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#FindingFukuoka: Starting the journey

By Catherine Toth Fox • April 16, 2012 • #CatTravels

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After hours of fretting over what to pack and what I’m likely forgetting, I made it to the Honolulu International Airport to board the inaugural flight to Fukuoka on Hawaiian Airlines.

I had already booked a trip to Japan, slated to leave on Wednesday, when I was invited on this flight. I had planned to tour around Kyoto and Tokyo with the Old Guys, then visit Chigasaki. Now I’ve got another city to experience — and eat through!

While this is my third trip to Japan, it’s my first to Kyushu, the southern island where my family hails. And I have a loooong list of things to do, places to see and, of course, food to eat.

Looking around the gate, I already see folks I need to share a meal with, including foodie and blogger Melissa Chang, Gov. and Joyce Ariyoshi, and master sommelier Chuck Furuya.

I’m so glad I brought my running shoes!

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8 Comments

  • Reply Nathan Kam April 16, 2012 at 12:42 pm

    Have a great trip Cat! Looking forward to reading about your adventures.

    • Reply Catherine Toth April 19, 2012 at 12:43 pm

      Thanks! Hope you’ve been enjoying the blog so far! You would LOVE Fukuoka!

  • Reply David Jackson April 16, 2012 at 2:20 pm

    Nothing like a long flight!

    • Reply Catherine Toth April 19, 2012 at 12:43 pm

      It was brutally long — but better since it’s direct. I hate getting off the plane and getting on another one — after a three-hour wait at the airport. :/

  • Reply matt April 16, 2012 at 8:51 pm

    have fun.

    • Reply Catherine Toth April 19, 2012 at 12:43 pm

      Thanks, Matt! I have been 🙂

  • Reply Cody Zamboni April 17, 2012 at 12:03 am

    enjoy your trip
    I’m jealous

    • Reply Catherine Toth April 19, 2012 at 12:44 pm

      Hey, Hawaiian Air had deals to Fukuoka for $199! Anyone can go!

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Born and raised on O‘ahu, Hawaiʻi, Catherine Toth Fox has been chronicling her adventures in her blog, The Cat Dish, for more than a decade. She worked as a newspaper reporter in Hawai‘i for 10 years and continues to freelance—in between teaching journalism, hitting the surf and eating everything in sight—for national and local print and online publications. She’s currently the editor of HAWAIʻI Magazine.

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