prison. horror. pirates.

This morning was more errands as I prepared to one again pack up my life across the Pacific. We left the apartment early but due to train and bus schedules, barely made it to the airport in time for our flight, probably within 30 minutes.

We flew to 福岡 Fukuoka and had lunch at this Japanese-Italian place. I had a panini. We kicked around the stationfront area malls a bit, looking at the ridiculously priced clothing. Outside the malls they have a Dutch feeling to the place, as Fukuoka was once one of the few ports open to foreigners in the pre-Perry era. Carrie and Lorianne arrived from Sapporo on the flight 2 hours after.

Carrie had booked us dinner reservations at this place called "The Lockup". I highly recommend this place for an amusing time. The atmosphere is a cross between prison, horror and pirates. They give you cool menu choices like 'Russian roulette rolls' - five rolls of sushi, one of which is laced with tons of wasabi. The drinks are cool too, you are given a syringe of alcohol, and you mix the drink by injecting the alcohol into a beaker of Sprite (yes, a beaker, not a glass :P)

During our meal the lights went out, sirens sounded, and there was a 'prison break'. This masked guy went around scaring the patrons in their cells. It was so funny hearing the screams of the other customers.