. The steak is tender and tender, with some lemon fragrance. In addition to the meat flavor of steak, it is more "playful", with a fruity flavor and a fragrant lips and teeth.

Although I didn't have much new ideas on this day in Nagasaki, I revisited my old place after more than two years, and I was much more free. You can slowly look at people and things that you didn't notice before, and you can also see the familiar beauty and another unfamiliar beauty.

Practical tourism information:

1, 99 Island Aquarium, Hailala.

Address: Fandi, Luziqian Town, sasebo, Nagasaki Prefecture, 1008.

2. Zhan Haifeng Observatory

Address: No.399, Nomachi, Sasebo, Nagasaki Prefecture

3. Wu Fan Street

Address: No.2 Fan, Xingang Town, sasebo, Nagasaki Prefecture 1

4. sasebo array

Address: No.5-3, Ganjin Town, sasebo, Nagasaki Prefecture

Different from the previous trip to Kyushu, Saga Prefecture should be regarded as the "Kyushu Treasure" tourist destination I discovered this time.

It was near dusk when I left Sasebo City in Nagasaki Prefecture and arrived at Nishino Hot Spring in Saga Prefecture. In fact, before I came to Saga Prefecture, I was still asking my friends in Kyushu, are we going to Wu Xiong Hot Springs this time? My friend shook his head. "This time I'll take you to a hot spring, one of the three major beauty hot springs in Japan." "Super good, beautiful woman." .

Hmm? After hearing what she said, my interest really increased instantly 100%. It is estimated that no girl can refuse the temptation of beauty and beauty.

In fact, speaking of wild hot springs, the hot springs here are famous for their beauty soup in Japan. Mainly because the spring water contains sodium bicarbonate and chloride, it looks transparent in five colors. Therefore, when you soak in hot springs, you can feel a unique sense of lubrication, which can soften and wash off keratin and sebum, making your skin soft and moist. So friends say it has the effect of beauty beauty.

In that case, you must stay at the hot spring hotel when you arrive at Xiye Hot Spring. This time, I chose to live in "Tea Heart Paradise". Speaking of harmonious paradise, the hot spring water here is not only the quality of the spring water of Meifu Spring, but also because the tea produced here is wild, so putting tea bags in the hot spring is healthy and beautiful, which is absolutely unique.

Soak in a hot spring, and you will naturally have authentic Saga beef dishes for dinner. Dinner in heaven is delicious, too! The taste of Saga beef is really pleasing, and the entrance is very soft, but then you can feel the slight chewiness of the meat. Take a bite, and the gravy will spread in your mouth, so satisfying.

After a leisurely meal, I returned to my room and the bed was made. The comfort of staying in a Japanese-style hot spring hotel is this kind of leisurely relaxation, and the fatigue of the journey will be taken away instantly.

After a good night's sleep and a hearty Japanese breakfast, I felt full of energy when I set off for Saga Prefecture to see the scenery the next day. A good hot spring hotel is like a gas station during a trip, which is very comfortable.

Saga Prefecture, not far from Nishino Hot Springs, has a very popular shrine in Miyuki, which is not only a good place to pray for good harvests, but also a good place to bless marriage. It is said that every year when the Japanese New Year comes, there will be a long queue here. The architecture of Inagawa Youyou Shrine is also quite stylish, which is slightly different from that of traditional Japanese shrines and temples. It is a suspended wooden building built on a hillside, but it is very similar to the style of Kiyomizu Temple in Kyoto. However, Kiyomizu Temple is so famous that it is relatively quiet here.

The shop street in front of the shrine will sell a very distinctive "Milian mutton soup", a small cylinder with a rope on it, which looks really like firecrackers from a distance. That little string can be cut when eating mutton soup. This is an interesting little idea.

Continue along the coastline of Saga Prefecture, and you will pass by Youming Sea. This is a very famous seaweed producing area in Saga Prefecture. However, we are not here to see seaweed, but there are three torii in the far sea, which has recently become the punching place for Japanese SNS social networks among network celebrities.

Three Kotorii, extending from the shore to the sea. With the ebb and flow of the tide and the blue sky in the sunset, you can take different scenery, and you can take photos of punching in all kinds of feelings from different angles, which is very beautiful.

However, I am interested in a path that extends into the sea. I walk slowly, but I also find that even if I press the shutter, I can shoot a lot of rhythm.

In addition to Saga meat, Saga seafood is actually quite good. I was really surprised to eat a bamboo tube crab (it should be called swimming crab in China) in Fengyang Village of Yufu.

Although there is no shortage of swimming crabs in China, two oversized and fresh bamboo crabs are served on the table together with other seafood; My friend ordered crab meat rice and other dishes. A table full of crabs and seafood is really a great pleasure for seafood lovers.

So, food lovers, when you come to Saga, you must come with an empty stomach, otherwise … you may regret not eating so much delicious food.

Practical tourism information:

1, Tea House and Paradise

Address: No.33 Shimonoseki, Hino Town, Hino City, Saga Prefecture

2. Suyu Fengyangzhuang

Address: dapubing 1099-5, tailiang town, Fujitsu county, Saga prefecture

3. Daohe Shrine

Address: Koji, Kashima City, Saga Prefecture

4. torii in the sea

Transportation mode: JR Nagasaki trunk line "Duoliang Station" walk 10 minute.

On the way from Saga Prefecture to Kumamoto Prefecture, I thought we would drive all the way along the coastline, but I didn't expect my friend to make an appointment directly to take a boat from Nagasaki adjacent to Saga Prefecture to the port of Kumamoto Prefecture. The car can go directly. We can enjoy the scenery on the deck and … feed the seagulls. In other words, it is surrounded by seagulls, fighting for food in it.

Kumamoto's seagulls are really not afraid of human feelings. Unlike the "shy" seagulls who go to the northeast coast of Japan by boat, there are really tough seagulls in Kyushu. Come straight down from the air and hold the food in your hand. Awesome! So, if you are brave enough, have a close contact with seagulls!

It's already night in Kumamoto, and such a night belongs to Kumamoto cuisine.

Kumamoto's horse meat and Lamian Noodles can't be missed. The horse meat dish "SUGANOYA" is popular in Kumamoto's shop. Whole horse meat can be grilled or sashimi, and there are some cooking methods for various rare parts. If you are a horse meat lover, or are curious and want to try it, this store is best not to miss it.

If you still feel the need for midnight snack after eating horse meat, you'd better find a Kumamoto Lamian Noodles. There are some winter-flavored Kumamoto nights, hot noodles, fragrant and soft barbecued pork, which are very similar to the taste of dolphin bone soup and very comfortable.

Probably went to Kumamoto too many times. This time, I didn't choose to have a close date with the "minister", but went directly to Mount Asu.

On the way, I asked my friend, can we see the crater this time?

My friend looked at me with a straight face, "What are you thinking?" I know this time is over ... I have been to Mount Asu four or five times, and although I have different feelings every time, I have never seen the true appearance of the crater of Mount Asu.

Coming to Ashu crater in winter is completely different from the sight of green grass thousands of miles away. In fact, it is a dreamy feeling in a white fairy tale! The grass is yellow, and shrubs and small trees on both sides have a layer of frost hanging on it. Is this tree ice on Mount Asu? I didn't expect Kyushu to be so close to the south, and you can see tree ice on the mountain!

It is not only a dream in the grass, but also an "unreal" in the mountains.

On the way down the mountain, I met the Picture Book Art Museum in Asu Plateau, Ye Xiangming. The roadside is not conspicuous, but there are many gankun in the house and yard. The exhibition hall in the house is not big, but all the paintings by Ye Xiangming and his brothers. It is very effective. If you have time, sit in the room and have a cup of coffee, chat with the curator and listen to the piano he plays. Will there be a sense of seclusion in such a mountain?

If the room is full of seclusion, then pushing open the door will feel more far away from the secular "illusion." It seems that the courtyard has not been repaired, but looking back, you can photograph that dreamlike scene. It turns out that such a big yard has been taken care of by the curator bit by bit for so many years. I didn't invite workers, so I did it all by myself. "What can you do with money? For this yard, without my love, there is no vitality."

Curators with dreams live a dreamy pastoral life.

In addition to Asu Mountain's "illusory dream" in winter, Kumamoto also has the reality of satisfying taste buds.

Kumamoto Prefecture is one of the most famous strawberry producing areas in Japan, so the strawberry picking season has just begun. How can you miss the strawberry picking experience?

For half an hour, as a crazy strawberry lover, I buried myself in the greenhouse and ate and drank. Really sweet! Different varieties, pick the reddest and biggest, eat it in one bite ... this is far from the taste that ordinary strawberries sold in supermarkets can match!

However, I feel like a crazy lover, eating so much at once ... I wonder if this picking garden will welcome me next time.

In addition to picking strawberries, it is also a local experience to experience the local cuisine of "Gosen Dengaku" around the stove at the foot of Asu Mountain.

Speaking of stoves, they are actually called floor stoves, which were used by Japanese farmers for heating and cooking. Build a low square space under the floor or pedestal, spread ashes, put wood or charcoal on it, make a fire, barbecue food around it, and surround the stove to become a local delicacy.

In an old house with a sense of regional history, it is really unique to experience such authentic local cuisine in the fields of Asu Mountain.

Practical tourism information:

1, Kanya (Ginza Tong Store)

Address: No.9 9- 10/0, Xia Tong, Central District, Kumamoto Prefecture.

2. Ye Xiangming Asu Plateau Picture Book Art Museum

Address: 9988-20 Chuanyang, Nan 'asu Village, Asu County, Kumamoto Prefecture

3. Ghosn Dengaku

Address: 2685-2, Gaozi Gaosen Town, Asu County, Kumamoto Prefecture

Leaving Asu Mountain, the next stop around Kyushu is naturally Oita Prefecture.

When you arrive in Oita Prefecture, you can't help but visit Beppu, the first hot spring town in Japan.

There are nine hell hot springs in Beppu. Besides, there are eight representative hot springs in Beppu, which are called "Beppu Eight Soups".

The hot spring hotel this time is the "iron wheel hot spring" discovered and created in Kamakura era! It feels quite historical.

"Hotel Romance" is also a traditional hot spring hotel, but the dinner and breakfast here are slightly different in the form of buffet. There are not only Japanese dishes, but also some foreign dishes. You can simply experience the fun of "steamed vegetables in hell". Although it is not really made of hot spring steam, it is replaced by solid alcohol. However, it would be nice to feel the fun.

After dinner, I went to a hot spring That's Kyushu, and that's Beppu in Oita Prefecture. It's so comfortable

However, are the hot springs in Beppu just this very traditional hot spring water? You don't say! In addition to soaking in the traditional hot springs in the Romantic Hotel, we also experienced a very distinctive "sand bath".

The characteristic sand bath of HYOTAN Hot Spring (Hulu Hot Spring), which has been operated for a hundred years. The sand bath needs to change into a special bathrobe, walk into the sand bath, dig an area in the sand pit with a special Xiao Mu rake, and then cover yourself with sand. Because there are natural hot springs under the sand, the deeper you dig, the higher the temperature will be.

Lying on the warm beach, I feel that I can have a good sleep for a while and it is quite comfortable. There are hot spring eggs cooked by the store in the yard, so you can buy them yourself. They smell good!

After the sand bath, there is no problem if you want to experience the traditional hot springs. After a simple wash, you can experience the oldest hot spring pool in Hulu Hot Spring. The shape of the gourd made of natural stone is quite interesting. In addition, there are waterfall hot springs, and there are also large hot spring pools outdoors. I have to say, it's really another house, which completely realizes the freedom to soak in hot springs!

As for the special hot springs, in addition to the sand bath, you can also go to the alum hot spring in the nearby Bev Batang to experience the production process of pure natural milky white soup flower (alum).

If you have time, you can also make an appointment to experience the outdoor hot springs here. Although there are no modern facilities, the hut can be ruined by the whole family. No wonder it was named "Family Soup". Milky white natural hot springs are also quite popular.

Beppu feels the charm of hot springs, authentic steamed puddings in hell, and authentic steamed vegetables in Beppu hell are the specialties of Beppu.

The earliest steamed pudding in hell is actually made of alum hot springs, so when you come out of alum hot springs, you can see the super authentic steamed pudding shop in hell on the roadside. The pudding is hand-made, not sweet, delicate and smooth in taste, and a little fusion taste is definitely the finishing touch.

I feel more involved in the steamed vegetables in hell. You can prepare your own ingredients in advance, or you can order directly from the store. Vegetables, seafood, eggs, all kinds of meat ... there are quite rich ingredients that can be used for steaming in hell. The temperature of hot spring water in Beppu is almost as high as 100 degrees Celsius, which can be used to steam these foods. It is really a natural, environmentally friendly and healthy cooking method. And the freshness of the ingredients completely guarantees the taste of the food.

Starting from Beppu, if you still have time, you can go to the Kyushu Nature Zoo in Oita Prefecture to feel the feeling of "people feeding wild animals in the car". When the lion opens his mouth to surround you at close range, he is not afraid, but thinks … this big cat is a little cute. However, without the protection of my chinchilla, I would have been scared to death.

In addition to seeing lions, there are all kinds of sheep, elephants, camels, tigers, black bears and zebras ... Seeing these wild animals at close range, I feel that the relationship between people and wild animals may be so wonderful.

Practical tourism information:

1, "Romantic Hotel"

Address: Beizhong 1 Group, Bev City, Oita County

2. Xiaotian Hot Spring

Address: Tielun 159-2, Bev, Oita Prefecture

3. Kyushu Nature Zoo

Address: 2- 1755- 1, Nanwan, Ajimi Town, Yuzuo City, Oita Prefecture.

This time around Kyushu, I missed Kagoshima and Miyazaki because of time.

However, I have been to Kagoshima several times, but I am quite familiar with it.

Arriving in Kagoshima City, Kagoshima Prefecture, no matter who can't ignore it, it is Sakurajima in front of you.

Sakurajima is a very active volcano, erupting more than 800 times a year on average, almost twice a day! But don't be afraid. The eruption of Sakurajima is also one of the characteristic landscapes of Kagoshima, and it is still very safe.

Speaking of Yakushima, this is the location of Miyazaki Hayao's movie Princess Ghost! I still remember that hiking trip to Yakushima, a completely natural virgin forest, surrounded by only the sound of running water and the sound of birds, so comfortable! However, the journey to Yakushima still has some twists and turns, and it needs to be reached directly by boat or plane from Kagoshima. However, beautiful scenery is always hard to reach.

For Miyazaki Prefecture, every trip to Kyushu, I always pass Miyazaki in a hurry, but the charm of Miyazaki is still worth experiencing.

The location of Miyazaki Prefecture was actually called Sungoku as early as the Nara era, so Miyazaki is still called Sungoku today. However, when we say the word "coming to Japan", we mean that Miyazaki Hayao has a good climate and plenty of sunshine. Does that sound quite southern?

Qingdao is an island on the south coast of Miyazaki Prefecture. Speaking of this island, it is a very famous tourist attraction in Miyazaki Prefecture. The coastal rocks in Qingdao are very interesting, because they have been eroded by waves for a long time, forming traces that look like washboards from a distance, so they are also called "ghost washboards".

Gaoqianhu Gorge, located in the north of Miyazaki Prefecture, is another kind of scenery. It is said that this is the place where gods appeared in ancient Japanese mythology, so it feels that the whole canyon is mysterious. The V-shaped deep canyon can be entered by boat and is surrounded by dense natural forests. If it is summer, it is definitely a good place to escape the heat.

In addition to its beautiful scenery and good climate, Miyazaki beef is also the "leader" of Japan and Cattle, winning the gold medal in Japan and Cattle Competition year after year! Known as the first in Japan (unexpectedly, it is not the famous three cows)! I ate a lot of buffaloes from all over Japan, and I feel I need to find a time to go to Miyazaki to experience such delicious food!

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