After a short wait, we took our final flight, to Fukuoka. From the airport, it was a quick two subway stops to Hakata Station. A few steps outside and we were at our hotel. We left home for a 7:30 am flight and didn't arrive at our hotel til around 11:00 PM. We went straight to sleep.
The next morning, we exchanged our rail pass certificates for passes, which would allow us unlimited use of the rails starting March 27. This would save us time needing to wait in line on that day. AN eight minute walk and we were at our rental car.
On our way to the small town of Yufuin, we stopped at the Kokonoe Yume Otsurigashi Bridge. Opening in 2006, at 173 meters high, this bridge is the highest walking only suspension bridge in Japan. The bridge shook, which didn't thrill me, but I shut off the thinking portion of my brain and walked across and back. There were two waterfalls in the distance.
I picked Yuifen for our first location because it seemed like a cute, small town, that would have things to see as well as be a relaxing place to recover from jetlag. We are staying at a ryokan that is unique in that it has three onsen hot springs, which are all private use and for the family. You lock the door once you go in and it is all yours. Our room is quite spacious and has a private bathroom.
After checking in, we walked through the main street in town, stopping to look at the inside and outside of shops that caught our attention.
Toward the end of the street, we veered toward a small lake at the end of town, and then took some of the backstreets home.
We finished off the night by finding a ramen restaurant. All three of us tried the bean sprout ramen. It was very good, but tasted a bit different than the miso ramen that we had had on our previous visit. I asked the cook if it was of the shio(salt) or shuyo(soy sauce) variant. It was shio. Two down and one to go. We went to bed very early.
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