We're Back!

The JALT conference was really good this year. Sometimes the presentations are hit or miss, but this year I saw more good presentations than not, so overall it was a great success.

We also got to see two new (for me) cities - Kita-kyushu and Fukuoka. The conference was in Kita-kyushu, and when each day was over we spent a few hours enjoying the city and its delights with our colleagues. One of the delights we enjoyed was the view from our hotel room:



On Sunday, when the conference was over, Brian and I headed to Fukuoka city where we spent the rest of Sunday and all of Monday. We enjoyed some great food and did some fun shopping. We pretty much found our way around Fukuoka within the first few hours - it's not such a big city, but it's a great city, and if it is your first time to Japan, I would highly recommend that you land at Fukuoka airport and enjoy a few days of the mildly bustling city .


This is a statue in Fukuoka "central" park:


And, unfortunately, we did not have time to get to enjoy a mud bath, for which Beppu is famous - with any luck, we'll be able to get out that way again and take advantage of everything the area has to offer.