After spending the night in Kagoshima again, I took the Shinkansen back to Fukuoka, where I was to stay three for days.
I arrived in the afternoon. I had no clue where to go at first but an extremely nice guy helped me to find my way. A little later I arrived at the youth hostel, but it was locked. I called the people but they wouldn’t let me in because of some opening times that were not available on their website or anything so I couldn’t enter. It was really cold and it started to rain so I was really pissed off. I guess that kind of set the mood for my stay in Fukuoka because I somehow didn’t like it much. It even started to snow on the second day, which was really weird seeing as I had been in 20+ degree weather just a day before. The hotel receptionist was a really creepy guy which didn’t really help either.
I did meet up with a friend of mine from Kokura, which was great. Funny thing was that because of his piercings, some people stared more at him than me, the blonde gaijin girl. I also went to a concert again, this time as press for a SHERBETS live. The concert was really fantastic, and the aisatsu afterwards was pretty great as well.You can read my live report over here: SHERBETS Live in Fukuoka.
On the way back, I got a little lost at the Hakata train station, seeing as it’s basically two stations connected by an underground walk way. So, I asked a girl if she could tell me where to go. Instead of just giving me directions, she walked with me from one side of the station to the other one, on really uncomfortable high heeled shoes even though I said it wasn’t necessary. She spoke perfect English, and she told me I was only the second foreigner she had ever spoken to, so that was pretty amazing!
