Fukuoka City

On Friday we took the night bus to Fukuoka, our trip got off to a dramatic start as we had to sprint and scramble around Umeda to find the well hidden bus stop. We got there with 3 minutes to spare. I was bloody relieved!
The trip was a little tough. When we got there I was pretty tired, as I had only about 4 hours sleep, still, it wasn't as bad as I expected. It was 7 am when we arrived so there wasn't too much to do, we just walked around the city. We went to the 'canal city' shopping centre and BIC camera, where I bought a digital camera.
I like Fukuoka, it's a big city but still has a country, relaxed feel to it.
When hit the 'Hakata Asahi brewery', quite close to the main railway station. We were a little late, but they let us catch up. I love breweries, they remind me of 'Willy Wonka', except with beer and no umpa lumpas. After the tour we got snacks and free beer for 25 minutes. The 'Asahi Black' beer was really good. The tour ended at 2.30, we were pretty buggered so we went back to the hotel for a nap. We got the hotel bus to the entertainment district -Tenjin. There are many small portable restaurants selling ramen and other food. After that we walked around Tenjin before going back to the hotel for some hard earned brews.
The next day we checked out of the hotel and walked to the nearby 'Marine World' aquarium. They had it all-from spooky specimens to dolphin/whale/porpoise/seal shows. The badgers were pretty good too. By the time that was over we went again to Tenjin, at 4. We ate ramen again. We did some recon and found the bus stop (we didn't want a repeat of Friday night) before heading to the 'International Bar', which had some nice drinks, ensuring we slept like babies on the return to Osaka. All and all it was a great trip.