Kami-Amakusa

Beautiful coastal line with isles facing the Shimabara Peninsula in the distance. The current Japanese Emperor and Queen once visited when they were Prince and Princess, as inscribed on a stone.

==> Stay in luxurious onsen resort

Yanagawa

after checkout, drove back to Fukuoka but stopped by small canal town Yanagawa for famous Unagi-don.  Along the main expressway between Kumamoto and Tosu, there were road maintenance here and there. In one section this had caused very slow traffic for more than 15 min as vehicles had to squeeze from 2 lanes to 1.

Yanagawa Ohana

visited this western-style mansion with a large garden. From there, boat rides could be seen along the canals right outside of the premise.

Fukuoka

Returned car in Fukuoka. Live music performance was outside JR Hakata City with plenty of food stalls and bars. Many locals were enjoying there.