Fukuoka - A Big City With Ramen

Fukuoka is the biggest city in Kyushu, and with that there isn't much to say about it that would be crazily different from Osaka or Tokyo.  It's one of those cities I'd live in but would feel bored visiting (contrary to the popular saying).  The signature foods here are tonkatsu ramen (which I had twice, not really noticeably different) and motsunabe (a mixture of animal guts and veggies being cooked in a stew in front of you).

At night time, there are small food stands called yatai, which serve ramen, oden, and/or yakitori.

The highlight of the day was a store near Fukuoka tower called Robosquare, which lets you sample, play with, and buy small robots.  There was a Hello Kitty robot with voice recognition - you can ask her questions or to sing.

It's been five years since I was last in Japan, and it's definitely been a nice refresher coming back.  Tomorrow morning, I'm off to Korea.