Kinwashi Tour Japan Thread
-
-
-
Something new to me.
Just got some conversation last night with my friend Suzuki chan.
He told me this time we will bring us to taste this in Fukuoka.
Ya...Singapore, you can never find this.
For winter, but this time summer he is not sure, maybe he will request, and see whether they can do it for us on special order.
source.
MOTSUNABE ã‚‚ã�¤é�‹(Hot Pot with Cow’s intestine)
- Motsunabe
Motsunabe originated in Fukuoka, and one can only expect to find the best motsunabe only in Fukuoka. Nabe means “hot pot”, and Motsu means “Offal” (usually beef intestines). Put them together and you know what this dish is all about. The hot pot is filled with soup, prepared beef or pork offal and boiled for a while right at your table. Cabbage, garlic and other vegetables are added. Champon noodles can also be added. Some of you might find the idea of eating beef innards as strange, but give it try and you will see why it is such a hit. It doesn’t look and taste as scary as it sounds. Fukuoka has the most efficient way of maintaining the freshness of the offal hence the ability to make the best motsunabe in Japan.
Motsunabe goes well with Shotsuu(焼酎) and beer. Probably the most interesting place to try it in Fukuoka.
-
Very true one of this is mentioned here.
Motsunabe.
Thank, to my friend recommendation..
Famous Foods of Fukuoka
http://findingfukuoka.wordpress.com/2011/12/08/famous-foods-of-fukuoka/
-
The weather over there, their prediction very accurate ones.
Thank God,
OK ....for us who came from the sunny island of Singapore.
-
From someone,
About Fukuoka.
http://hakatabijin.blogspot.sg/2010/02/wherein-i-eat-just-barely-alive-dead.html
-
So what you are most interested is how much we spend for this trip,
Free and Easy to Kyushu.
The answer is here.
First on airfare of four. online booking.
Payment details
Total Cost SGD 3,923.60 (including taxes and surcharges) Cost break down Total fare SGD 2,280.00 Airport/government taxes SGD 174.00 Carrier surcharges SGD 1,301.60 Travel insurance cost SGD 168.00 Total Cost SGD 3,923.60 -
Only i need 11.000 Sing Dollar,
to buy the Yen from local dealer at Peninsula Plaza, at the rate of 0.160500.
No gimmick no hidden cost, just this no (a figure) +++ as those advertisment you see on paper everydays.
No need to pay those land tour learder the bus driver over there in Japan,
And pushing you to buy their local products by the land tour leader there.
and our local tour leader, must not forget to give him or here their service charges they accompany throughout the trip.
This are hidden cost.
-
For your reference.
Free and Easy to Kyushu.
DIY yourself.
and you also need air to go there.
link.
http://alljapantours.com/go-interests.php?sp=22
Kyushu Tours : Charms of Southern Japan Tours
Kyushu, located at the southwest end of the Japanese archipelago, consists of the Kyushu mainland and the chain of Southwest Islands. The Kyushu region includes seven prefectures: Fukuoka, Saga, Nagasaki, Oita, Kumamoto, Miyazaki and Kagoshima.
An early center of Japanese civilization, Kyushu offers many historic treasures, modern cities and natural beauty. Blessed with the richness of nature and a warm climate, Kyushu accounts for approximately 10 percent of Japan's GNP, and forms the fourth economic zone following the main metropolitan areas of Tokyo, Osaka and Nagoya, all of which are found on the main island of Honshu. The natural environment shows its complexity and remarkable diversity here. Gigantic caldera volcanoes line up one after another, and appropriately Kyushu is called "Land of Fire." Here, too, are numerous hot springs. From the map, one can see that the Kyushu region is surrounded by the sea, including characteristic coastlines and various isolate islands. Kyushu is also blessed with a variety of foods and materials thanks to the abundance of nature, and the characteristic local dishes rooted in each area are unique and wide-ranging.
These itineraries include cherry blossoms viewing in the spring and fall foliage tours in the autumn.
Click here to learn more about our Japan tour packages !!
We plan our tours based on seasonal attractions, with must see sites in every tour. Below are our Charms of Southern Japan Tour itineraries with seasonal changes : -
-
-
http://www.jref.com/japan/travel/regions/kyushu/
Things to see
Find a brief overview of the most important sightseeing spots for each prefecture below.Fukuoka
Fukuoka has long been Japan's gateway to the world. It and Nagasaki, further around the coast of KyÅ«shÅ«, have had trade links with China and Korea, and with other parts of the world, for millenia and have many traces of this - from the European houses in Fukuoka, the imported arts and crafts, to the defensive walls at Hakata (å�šå¤š) built to withstand the Mongol invasion.
Hakata Gion Yamakasa (å�šå¤šç¥‡åœ’å±±ç¬ ) in Fukuoka CityFukuoka was the first place where rice farming was introduced from Asia in the fourth century BCE, and items and remains have been found from that period and later showing the continued links between Fukuoka and the Chinese Empire. Often emissaries from China and Korea would pass through Fukuoka (or Hakata as it is sometimes called), and Japanese missions would also use the ports of the area as the start of their trips to the continent. Pottery is also well known in the prefecture, particularly Agano-yaki and Koishiwara-yaki.
One of the most famous types of ramen is tonkotsu, noodles in a pork stock soup. Originally from the Fukuoka area, this has become one of the Japanese standards and can be found all over the country. Other items traditionally associated with Fukuoka include karashi mentaiko (spicy fish roe), unagi (eel) and fugu (the famous pufferfish, a fatal delicacy, if not correctly prepared), but these are also associated with other cities in Japan.
- Fukuoka City (�岡): Shopping and entertainment: Canal City shopping and cinema complex; Hawk's Town (indoor jungle and baseball stadium); Marine World (amusement park); Tenjin (department stores).
Museums: Fukuoka Asian Art Museum, Fukuoka City Art Museum, Genko Historical Museum (元寇�料館, Museum of the Mongol Invasion) - Dazaifu (太宰府): Kyushu National Museum (�州国立�物館 Kyūshū Kokuritsu Hakubutsukan); Kaidan-in (戒壇院), a Buddhist temple of the Rinzai school; Kanzeon-ji (観世音寺) Temple and treasure hall from the seventh century CE; Exhibition Hall
- Kitakyūshū (北�州): Space World (スペースワールド, space-themed amusement park)
- Fukuoka Prefecture Festivals: Hakata Gion Yamakasa (å�šå¤šç¥‡åœ’å±±ç¬ ); Tobata Gion Festival (æˆ¸ç•‘ç¥‡åœ’å¤§å±±ç¬ Tobata-Gion-Å�yamagasa); Kawawatari Jinkosai Festival (å·�渡り神幸ç¥) in Tagawa; Kurume Gion Daiko (久留米太鼓); Oniyo Fire Festival at Daizenji Tamatare-gu Shrine (大善寺) in Kurume City.
Usa Hachimangū Shrine (宇�八幡宮)Oita
- Yabakei Valley (耶馬溪渓谷), a huge lava plateau thirty-six kilometres across and thirty-two kilometres long, is well known for the strange shapes of its rock formations. The valley also has a long tunnel (185 metres) supposedly dug by a monk with just a hammer and a chisel over a period of thirty years. Furthermore, the Keisekien Garden （溪石園), and the Rakanji Temple （羅漢寺）, containing over 3,700 stone statues of Buddha.
- Kunisaki Peninsula (国æ�±å�Šå³¶): a volcanic peninsula with twenty-eight ravines cutting through it. This huge area is home to the Usa HachimangÅ« (宇ä½�八幡宮) Shrine, head of all Hachimangu Shrines. Many Buddhist National Treasures and Important Cultural Assets are found in the area. The Fuki-ji (富貴寺) Temple displays a seated wooden image of the Amida-NyÅ�rai (Amitabha Tathagata), as well as statues of the Four Devas in Maki-ÅŒdÅ� along with a figure of Fudo (熊野磨崖ä»� Kumano magaibutsu, a grouping of relief sculptures of the late Heian or early Kamakura period in Bungotakada). Also visit the ÅŒita Prefectural Museum of History (大分県立æ´å�²å�šç‰©é¤¨).
- Beppu (別府市) is synonymous with onsen, and mineral-laden hot water gushes out of the ground all over the place. Hot springs have the greatest volume of hot water per minute in Japan (Hamawaki, Beppu, Kankaiji, Myouban and Kannawa). The area also has the "Tour of Hell" near Kannawa, eight 'hells' (地� jigoku) of multicoloured volcanic pits of boiling water and mud, and one geyser.
- Yufuin (湯布院町) and the Kujū (花公園) Heights are in the central part of Ōita. Yufuin is a pleasant town with lots of restaurants, cafes and onsen. The water is said to be good for rheumatism and neuralgia. Lake Kinrin (金鱗湖) in Yufuin is fed with hot water which enters through the bed of the lake. On cold days, steam rises from the surface.
- Usuki (臼�市) in the south of Ōita is a castle town, near to the location where William Adams, whose life was dramatised in James Clavell's bestselling novel Sh�gun, drifted ashore on a Dutch ship drifted ashore in 1600 and began a long period of Kyūshū's (controlled) interaction with the West. The area has the Usuki Stone Buddhas (臼�磨崖� Usuki Magaibutsu), stone figures carved out of the cliff. The figures number several thousand, and probably date from the twelfth or thirteenth century.
- Taketa (竹田市) is another castle town found in the southwestern part of Ōita. The Oka Castle (岡城�) is on the edge of a steep cliff and dates from 1185, but little remains of the original but a few piles of rocks. The area is well known for its clean water, and is called a "little Kyoto" (as Japanese often term anything that is reminiscent of traditional Japan). Local cuisine is deliscious and is based on fish and chicken.
Yufuin (湯布院) with Yufu-dake in the backgroundMiyazaki
- Takachiho (高�穂町) is home to Takachiho Shrine (高�穂神社Takachiho-jinja)) and Amanoiwato Shrine (天岩戸神社Amanoiwato-jinja), associated with the first emperor of Japan. Sacred music, passed from generation to generation, is still played in the evening at the former. The nearby Takachiho Gorge (高�穂峡 Takachiho-ky�) is a deep gorge formed by the Gokase River. Visit the seventeen metre-high Manai Falls (真�井��Manai-no-taki).
- Hyūga City (日�市) in Nipp� Kaigan Quasi-National Park (日豊海岸国定公園 Nipp� Kaigan Kokutei K�en) and the southern resorts of Isegahama and Okuragahama have good beaches. The Mimitsu area of Hyūga is a preservation area and has a real feel of old Japan. Visit the Hyūga City History People's Museum. The Emperor Jinmu (the first emperor of Japan, supposed to have lived in the seventh century CE) is said to have set out from here to unify the Japanese nation.
- Saito (西都市): Saitobaru kofungun (西都原�墳群, burial mounds area) with over 300 kofun of various shapes and sizes dating from the fourth to sixth centuries CE. Autumn fire festival: torch-lit parade winds through the kofun; Hyūga Kokubunji (日�国分寺跡) and Tsuma Shrine (都�神社 Tsuma-jinja).
- Miyazaki City (宮崎市): world's biggest water park (Sea Gaia); it has a mild climate to suit and is a popular resort destination; Miyazaki Shrine (宮崎神宮 Miyazaki-jingū) built entirely of cedar and set in deep woods. Nearby Heiwadai Peace Park has good views of the area.
- Ebino Highland (���高原 Ebino-k�gen) is part of Kirishima-Yaku National Park (霧島屋久国立公園 Kirishima-Yaku Kokuritsu K�en), Japan's first national park. The mountains are dotted with lakes and hot springs. It is said that you can see Korea from the highest Mountain, Mount Karakuni (韓国岳 Karakunidake, 1700 metres). Cape Toi-misaki (都井岬) area: see wild Misaki horses, Toi-misaki Lighthouse views, Toimisaki-himatsuri Fire Festival (in summer).
Sakurajima (桜島): not dormant at all.Kagoshima
Kagoshima (鹿å…�島) includes not just the section of KyÅ«shÅ« island, but also several islands extending down towards Okinawa. Some of the best things to do in Kagoshima include hiking in the Kirishima-Yaku National Park (shared with Miyazaki Prefecture). While there, make sure to see Kirishima Jingu (霧島神宮).- Kagoshima City is called the Naples of Japan, although so is ÅŒsaka sometimes. It lives under the shadow of Sakurajima (桜島), an active volcano, something that ÅŒsaka cannot boast. In Kagoshima City, visit the Iso Gardens (磯åºåœ’ Iso-teien), also known as Senganen Garden (仙巌園), Ishibashi Park (石橋記念公園 Ishibashi Kinen KÅ�en), the Kagoshima Botanical Garden (ã�‹ã�”ã�—ã�¾ç†±å¸¯æ¤�物園 Kagoshima Nettai Shokubutsuen), and Kagoshima Prefectural Museum of Culture. The Satsuma Peninsula (è–©æ‘©å�Šå³¶ Satsuma-hantÅ�) to the south of the city is picturesque, with Mount Kaimono (é–‹è�žå²³ Kaimondake, 924 metres), and the Ibusuki Onsen (指宿温泉).
Kumamoto
Kumamoto (熊本) has one of the largest caldera volcanoes in the world, Mount Aso (阿蘇山 Aso-san). The Aso Kujū National Park(阿蘇��ゅ�国立公園 Aso Kujū Kokuritsu K�en) and the Unzen-Amakusa National Park (雲仙天�国立公園 Unzen-Amakusa Kokuritsu K�en), the Yaba-Hita-Hikosan Quasi-National Park (耶馬日田英彦山国定公園 Yaba-Hita-Hikosan Kokutei K�en) and theKyushu Central Mountains Quasi-National Park take up twenty percent of the entire prefecture. Many onsen can be found all over the region, and things that you should see include the Amakusa-gohashi (天�五橋, 'Five bridges'), scene of Christian martyrdom centuries ago.- Kumamoto Castle in Kumamoto city is famous for its fortifications. The city also has the house of "Koizumi Yakumo", the Japanese name of the scholar Lafcadio Hearn (1850-1904), who lived in the area for many years. Another famous resident was Souseki Natsume (�目 漱石, 1867-1916), an important writer around the turn of the twentieth century.
Nagasaki City (長崎市)Nagasaki
Nagasaki Prefecture has the city of Nagasaki(長崎市), site of one of the atomic bombs dropped by American forces at the end of World War II. The city has been completely rebuilt, and like Hiroshima has a Peace Park. Half the area of the prefecture is made up of nearly a thousand islands, both inhabited and uninhabited. For centuries, Nagasaki has been an important port linking Japan with Korea and China, and other parts of the world. It has also had a long association with the Netherlands, being the location of one of the few designated trading posts, namely the fan-shaped artificial island of Dejima (出島).- Huis Ten Bosch Dutch theme park; Nagasaki City Peace Park and the Nagasaki Atomic Bomb Museum (長崎原爆資料館 Nagasaki Genbaku Shiry�kan); the Siebold Memorial Museum (シーボルト記念館 Shīboruto Kinenkan); the Twenty-Six Martyrs Museum and Monument, etc. Lots of ferries connect Nagasaki with the surrounding islands; try taking a boat accross to the Shimabara Peninsula (島原�島), and walk around Unzen (雲仙) and its many onsen and bubbling 'jigoku' (hells).
Saga
Saga (ä½�賀県) is known as the home of ceramics. At the crossroads of Chinese and Korean cultures, Korean technology was imported to Japan through Saga. Many Korean craftsman worked here and passed on their skills, leading to the highly-prized Arita-yaki (有田焼), Imari-yaki and Karatsu-yaki. The discovery of high quality porcelain in the area by a Korean craftsman ensured the future of Arita and Imari.- In Saga, visit the Nijinomatsubara (虹ã�®æ�¾åŽŸ), a 360-year old Japanese black pine forest that stretched for about five kilometres, and the Nanatsugama Caves (七ツ釜). Tosu City (é³¥æ –å¸‚) has Tashiro-Ota burial mound, an ancient grave decorated with coloured pictures. Yoshinogari (å�‰é‡Žãƒ¶é‡Œ é�ºè·¡ Yoshinogari iseki), a large Yayoi archaeological site, which was discovered in 1989, has a reconstructed watchtower and village. The area had been inhabited since the third century BCE.
- Fukuoka City (�岡): Shopping and entertainment: Canal City shopping and cinema complex; Hawk's Town (indoor jungle and baseball stadium); Marine World (amusement park); Tenjin (department stores).
-
Friday, that about 8pm at night, we will be here at base camp from Fukuoka ( http://www.pref.kagoshima.jp/foreign/english/index.html)
Why? is that so, cause another group 4 of my kakis will be arriving at 3pm Friday at Fukuoka airport from Taipei where they transit, cause they never manage to get the SQ ticket on line offer in time.
That why decision must be fast, never wait wait wait.
See wasted the loss of few hours, we 4 of us are arrive by SQ about 6.30 am in the morning.
Need to wait for them to come at 3pm. from Taipei.
Haha, we will be heading to town first from Fukuoka airport by our hired cars Alphard.
What shall we do?
Wait for my first bowl of Fukuoka Ramen when the shop opened after 10 am.
They sure miss this good chance.
-
Where? Where?
Fukuoka Ramen.
Yes,
from here..good.
other part of Japan, also got.
-
First experience on Kagoshima my the other kakis, so excited.
Today also keep asking me how, what ,this, that.
especially those 4 transit from Taipei.
worry the communication at airport at Fukuoka.
-
-
so my other four kakis in Taipei, more fortunate than us the four included me flying tomorrow night, why.?
They already there last monday last monday. cause they can't buy SQ intime so they go by TIger also cheap than connect a Taiwan flight China airline to Kagoshima also can. little more than us but they see moreTaipei extra few days.
Thank God, they see Typhoon at Taipei for free once in the lifetime.
experience once not bad.
we are too late for Kagoshima, if we are there early we also will witness the valcano eruption of Sakurajima.
that why sometime this also depend on your luck.
Typhoon coming to Taiwan with this scale not evreyones, can encounter.
They are so luicky.
-
There is alway a way?
Don't panic SQ promotion end no probelm,
You can share along with us how we used Plan B to Kagoshima.
First we go to Tiger budget airline and secured 4 tickets at S$401.68, Sing to Taipei two ways.
Than to China Airline S$628.69, Taipei to Kagoshima two ways.
So dun worry so much,
as what ericgo before, worried why i posted so often in this thread, and with so many peoples interested.
that why i told this subject.
knowledge speak wisdom listen.
today still no sign of this subject here.
hehehe
-
For just only S$10000 are you sure you can organised a group of eight to Kyushu?
How can that be... sorry ticket as you know is excluded.
Just only S$10000 that is enought, i should say. for this trip.
A person less than S$1500 estimate, so now just collected from them S$1250.
Why? can, all hotels already booked, all restaurants also booked, but some lunch and breakfast, could be eating out with take away.
Car rentals, Petrol calculated, Highway tolls calculated, parking fares calculated.
So that why? currently this is enough.
One expensive Sabu Sabu at Kagoshima in a restaurant is sponsor by our Singapore Govt,
This included, Black, pork, Black wangyu beef.
Why, all eight, everyone got the GST rebates, $100 or $250.
So it is rather fool never utilised it the money given by the Govt,
so the reserve some good memory we spend it at foreign land from the Govt...hehehe.
Can you do this in Singapore, a budget hotel room, how much will it cost?
In Kagoshima, you know how much is the rate.
Will shown you, later when i am back,
Sure you cover your mouths.
So never believe, Singapore is a place to travel, cheap.
I, say only hotels.
All vendors here are very cunning ones.
More than S$100 than you get a room.
-
http://www.jnto.go.jp/restaurant-search/eng/detail.php?rst_code=a114900
Restaurant Type Izakaya (Japanese style) Average Cost JPY 4,200 Enjoy "Berkshire Shabu-shabu" from the home of Kagoshima in the comforting atmosphere. Served for 2 persons or more at 1,953 yen per person.
Japanese taste quiet atmosphere is created by wood and stone with semi-private dining rooms partitioned by stone wall or sunken kotatu seats. Authentic Shabu-shabu with Berkshire from Kagoshima is served with our special soup to quickly dip. And more! Extra best sliced raw beef, Karashimentaiko (pickled ovary of Alaska Pollock with salt and pepper) fresh from the market and other unique local specialties strictly selected from Kyushu area, and also variety of precious shochu representing Kyushu. "MAN" is always careful about taste, food staff and price.
other photos
-
Or may this...we will decide once we are there.
Govt money.
http://www.jnto.go.jp/restaurant-search/eng/detail.php?rst_code=g726200
Restaurant Type Izakaya (Japanese style) Average Cost JPY 3,500 Miyazaki specialty charcoal grilled Jidokko Chicken, Hakata beef intestine hot pot, and Kyushu cuisine specialty★
Enjoy Kyushu's culinary tradition that is very popular in Japan.You can enjoy all the delicious food that Kyushu has to offer! Miyazaki chicken Jidokko is low in fat and calories. It is easy to digest and is healthy. It is a rare breed of Japanese chicken that only 500 birds are produced per month. We have them directly shipped to us fresh daily. We have a variety of other Kyushu specialties such as Kagoshima Kurobuta pork shabu shabu and Hakata beef intestine hot pot, along with a variety of a la carte menu items and drinks. << Small and large private dining rooms available for parties of 2 or more. Value-packed course menus are available starting at ¥3,980!>>
other photos -
-
-
