Well, I have come close, as I flew off to Fukuoka for a turn-around business trip, with just my purse. And speaking of purses, apparently now there are Samantha Thavasa planes...hopefully not as frilly as the actual bags themselves. Haneda Airport also purveys incredible matcha/white chocolate muffins, which are very sweet, but just the thing after getting up at 5am!
I have a soft spot for Fukuoka, a wonderfully flat and bikeable city of water and bridges. The cool salty wind is such a pleasure, even if it does ruin my hairdo, and it is nice to have a change of scene, a quick break from Tokyo. Due to the location of the event, I was not able to have Hakata ramen for lunch, and instead settled on a plate of sara udon, a specialty of Nagasaki. Spending less than 10 hours in the city is really quite a shame, however professional obbligations must be fulfilled...
From the plane home, the view of Tokyo and Yokohama at night was breathtaking. Gone are the never ending rows of boring gray houses, replaced by millions of pinpricks of warm yellow light, like a flood of stars (or Dust, for those who get the reference). It was enough to distract me from the really tasty inari-zushi (stuffed with wasabi root from Oita), and the delightful omiyage sweets my boss and I scoffed as a reward for a job well-done.
Ohh~~ You're such a jet-setter! :D
ReplyDeleteMust be nice to work outside of the office sometimes :)
Cheers!
DeleteYes, although it really is far too unfrequent...mostly I spend the day battling with my computer and Excel sheets :p
The muffin looks amazing. I'm going to Fukuoka in a few weeks, so this has got me even more excited!
ReplyDeleteGreat! Just taking a long walk near the river (and eating at the yatai that proliferate around there) is really nice. As for food, I recommend the motsu nabe (I only ate the non-meat parts of it but man was it tasty) and torimon (omiyage cookie-like thing of pure awesome)
DeleteI stopped through Fukuoka on a road trip I took to Nagasaki last summer and I really wanted to spend more time there~ (plus, there are some pretty rad bands from that area) Lucky! I wish "business trip" was even a word in my working-life vocab right now.... maybe someday. :P
ReplyDeleteHi Indi :)
DeleteThis was my first business trip ever, so I was all giddy. Your time will come...unless you go on 'tours' instead :)