Last Moments in Kumamoto

I've gotta say that Kumamoto has proven to be one cozy city. The people are less hectic than big city people, the whole lifestyle is relax to say the least. I've never achieved such a peace of mind, yet I still partied it up every night. Next time, or anytime you decide to stop on by Kyushu, ya gotta make the trip out to Kumamoto, for some wholesomeness. Yep.

Follow the light Yuki!


Ah, I'm jealous...

No freeway here, nope ya gotta pay, and you pay big. It's highway here.

Time to hit up his Mom's cabaret bar
This is just the warm-up

3 mins later...the whole caboodle
The Hatabes - Yuki and Mama
Special guest: Yuka-chan

Oh Yuki, you dragon

My Premiere Photoshoot

Try brewing this in LA

Joyful = The best restaurant....in the galaxy!
Final farewell
To Yuki:

Yuki, first of all, I wanna thank you for everything you did for me man, you totally showed me Kumamoto is all about. Thanks for taking the time to show me all the places out there. You took care really good care of me man, I really enjoyed my stay. Please, thank your mom and grandma, they were more than hospitable and I really enjoyed their company as well. I wanna see you again soon Yukes, good luck out in Tokyo. I still remembered what the fortune said, "DETAILS," yeah I got it man, I'm still working on it. I can't thank you enough Yuki, stay healthy, stay out of trouble, not too many Maido Cafe's ok? I'll see you in Tokyo! Take care friend.

隈本へようこそ！八代市

I decided to take the trip out to Kumamoto to visit Yuki in Yatsushiro. I was blessed with good friends who came from good families. For my stay in Kumamoto, Yuki was the perfect tour guide for his prefecture. Although Kumamoto, Yatsushiro to be more specific, is a bit more, actually a lot more country than the previous cities I've visited, it does have it's own way of fun. As for me, someone once called me, "country boy," this is the perfect "home-town" feeling and vibe. The town where you went to elementary school, old friends, places you used to play, etc. For me, coming to this peaceful retreat, is a nice break away from the city life. Anyways, peep this pics.

Downtown Kumamoto

The Kumamoto Castle

Beautiful models...amazing, just amazing

Finally made our way to the top of the castle...the 360 view from atop

The view towards Kurume

The view towards Miyazaki
The view towards Kagoshima
Sorry, I just HAD to peep this model one LAST TIME...stunned

On the south side of the castle, there's a small quarters for the king or the head of the castle where they stay in. 4 months prior to our visit, they had just recently rebuilt the whole interior with new woods. The wood used is very hard to come by, you'll never be able to find such quality in American woods.

Every single nook and crannie, every single door handle and pendants, are all hand-crafted, all custom work.

Photoshoot?

On the way to getting some ramen...

mmmm...fried rice

Out of all the ramen I had tried in Japan, Kumamoto has got the best ramen ever! Hands down.

On 2 hour journey to Mt. Aso

Finally made it! To our surprise and interest, we scoped out a young couple making out on top of slab in front of eveyrone....it was awesome, too bad some girls broke it up...boo. Basically we saw a lot of couples coming up here...must be the make out spot in the country side.

Breathe in that fresh country air...

In Kumamoto, they are well-known about their horses, but they're even more popular for eating them! That's right, they eat horses, and they eat em raw! Horse sashimi anyone? A very rare eat in America, but muscling down just won't do justice to Kumamoto, savor every single morsel of this horse.