Today was our free day at Fukuoka.. So we decided to split into a few groups... Forgel's group went to Daizaifu temple while most of us wanted to sight see around Fukuoka... So our first stop was to the Fukuoka Castle Ruins... Thankfully i brought my umbrella along because it was raining... Along the way, we passed this lake which was totally covered with moss... [Picture below]... And seriously I thought that it was not a lake but rather a concrete ground or something... After that, we walked towards the Castle Ruins.. It was quite a large place and it was a pity that only ruins were left... After exploring the area, we walked towards a museum which had some archeology's discovery and I took the opportunity to take some good photographs of that place.. From then on, we further split our group into two because me, Jia Sheng and Sam wanted to sight see more instead of shopping... So Justin, Elaine and Cheryl decided to head back to shop...

As for the 3 of us, we went to the water gardens as Sam wanted to see it.. It was called the Ohori Park and it was really pretty... The lake, flowers and greenery were fantastic... There were many people either exercising or just sat down on the benches provided to relax...

Our next stop for sight seeing was the Fukuoka Dome... Along the way, we decided to have our lunch.. I had Zaru Soba with Tempura and I could not finish my lunch.. But it was the best Zaru Soba i had ever eaten in my life..

We reached the Fukuoka Dome at last... I was really excited because I knew lots of celebrities actually performed in there.. Of course that included YUI!! There was even a hard rock cafe there and I went inside the stall... did not buy anything because it was quite pricey.. Apparently they had loads of statue like stands where they mold the celebrities' palm.. [picture below] Along the way, we also got a chance to see the Fukuoka Towel...

As the rain got heavier and being the only person who had an umbrella, we had to split into 2 groups and walked quite a distance to the train station... We bought train tickets to Tenjin... We reached our hotel and put our staff that we had bought along the shops (I bought some sweets and stuff to eat to bring back home)....

We went straight to a shopping place called Shoppers' Daiei Fukuoka where Cheryl, Marie, Elaine and Justin went for their shopping... I came across Mummy's bank (Mizuho) hehe and took a photo of it...
When we reached there, I just combed around the shops and decided to buy a shirt and bag for myself since I realised that I did not actually buy anything for myself... Jia Sheng and I also went to the supermarket to buy foodstuff such as cup noodles, nuts, crackers etc to bring back home...

Along the way back, we walked towards the train station (if I'm not wrong that train station was Nishitetsu station...), I chanced upon a ARASHI poster!! Wooo... so being a BIG ARASHI fan, I stood there and took like 4-5 shots of the poster.... I also bought a ARASHI photo book for myself..

Tycoon, Sam, Jia Sheng and I decided to walk towards the Hakata Port Tower to see the night view of Fukuoka.. It was around 9 plus but luckily the Port Tower was still opened for the public... It was free of charge and we went up to the Tower... Got a great view of the city but I couldn't take much photos due to my camera... It was only until 9.40pm that we actually ate our dinner at a Ramen Stall just outside our hotel.... Was really hungry by then... Had lots of fun with the guys...

After dinner, I met Cheryl and the gang and we decided to have a so called "Mini Party" at Louis' room.... We went to the nearest convenient store and bought loads of food stuff like pudding, ice cream, chocolates, drinks, wine etc... We played camp games and ate our food stuff... It was our last day there and we all did not want to leave this place.... I probably slept around 3.30am and had to wake up around 6 plus to eat our breakfast....

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