On Jan 10, 8:30 am, CL <flot...@yahoo.com> wrote:
> Declan Murphy wrote:
>
> > Dull? Yes. Original Poster - the hinterlands have rafting, debauchery
> > yada yada yada, but not in January.
>
> Were I the OP and living in Kita-Kyushu-shi.  And, were I still of an
> age where Little Head took as much interest in trip planning as Big
> Head, I'd bag Shikoku and head to Hakata and Dazaifu.
(...)
> I found the young ladies of the women's university in Dazaifu to be
> among the most enthusiastic students of the horizontal form of English
> conjunctions and, unlike the locals in  many other places, most of them
> were fun to be with out of bed and sober, as well.  Many of them work
> part time in the restaurants around Tenjin as well as the tea houses in
> Dazaifu.  An interest in Sugawara Michizane / Tengu was a good
> conversation starter with the conservatively dressed / black haired ladies.

Some of the references are lost on me but yes, Fukuoka/Tenjin is cool,
and definitely a good option if you're in Kitakyushu.

Rafael Caetano