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Old May 4, 2014, 4:59 am
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SUMMARY OF EVENTS Click links for details

Thursday 2 April
Welcome Drinks 19:00-20:00, Bar Fizz Grand Hyatt Fukuoka followed by Yatai food stalls, craft beer excursion, cherry blossom viewing
Late arrivals can meet at the GH reception at 21:00.

Friday 3 April
Half-day trip to Dazaifu (not organised)
Official Do Dinner - Yanagimachi Ikkokudō Haruyoshi-ten, 19:00-22:00

Saturday 4 April
Day Trip to Nagasaki Depart Hakata 07:54 (Kamome #7, Platform 4), Return Nagasaki 17:20 (Kamome #38) – arrive Hakata 19:14

Sunday-Monday 5-6 April
Post-do trip to Kurokawa Onsen
Lunch, day trip to Kumamoto, etc. for those still in Fukuoka

Planning to attend Welcome Drinks – Thursday, April 2, 7PM~8PM, Bar Fizz, Grand Hyatt Fukuoka
NewbieRunner
greendx
kpcs
kpc+1
Awesom Andy
JY1024 (arriving FUK @ 9:35PM, but will get to GH ASAP)
kirkwoodj (arr FUK 8pm)
lili (arriving FUK @ 9:35PM, GH)
BOB W (arriving FUK @ NH249 at 12:25 PM)
beckoa (arriving FUK @ NH249 at 12:25 PM)
ClaudiSTR (50% chance for 7 pm, but sure after arriving at 8:05pm at FUK)
DENchick
iris30
ParanoiaTX (arriving FUK 18:30 on OZ136)
ParanoiaTX+1 (arriving FUK 18:30 on OZ136)
Moomba
nme7
gvdIAD (arriving FUK @ 20:05 on NH2145)
nomadic.relief (arriving FUK @ 12:25 on NH249)
upup&away(arriving by train,Thursday, April 02 (16:39)
ZFW-ATC
Henwurst
The_Wrath_of_Khan - I'll be there as soon as the 1800 Hawks game is over.
Sykes (going to the Baseball game with The_Wrath_of_Khan, so will arrive at the end)
El_Duderito+1

Planning to trip to Dazaifu
(Unorganized - link up information)
Awesom Andy
restlessinRNO
JY1024
kirkwoodj
BOB W
beckoa
ClaudiSTR
pfbloom
lynnevt
DENchick
lili
iris30
Moomba
Sykes
violist got rained on too much this morning
nomadic.relief
upup&away
ZFW-ATC
nme7
O Sora
Henwurst
The_Wrath_of_Khan
El_Duderito+1

Do Dinner - Friday, April 3, 7:00PM
See post #3 for confirmed attendees.

Planning to join Day Trip to Nagasaki – Saturday, April 4, Depart Hakata 7:54AM
NewbieRunner
greendx
kpc
kpc+1
serfty
Awesom Andy
restlessinRNO
JY1024
kirkwoodj
lili
BOB W
beckoa
ClaudiSTR
DENchick
iris30
Moomba
Sykes (50/50 on going)
gvdIAD
nomadic.relief (assuming I'm capable of waking up early enough!)
upup&away
ZFW-ATC
El_Duderito+1
BigRedBears+1
nme7
O Sora
Henwurst


A summary of the events may be found in post #2.


This event also has a Facebook group at https://www.facebook.com/groups/JapanDo2015/ if you are interested in the event and enjoy a bit more social interaction with fellow attendees / organizers, feel free to join in.
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Old Mar 27, 2015, 10:50 pm
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'bout to start my long journey to Japan tonight on AS150. Need to finish packing first
Over/under on how long the door will be closed before he gets to the gate?
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Old Mar 27, 2015, 11:09 pm
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Over/under on how long the door will be closed before he gets to the gate?
30 seconds under. He moves fast when motivated. Last year he was in the checkout line at Tokyo Costco when boarding began but he made the flight.
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Old Mar 27, 2015, 11:16 pm
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Just realized I'm sort of starting my trip to Fukuoka tomorrow! SAN-PHX-ORD-LGA-ORD-SAN-LAX-NRT-FUK with stopovers in PHX and SAN. This is so wrong.
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Old Mar 27, 2015, 11:47 pm
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And here I am halfway there already, sitting on my balcony (being rained on) and wondering how many Vietnamese it will take to unbeach that fishing boat that ran aground two days ago :-).



Thanks USDM for the great award :-).
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Old Mar 28, 2015, 1:27 am
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Need to finish packing first
Originally Posted by RTW1
And here I am halfway there already, sitting on my balcony (being rained on)...
Remember to pack an umbrella.
Let's see if we can beat last year's record.
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Old Mar 28, 2015, 7:53 am
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Originally Posted by NewbieRunner
Remember to pack an umbrella.
Let's see if we can beat last year's record.
Record for rain?
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Old Mar 28, 2015, 8:10 am
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I'm about to start packing. Leaving for the airport in a couple of hours to head to Japan
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Old Mar 28, 2015, 3:14 pm
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Originally Posted by NewbieRunner
Remember to pack an umbrella.
Let's see if we can beat last year's record.
Hmmm ... 10 day forecast does anticipate rain next weekend ...

Fukuoka Airport 10 Day Weather Forecast - weather.com

... I'll pack that umbrella ...
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Old Mar 28, 2015, 4:37 pm
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Originally Posted by serfty
Hmmm ... 10 day forecast does anticipate rain next weekend ...

Fukuoka Airport 10 Day Weather Forecast - weather.com

... I'll pack that umbrella ...
I saw that earlier...hope the forecast changes!...or we can buy one of those cute Japanese umbrellas in Fuk
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Old Mar 28, 2015, 6:32 pm
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... I'll pack that umbrella ...
I saw that earlier...hope the forecast changes!...or we can buy one of those cute Japanese umbrellas in Fuk
On second thoughts - I'm traveling Hand Luggage only on Jetstar - I'll save some weight and see about a temporary Fuk sourced "precipitation resistor".
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Old Mar 29, 2015, 2:54 am
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Out and about today, I saw lots of sakura starting to bloom. Some types are in full bloom (I do not know what the different types are called, just that they are different), but most are about 1/2. Lots of buds still. Nice to see them all around, in different stages.

It also means hayfever season will be in full swing soon too! Just a reminder for anyone who needs to be packing allergy meds!



Originally Posted by RTW1
First report I've seen from Fukuoka: http://www.japan-guide.com/blog/saku...7_fukuoka.html
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Old Mar 29, 2015, 7:32 am
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I don't own an umbrella

Greetings from a Courtyard in HKG tonight Slowly working towards FUK- overflew it once today and will overfly it tomorrow as well
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I don't really use umbrellas either. My general policy is, if it rains, I get wet.
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Old Mar 29, 2015, 11:01 pm
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Hilton Fukuoka just rang me to ask if i was definitely coming and staying (and to ensure I wasn't planning to cancel) as the hotel is "very full"
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I contacted the Sea hawk Hilton last week to advise I was staying on three separate bookings - a very civil interchange ensued.

I was printing my documents today and noted I am showing executive king for each of the three nights.
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