May 4, 2014, 4:59 am
Last edit by: NewbieRunner
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.
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
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.
Japan Do #3 - The FUK Do - April 3-5, 2015
Feb 15, 2015, 5:00 pm
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Feb 17, 2015, 3:20 am
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Thursday, 2 April - Welcome Drinks 7PM~ Grand Hyatt Fukuoka (TBC) followed by Yatai food stalls
Friday, 3 April - Half-day trip to Dazaifu
Friday, 3 April - Main 'Do Dinner' at an izakaya (registration and prepayment required - TBA)
Saturday, 4 April - Day Trip to Nagasaki
Saturday, 4 April - Dinner / Pub Crawl
Sunday, 5 April - Lunch or possibly another day trip for those still in Fukuoka
Sunday-Monday, 5-6 April - Post-Do trip to Kurokawa Onsen
Friday, 3 April - Half-day trip to Dazaifu
Friday, 3 April - Main 'Do Dinner' at an izakaya (registration and prepayment required - TBA)
Saturday, 4 April - Day Trip to Nagasaki
Saturday, 4 April - Dinner / Pub Crawl
Sunday, 5 April - Lunch or possibly another day trip for those still in Fukuoka
Sunday-Monday, 5-6 April - Post-Do trip to Kurokawa Onsen
Feb 17, 2015, 3:49 am
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I doubt it: 
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Are there any timings on this?:
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Sunday, 5 April - Lunch or possibly another day trip for those still in Fukuoka
Sunday-Monday, 5-6 April - Post-Do trip to Kurokawa Onsen
Sunday, 5 April - Lunch or possibly another day trip for those still in Fukuoka
Sunday-Monday, 5-6 April - Post-Do trip to Kurokawa Onsen
Are there any timings on this?:
Feb 17, 2015, 4:59 am
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Are there any timings on this?:
Dazaifu is only 20 mins by train. Anyone can get there easily without being "organised".
Last edited by NewbieRunner; Feb 17, 2015 at 5:20 am Reason: 20 mins rather than 30 mins if you take the right train
Feb 17, 2015, 7:26 am
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There's been talk of an alternative post-do in Seoul including a stop at the DMZ. Anyone still interested aside from myself as I want to go (and depart back to the states from ICN).
There's been talk of an alternative post-do in Seoul including a stop at the DMZ. Anyone still interested aside from myself as I want to go (and depart back to the states from ICN).
Feb 18, 2015, 12:01 am
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-not quite-
I had a good time on this last year in Tokyo | Yokohama.
I believed I would not be able to get to Fukuoka for Japan Do! #3.
Unfortunately, that remains the case.
But I didn't expect my travel bot would turn up another solid airfare for Tokyo in early March.
So I am going again to Tokyo for 7 - 16 March. Between remembrances of the Fukushima catastrophe, a train expansion {more through tracks from Ueno to Tokyo}, and an anniversary of a tri-prefecture subway expansion {the Fukutoshin Line's 2nd anniversary of through service from Saitama to Kanagawa {Hanno - Motomachi-Chukagai}}, I'll have a good time anyhow.
I'll follow this rubric to see where Japan Do! #4 goes.
Enjoy the festivities.
I believed I would not be able to get to Fukuoka for Japan Do! #3.
Unfortunately, that remains the case.
But I didn't expect my travel bot would turn up another solid airfare for Tokyo in early March.
So I am going again to Tokyo for 7 - 16 March. Between remembrances of the Fukushima catastrophe, a train expansion {more through tracks from Ueno to Tokyo}, and an anniversary of a tri-prefecture subway expansion {the Fukutoshin Line's 2nd anniversary of through service from Saitama to Kanagawa {Hanno - Motomachi-Chukagai}}, I'll have a good time anyhow.
I'll follow this rubric to see where Japan Do! #4 goes.
Enjoy the festivities.
Feb 19, 2015, 1:14 am
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Feel free to send me a PM- if there is enough interest I can create a post-do thread to de-clutter this one here. As I imagine it'll get a bit more busy soon.
Feb 19, 2015, 9:15 am
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I will be joining you on the Seoul post-DO event. I'm flying home ICN-DFW, and at this point, I will be leaving April 7th in the evening. Depending on what is planned I might be able to bump that and go home on the 8th. I think a separate thread would be helpful.
Feb 19, 2015, 4:43 pm
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I think this is starting to look more and more likely for me.
Flight options look decent - now to see if I can find hotel options that don't cost an arm and a leg.
Flight options look decent - now to see if I can find hotel options that don't cost an arm and a leg.
Feb 20, 2015, 1:54 am
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Indeed! Plenty of rooms are available on Thursday and Friday nights but it could be a challenge to find a reasonably priced room on Saturday night. Japanese hotels usually have generous cancellation policies, so you could expect last minute cancellations. I think some FTers have multiple hotel bookings during the Do.
Feb 22, 2015, 10:06 am
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Train to Dazaifu
Nishitetsu runs a specially decorated train called 'Tabito' to Dazaifu. Tabito when written in Japanese (旅人 normally pronounced 'Tabi-bito') means 'Traveller' but the name is also associated with a Japanese poet, Ōtomo no Tabito (大伴 旅人), who was Governor-General of Dazaifu between 728-730. He and his son, Ōtomo no Yakamochi, contributed to compiling the Man'yōshū, the oldest existing collection of Japanese poetry, compiled sometime after 759 AD during the Nara period.
There is one through 'Tabito' train from Nishitetsu Fukuoka (Tenjin) to Dazaifu in the morning but during the rest of the day these carriages run a shuttle service between Futsukaichi and Dazaifu which only takes 5-7 minutes. It may still be worth timing our trip to ride on this train at least in one direction.
Here is a Youtube video of the train.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8t1Ba-QBrmc
There is one through 'Tabito' train from Nishitetsu Fukuoka (Tenjin) to Dazaifu in the morning but during the rest of the day these carriages run a shuttle service between Futsukaichi and Dazaifu which only takes 5-7 minutes. It may still be worth timing our trip to ride on this train at least in one direction.
Here is a Youtube video of the train.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8t1Ba-QBrmc
Last edited by NewbieRunner; Feb 22, 2015 at 3:41 pm