Fukuoka

I had a request with me to Japan: my friend Greg from Australia wanted me to take some pictures from Fukuoka, as it was there the word kamikaze was born. Fukuoka is on the north of Kyushu, and on my way back from Aso I stopped by in Fukuoka before I heading by evening to my hotel i Hiroshima.

Fukuoka turned out to be a modern city with plenty of interesting architecture. The city also had a very nice atmosphere, and I have to say that I liked the place. (Thanks Greg!) Unfortunately, I missed the yatai stalls, where they serve noodles and other food from mobile street-kitchen, something which is not that common in Japan, but which Fukuoka is famous for.

What about kamikaze then? In the beginning of the 14th century, China was ruled by the Mongols that still wanted to expand their empire, and one of the targets was Japan. The point of attack was Fukuoka, and the Japanese defence went so-so. The situation started to look critical, but out of nowhere came a typhoon and wrecked the Mongol fleet. The wind was assumed to have been sent by the gods, and the term kamikaze, "divine wind" was born.

1. Outside the Station	2. Back of Canal City	3. Footbridge	4. Kushida-jinja I
5. Kushida-jinja II	6. Kushida-jinja III	7. Kushida-jinja IV	8. The Anchor Stones
9. Gingko Tree	10. Shopping Mall	11. Floats?	12. T-shirts?
13. Over to Nakasu	14. Street Nakasu	15. Glassy House in Daylight	16. Nakasu Alley
17. Looking over Nakagawa	18. View over Nakagawa	19. View over Hakata-gawa	20. Canal City
21. House of Colours	22. Lane in Nishi-Nakasu	23. House in Nishi-Nakasu	24. European Building
25. ACROS	26. Step Garden	27. Inside the Step Garden	28. Tenjin Central Park
29. Outlook from ACROS	30. Tenjin	31. Ohori-koen	32. Japanese Garden I
33. Japanese Garden II	34. Japanese Garden III	35. Japanese Garden IV	36. Japanese Garden V
37. Ohori-koen Again	38. Bird Islet	39. Towards the Tower	40. Fukuoka Tower
41. Inside the Tower	42. Tower Outlook I	43. Tower Outlook II	44. Tower Outlook III
45. Tower Outlook IV	46. Tower Outlook V	47. Tower Outlook VI	48. Cranes
49. Street Nakasu II	50. Glassy House in Neon Lights	51. Night Alley in Nakasu	52. Naka-gawa by Night

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