Fukuoka, Japan

 Sea Date March 5, 2024

Our last stop in Japan. A surprisingly interesting city that I was not familiar with before this trip.  Ms. Shoko started the day at the Nanzo-in Temple. Nanzo-in Temple  It has the largest bronze reclining Buddha in the world. It was misty and occasionally drizzly but not raining hard at all.  As Elizabeth noted, the mist added to the mysterious feeling of the Temple.

Next a visit to the Dazaifu Tenmangu Shrine. Shrine   More Shrine We then moved to modern day Japan with a tour of Fukuoka Tower. Tower

                                                                Night Shot

 


HAL Singers and Dancers

It started raining hard as we returned to port,  Our kind crew came out to keep us dry!


King Kong Attacks Fukuoka Japan???
    
                                                                Top of the Tower

   

                                                                View of Beach Resort

    
                                                                    School Trip



    
                                                                    Fukuoka Tower


    
                                                            We made Mt Fuji origami on the ship.


    
                                                        Love this machine!  I put dollars in and yen comes out!!

    
                                                    This area where we had lunch is like an

                                                    upscale boardwalk.  Instead of fudge, a sweet bun,


    
                                                                Lunch

    
                                                        Elizabeth enjoying lunch.
    
                                                            

                                                            Back window of the restaurant.

    

                                              Upscale OC - food, souvenirs, small shops all lined up
                                                                     along walkway.







                                                        Asian craft museum at Shrine.




    
                                                            Escalator to museum.

    
                                                                            Dazaifu Shrine

    
                                                Elizabeth, Doug, Arlene, Karen,Jim,Cathy, Gail, Tom


    
                                                Note the grass and trees on the roof.



    
                                                                    School group.




    
                                                                Gray Heron

    
                                                       Three bridges - past, present and future.




    
                                                             Starbucks Japanes style



                                                          

                                                                        My Bus!



    
                                                                    Nanzo-in Temple


         
                                                    Forsythia - harbinger of spring.

    
                                                        The jars hold ashes of the dead.





                                                                                     Lan

    
                                                                Ring the bell.


    
                                                                Honoring Alcohol Spirits











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