Kyushu Island January 2006

Here are some photographs from our teachers' trip to Kyushu Island last weekend. It was a fairly innocuous event (which is surprising considering our usual behavior at enkais [office parties]!). We left Ikata on a tour bus at 6:30am and began our long journey through three prefectures of Kyushu island. By 9:30am a substantial portion of our group was drunk. Just when I feared we may run out of sake the bus pulled into the famous Kirin Beer Garden for some much needed replenishments. Crisis averted!
The highlight of the trip for me was a visit to a fish market in Saga-ken which culminated in a five-course lunch comprised entirely of Ika dishes (squid). Oishii!!!