Perhaps because I had been to Japan twice before but wasted. The first time I was too young even to recall my memories (circa 1964), and the second time (late February 1971) the plane which brought us back from Vancouver to HongKong first called at Alaska then Tokyo where it was re-fuelled. We stayed the night in the airport hotel in Tokyo. The next morning I had milk for breakfast. The flavour was so special it is still impressed in my memory till this very moment. Maybe I wanted to try once more the taste of milk from those specially bred Japanese cows. Hm ... !
Perhaps because Raymond had been to Honshu a few years ago and later acquired some Japanese language from a local Japanese course.
Also perhaps we both love Japanese food. So Japan was our choice.
The next problem facing us was of course, which tour to join. There was a myriad of choices: Honshu, Kyushu, Hokkaido, Honshu-Kyushu ... etc, and a choice of 4-day tours up to 12-days! After a series of tedious screening - budget, date and destination were factors of consideration - we agreed on a 7-day tour of Kyushu. I have to admit that the desicion leaned more to my favour. The famous Beppu spas were my major point of attraction while Raymond wished to visit the Huis Ten Bosch & Holland Village. So did I.
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Sunday 11 July 1999 |
Arrival at Hiroshima Airport Hiroshima Peace Memorial Museum & Park Remnants of an Atomic Explosion Shopping & Dining Downtown Hiroshima Prince Hotel
Monday | 12 July 1999
Coniferous Forests | Kanmon Bridge Beppu Bay City of Beppu & "Tour of the Hells" Hotel, Dinner and the Spas in Beppu Night Venture in Beppu
Tuesday | 13 July 1999
Harmony Land (Hello-Kitty Land) | The Ocean Dome Hotel, Dinner & Night in Miyazaki City
Wednesday | 14 July 1999
The "Demon Washboards" | The Udo Jingu The Sapoten (Cactus) Garden The Sakurajima Volcano The Kinkowan automobile ferry Geographic Situation of Kagoshima Downtown Kagoshima Hotel Verde & Mitsui Greenland
Thursday | 15 July 1999
Holland Village | Huis Ten Bosch Dinner Buffet & Night Shows
Friday | 16 July 1999
Canal City, Fukuoka | Lunch in a Chinese restaurant Disaster Prevention Centre Tenjin Underground Shopping Centre
Saturday | 17 July 1999
Departure from Hiroshima Airport
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