Owl Cafe

This week was a quiet one. I saw many of my friends for dinner throughout the week to talk about upcoming trips and other things. Friday one of Megan's friends was visiting from Portland, Sam, so we went to dinner at 笑笑 (Wara Wara, and izakaya) to welcome him to Kitakyushu. We had a great dinner and afterwards went to Karaoke-Kan for Sam's first ever karaoke experience. Some people stayed out later, but I decided to head home after karaoke.

On Saturday I slept in before meeting Megan at Kokura station. We took the train into Fukuoka to meet up with Sam again and show him around. We found Sam at Hakata station and showed him around. We went to canal city for some sight seeing and shopping. Afterwards we went to Fukuoka's owl cafe. It was my first time going, although I've wanted to go for a while. It was so much fun! You have an hour to spend in the cafe. You start upstairs where you have your drink and are told the rules for the cafe. Then, you head downstairs to hold and pet the owls. The staff was incredibly nice and was very happy we could speak Japanese. We all held five different owls and had a great time! Another patron asked if she could take pictures of us with the owls and the cafe took pictures of us with the owls to put on their website. It was a ton of fun and I'm so happy we got to go! After leaving the owl cafe we stopped for some bubble tea and walked around one of the many temples in Fukuoka. We caught a bus outside the temple once we'd finished our tea and headed to Tenjin to check out a gaming store. We had conveyor belt sushi for dinner and headed back to Hakata, where we said goodbye to Sam and headed back to Kokura.

Sunday I woke up early to clean and play some games before meeting Marc and Tanya for lunch. I ran some errands in the afternoon before meeting back up with Marc, Tanya, and many others to celebrate Tanya's birthday. We went to a Korean restaurant and the food was fantastic. Everyone split up after dinner and Megan and I grabbed a coffee before each heading home.

This week should be another quiet one, although a bit more eventful. Graduation is on Thursday and I'm going out with the Shinozaki staff on Friday celebrate. Also on Friday Leah will be moving closer into Kokura. Although I won't be able to help her on Friday because of school, I will most likely go over Saturday to help her unpack and get settled in. It'll be nice having her closer!