Sumo

Saturday, woke up bright and early to get ready for the 3hour drive to Fukuoka...Met up with Jen, Phil, Marcos and Alan at around 11o'clock and we were on our way. Me, being the speed demon drove very fast, but realised I needed to slow down in order for them to catch up with me. The drive up was fun, just imagine me singing away in my lil' pink car and having the time of my life. The weather was great for the drive.
We made it to Fukuoka at around 2ish. The others checked into their hotel rooms, then we headed out to the convenient store to stock up on alcohol and snacks. Caught a bus to the Fukuoka International Centre and there I experienced my first sumo tournament. It was an experience I'll never forget. Totally AMAZING! These men are huge, I think this is the only time that the Japanese men out do the Westerners. Anyways, took some amazing pics. It was a shame that I couldn't actually take a photo with one of them (such a tourist...hehee)
Drove back home Saturday night. Went out to this really cool/weird very un-Japanese restaurant on Sunday. ChaHana was the name of this place. It's owned by Kyoko, one of my eikaiwa student. She is a mother of 3. She speaks English relatively well. Her husband and her built ChaHana by themselves. It's made out of thick tree branches and everything in it was just authentic. The food was absolutely scrumptious as well. She made Nun, red tomatoe curry and green curry. It was yummy. Then spent the rest of Sunday lounging around at home...All in all a great relaxing weekend.