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Fukuoka
Despite gyoza taking the center stage at this restaurant, something else on the menu provided the biggest shock of all.
Seven great destinations and a chance to save almost 150,000 yen if you’re especially lucky.
Head-raising ceremony held for new/Nu Gundam, the first life-size mobile suit in west Japan.
This stop is undoubtedly the first of many in our new countrywide, railway-hopping quest to stamp ’em all.
West Japan gets its first 1:1-scale mobile suit with the last mecha of the anime’s original hero.
Before you hop on the train out of Fukuoka’s Hakata Station, visit the kids of good fortune in their shrine in the sky.
Ship’s amenities include an onboard Japanese-style bath with a view of the Seto Inland Sea.
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