Saturday, June 20, 2009

Travel - North Kyushu (Day 3) - 2009 Lunar New Year

DAY 3 - Kokura(小倉), Mojiko (門市港), Saga (佐賀),Tosu outlet(鳥栖) (3-day North Kyushu JR-Pass)

ITINERARY
  • 7:23 limited express from Beppu to Hakata, arrived Kokura station at around 9:xx


  • Monorail to Tanga market(旦過市場) (special price 100yen (original price – 170 yen)
  • Kokura to Mojiko (local JR around 10 mins)
  • Monorail from Tanga market to Kokura, and has 燒豚肉定食 at Yoshinoya (吉野家)(near JR station)
  • local JR to Tosu (13:18 – 15:20) and go to Tosu Premium outlet (need 20 mins) by bus; fare cost 200yen www.premiumoutlets.co.jp/en/tosu/
  • Tosu JR limited express to Hakata from 18:29 to 18:50
TRAVEL TIPS
  • Kokura - do not go to Tanga Market on morning (shops not open in the morning)
  • Mojiko – like Hakodate (函館) , many sovenior shops near sea-side, and many indicators shown you the locations of the buildings
  • Mojiko → Kokura (nearly every 1 mins has local JR)
  • Mojiko → Kokura → Hakata → Tosu (express) (need more time 13:18 → 15:20)– should take local JR to Kokura / Hakata. Change Limited express to Tosu (Hakata limited express need around 20 mins)
  • Each hour has 1 or 2 bus from Tosu JR to Tosu premium oulet
  • Tosu p.outlet bus station is on the right-hand side of JR and you may ask JR 『INFORMATION counter』 where it located
  • Tosu Premium outlet shops – Pageboy, As Know As, Citizen (hello kitty watch) .... there is a cracker and jam shop → very delicious (some jam and cracker are free to eat for tasting)

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