Weekend Excursion to Dazaifu
Sam and I decided to be adventurous and go to the small town of Dazaifu, about 30 minutes south of Fukuoka.
Dazaifu, as legend has it, is home to the God of Learning. It seemed like a good place to pay homage as we improve our Japanese.
The main street is a quant little block of tourist shops.
We try the local cuisine (baked rice cakes with sweet bean filling). This, of course, fails in comparison to the cute little dog that Sam fell in love with.
Jake tries to win back Sam's heart from the little dog by serenading her with ancient Japanese poetry inscribed on a big flat rock.
Thankfully, it worked.
We had a great time at Dazaifu. We recommend it to anybody passing near Fukuoka.
But wait! That's not all!
Before getting on the train to come home, we do some shopping. We find a post-card shop and receive some free gifts from the owner! Not the least was a private concert. His only request was that we explain the meaning of the song "Stand by me"
But wait! There's even more!
Thinking we had seen everything Dazaifu had to offer, we head to the train station and buy our tickets. To our surprise, we find a cat trying to steal money out of the ticket machine! It was a fairly cheap cat, it was only going after the ¥10 coins (~10 cents). Our theory: the ¥10 coin is the only brown coin, and so it might look like a very round and flat mouse.
