A Snowy Day Snapshots ― 2024/12/08
Animal tracks in the snow are always fun to find, unless they are bears.
There seems to have been a wild one riding a bicycle through the snow.
The winter covers are proving what they are capable of.
Snow-capped rowan berries is a sight you will never see in Fukuoka.
Icy Business ― 2024/12/11
This season's last post from Sapporo.
Icicles are everywhere.
Even from the trunk of a tree.
Snow seems to create a job that doesn't exist in warmer places.
The job of these gentlemen in green vests is to spread grit on the sidewalks.
I wonder how these little stones work. Better than nothing?
Back to the Babylon ― 2024/12/20
Having said 'bye for now' to Sapporo, we came back to Fukuoka a few days ago.
No sooner had we stepped out of Tenjin subway station than we were greeted by glittering, twinkling and sparkling underground streets.
I must have been familiar with Christmas displays, but I found it so bright that I was bedazzled to the point of almost feeling dizzy.
First Local Hotel Breakfast Experience ― 2024/12/22
This is probably my first hotel breakfast in Fukuoka. You don't go to a hotel for breakfast when you have something to eat at home, do you?
But this was a rare occasion for me. Having just returned from a northern town after several months (including the hellishly hot ones) of absence, there was (must have been) nothing edible left in my fridge and cupboard.
To be honest, I had been looking forward to this breakfast buffet, knowing that the hotel cafeteria was run by Royal, a name with which I have a special emotional attachment linked to my childhood memories.
Ta-da!
The pancake was the must of the must at every Royal restaurant. But now that I see all these plates, I realize how much I craved sugar and carbohydrates...
The grapefruit juice was served in a grapefruit shell. I had imagined the juice would be squeezed directly from the grapefruit, until I witnessed it being poured from a carton, and the people serving it didn't seem to be trying to hide that practice. There is something you shouldn't know to stay happy...
We paid 2500 yen each for this buffet. Reasonable for the "inbound" guests due to the cheap yen, but for the locals... Well, next time I would go for Royal Host instead.
Great Fukuokan Mr Donut ― 2024/12/23
You can get the donut itself everywhere, but an al-fresco donut was something I had been looking forward to.
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