Hi r/JapanTravel, my husband and I will be visiting Japan for the first time in mid-October. Our current itinerary looks like below, with hotels and flights booked. It’s still pretty rough but I like having some spontaneous decisions while traveling, so I’d like to keep it somewhat open.
Day 1:
– Arrive at FUK around 4:30pm
– Check into hotel and leave bags (hotel is halfway between Tenjin-minami and Kushida Shrine stations)
– Hang around Tenjin and hotel area. We have a few different restaurants searched up for Motsu Nabe, Odens and Izakayas.
Day 2:
– Breakfast at hotel
– Travel to Yufuin
– Check out Yufuin floral village
– Head to Ryokan for Onsen & Kaiseki
Day 3:
– 6am walk over to Kinrin Lake for water fogs? (if we can get up lol)
– Breakfast at Ryokan
– Travel over to Beppu
– Sightsee hells of Beppu
– Check into hotel
– Dinner nearby
– Onsen & rest
Day 4:
– Breakfast at hotel
– Travel back to Fukuoka
– Ramen or Unagi on rice for lunch
– Hang around area till flight back around 8 PM
We would like to minimize hikes/long walks due to my husband’s recent achilles tendon surgery, where he’ll be out of the boot but still won’t have full range of motion/strength in one leg. The biggest question we have is what the best method of travel would be, for those of you who’s done a similar trip. We are leaning towards getting a 3-day North Kyushu Rail Pass (12,000 yen with the price increase) as we like trains better, but I’ve also seen people recommend SunQ pass (9,000 yen) for convenience and price. Other folks recommend renting a car, but I’m not sure if that would be comfortable enough as we don’t speak Japanese..although we’ll try to learn the essentials by the time we arrive.
Any advices would be appreciated. Thank you!
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What do you mean by saying that you’re going to hang around various areas? There’s lots of interesting things to see in Fukuoka if you do a little bit of research