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[4D3N] Short trip to Fukuoka

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My trip continues...   I had Mochi and sandwiches for brekkie, and some fruit juice which I picked up from Aeon Mall. We made our trip to Marinoa City Fukuoka for outlet shopping, and before we started on our shopping spree, we had Japanese Curry for lunch at the food court located within the premises.  We spent the entire day at the outlet, and I picked up some up some Japanese branded clothes, and I saved up on quite a bit! Each piece of garment are going for ¥1000 and accessories such as hair clips, earrings and necklaces/bracelets are going for 10 at ¥1000.  Although, I did a lot of shopping at the outlet, I also went to try my luck again with the claw machines. I got myself a cute Shiba Inu plush, while Baby caught a better one! He got one of the starter Pokémon from the new Pokémon Sword and Shield - speedy rabbit called Scorbunny!   After a fun day of shopping, we settled on sushi and sashimi for dinner,...

[Kyushu trip] Breath-taking Sakurajima at Kagoshima

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Kagoshima is the capital of Kagoshima Prefecture, and it located at the south coast of Kyushu. It also one of the largest cities on the Japanese island of Kyushu . Kagoshima marks the last city on my itinerary during my Kyushu trip.   Kagoshima is famous for its beautiful Bay location, as well as the active volcanic island called Sakurajima . Getting there is pretty easy from Hakata by the Kyushu Shinkansen . It took us 3hours to get there with only a stop at Kumamoto. Do note that while there are multiple trains that travel from Hakata to Kagoshima, the earliest Shinkansen service train in the morning is the shortest available train to take for the fastest transit time. All other trains/schedules thereafter will take more than 5 hours, as they will make multiple stops along the way prior to arriving at Kagoshima. We needed to wake up pretty early to catch the earliest train to Kagoshima, as the service departs around 8am-ish from Hakata. Thankfully, the distance from my h...