Kyushu Day Five

If we had a bad day, this was it. Not because it wasn't fun, but because getting around Japan if you don't read Japanese can be infuriating at times and this was never more true than on the Japanese rail lines, which are mostly privately owned, rarely connect and are guaranteed to get you lost. This happened to us on JR Kyushu, where you buy a ticket based on price and not destination, no tracks are labelled in English, trains that stop at random stations and make you transfer and stations that aren't really labelled either. This turned a 40 minute train ride to Uminonakamichi in to a 2.5 hours adventure that only ended when we asked a very sweet Japanese girl for directions. She proceeded to pull out her smart phone, give us detailed direction and get us on our way. Transportation in Japan is surprisingly terrible, but the Japanese people are so sweet that you just kinda figure it out.

Anyway, we ended up out on the peninsula where there was Marine world, a promenade and a Ferry pier. We spent a couple of hours looking around and enjoyed the scenery.

The park

Ferry Pier and Hakata Bay

Promenade

Afterwards we took the ferry back to Hakata pier and hung out there until six, when we decided to hit up a second beer garden. Another 4000yen but again well worth it. However, unlike the last one we did not carry on afterwards, as we were both exhausted. We hopped the subway back to Hakata station and back to the hostel for sleep.