ハウステンボス HUIS TEN BOSCH

- 佐世保、ハウステンボス Sasebo, Huis Ten Bosch SLEEPY EYE's PICK!

Theme Park (Nov 2007)

http://www.huistenbosch.co.jp/

Address:
長崎県佐世保市ハウステンボス町1-1,ハウステンボス
Huis Ten Bosch, 1-1 Huis Ten Bosch-machi, Sasebo-shi, Nagasaki-ken
**check website for access methods
Tel: 095 627 0001
Price:
JPY5700~6700
**check website for various ticket offers
Opening hours:
(spring/summer/autumn) Daily 09:00-20:00 (last admission)
(winter) Daily 09:00-19:00 (last admission)
**check website for daily operating hours
Features:
Dutch town theme
Accommodation (Hotel Amsterdam, Hotel Europe, Forest Villas, Royal Guest House)
shops & restaurants
windmills
boat rides
Recommend:
Miffy goods shop
Comments:
Japan meets The Netherlands - this was our last stop in Kyushu before heading back to Tokyo, and adding this European touch at the end of our trip was definitely a good end after consecutive days of Japanese food & buildings.

in time for the Christmas illuminations

view from the observation tower

the Forest Villas are one of the accommodation options (right)

things to buy from Kyushu...

went crazy at the Miffy shop

photo created at the Grand Odyssey - well, it's meant to look like me...

HOTEL AMSTERDAM

- 佐世保、ハウステンボス Sasebo, Huis Ten Bosch

$$$~$$$$ Theme Park Hotel (JPY11,300/pax, Nov 2007)

http://english.huistenbosch.co.jp/hotels/amsterdam.html

Address:
佐世保市ハウステンボス町7-7
Sasebo-shi, Huis Ten Bosch-machi, 7-7
Tel: 095 658 1111
Check in/out: 15:00/11:00
Features:
a Laura Ashley floor (top floor)
Miffy room
Comments:
Check website for updated hotel rates according to the calendar.  We booked through a local travel agent JTB so may have gotten some sort of discount.

Standard Twin room

東京第一ホテル福岡 (TOKYO DAI-ICHI HOTEL FUKUOKA)

- 福岡市博多区 Fukuoka City, Hakata

$ Business Hotel (JPY6,200/pax, Nov 2007)

http://www.iphotel.co.jp/index.php (hotel reopened with new name)

Address:
福岡県福岡市博多区中洲5-2-18
Tel: 092 262 2009
Check in/out: 15:00/11:00

Local Delights:

屋台 (YATAI)Street Vendors
- 福岡市,博多区/中央区 Fukuoka City, Hakata/Chuo Districts
$ (Nov 2007)

Address:
You can find these in 天神 Tenjin along 昭和通り Showa Dori (天神駅 Tenjin station: 空港線 Kukou subway line); or,
in 中洲川端 Nakasu Kawabata along the 那珂川 Nakagawa river near the 国体道路 Kokutai Doro (中洲川端駅 Nakasu Kawabata station: 空港線 Kukou subway line)
Opening hours:
nights till late

along the 那珂川 Nakagawa river

湯布院 (YUFUIN)

- 由布市 Yufu City SLEEPY EYE's PICK!


Valley / Onsen, Tourist Town (Nov 2007)

http://www.yufuin.gr.jp/
Area map:
http://yufuin.or.jp/global/modules/enjoy_yufuin/picture/#1

Address:
由布院観光総合事務所:
〒879-5102 大分県由布市湯布院町川上2863番地
Yufuin-Onsen Tourism Association:
2863, Kawakami, Yufuin-cho, Yufu City, Oita, 879-5102
(由布院駅 Yufuin station: JR 久大本線 Kyudai Honsen line; from 博多,福岡 Hakata, Fukuoka, approx. 2hrs on the 特急ゆふいんの森号・特急ゆふ号Limited Express Yufuin no Mori & Limited Express Yufu)or;
(By 高速バス High speed bus from 福岡 Fukuoka to 由布院駅前 Yufuin station http://www.rakubus.jp/rosen/fko_afk_yfn.html ; JPY2800 one way; approx. 2hrs)
Tel: 097 785 4464
Features:
湯の坪街道 (yu no tsubokaido) Shops & food street
Hot Spring ryokans
金麟湖 (kinrinko) Lake Kinrinko
由布岳 (Yufudake) Mt. Yufudake

ゆふいん駅 Yufuin train station

金麟湖 (kinrinko) Lake Kinrinko