My trip to Osaka in Christmas/New Year - WEEK 1

I realize that I haven't updated this blog in some time. Well, I spent this Christmas and New Year in Osaka, Japan together with my boyfriend~ To say the least, I had a wonderful time! I was there from December 19th to January 5th.

Traveling from Norway to Japan turned out to be a longer trip than expected, since it turned out that when I got to Frankfurt airport to change planes, my flight to Shanghai airport was delayed! But not only by a few hours, it was delayed until the next day!!! Luckily I got a free night at the airport hotel and a free meal and my luggage had already been transferred to my next flight, so all I had to do was wait. I had to to a whole lot of waiting in Shanghai airport too, since I arrived in the middle of the night and I had yet to get my flight to Osaka rebooked. After sleeping for a few hours on a bench near the Check-in area, I could finally check in my luggage again and finally, after what seemed like a lifetime, I was on the plane to Osaka!!! IT FELT SO GREAT.

After arriving in Osaka, everything just went smoothly~ I claimed my luggage, bought a Japanese phone from the Softbank stand in the airport, called Yuto to let him know I had finally arrived! Then I bought tickets for the Haruka Express(which came in just as I got down to the platform!) and one hour later I was in Shin-Osaka and from there I found my hotel right away! I checked in and everything was just bliss *w*

It felt so great to be back in Osaka! And after resting for a couple of hours, I couldn't wait any longer and went to meet Yuto~ Seeing him again after 2 months felt great! I had missed him so much!! ♥♥♥

On December 21st, me and Yuto went on a two-day trip for Fukuoka! It's a city in the southern island of Japan. I had never been there before~ It was also the first time I went by Shinkansen(bullet train), it was really exciting :)

This is Canal City, a huge shopping mall near our hotel~

Me and Yuto♥

There was a Korean music-fair in one of the stores in Canal City, I found Honki and A.N.Jell XD!!

In Canal City there is also a Moomin Café! Needless to say, we had lunch in there. :D

The members of the Moomin family were sitting around the tables in the café~


I had an iced cocoa with Moomin motif on it! And with it I got a Moomin bisquit, the same kind I used to eat as a kid! It was rally cute and nostalgic~ ^^
Yuto had a smoothie named "Guroke" (The groke!!)

Then we shared a chocolate cake, also with Moomin motif~ And the forks were also Moomin-themed!


Yuto and Snufkin ^___^

After eating and walking around a little bit, we decided to go to Marine World, a famous aquarium in Fukuoka! The theme was Christmas romance, so it was a really romantic atmosphere there!♥

My shoes were killing me slowly(I had actually traveled to Fukuoka in high heels. Don't ask me why, apparently I thought that seemed like a good idea at the time. lol), so when we were walking up to Marine World, Yuto suggested that I'd take off my shoes and just walk in my socks the rest of the way. That I did, and it was like sweet salvation for my feet! But I never thought that I would ever be walking barefoot in the middle of Fukuoka XD 

It was the first time I ever visited an aquarium, so I was really amazed at everything! We saw so many interesting, cute and weird looking sea animals! There was also a dolphin show which we went to see~ I have always wanted to see dolphins!

Dolphins jumping together with a whale which obviously believed that it too was a dolphin. So cute! :D

This guy was just feeding the sharks..... O__O


This is a huge manta/devil ray which was really hungry and almost ate the guys that tried to feed it. XD It was like a big, flat dog.


This is a sea-otter. This is probably the cutest thing I have ever seen!!!! Just look at how it's eating its own hands and looking at us with those tiny eyes! ♥

We also saw seals! This one is balancing a tiny Christmas tree on its nose~

A totally chillin' sea-turtle just waving at us. :D


After a very fun and romantic time in Marine World, we returned to Hakata station, and checked into our hotel. Then we walked around and did some sightseeing. My feet were really tired, but I was happy to be there with Yuto and seeing and experiencing so many new things and places! 

When walking back to our hotel, there was a lot of taxis in the middle of the busy streets!


Our dinner was ramen! It was so tasty omg. I LOVE ramen. The smallest portion was mine, since strangely enough I seem to eat like a bird whenever I'm in Japan. xD

Since it was Christmas all around, there were a lot of beautiful Christmas decorations!!! It was very romantic~ Fukuoka seemed like a very romantic city all together ^^

Christmas illumination in front of Hakata station♥

The second day, we checked out of our hotel and took the bus into Tenjin, a popular place for shopping in Fukuoka! There we looked around, shopped a little bit and took purikura~ :D ♥♥

After that, we went to a Japanese Onsen(hot springs)! It was the first time for me to go to one, so I was really excited! Since me and Yuto obviously had to go into separate baths, I had literally no idea what to do, but I figured it out. The Onsen was so hot and super relaxing!!!
When we were walking back to Tenjin, I led us in the exact opposite direction of the station, so I'm never choosing the way again! haha XD
Well, we had each other, so it wasn't that bad, really, to walk a little extra. Except for my feet, which were dying underneath me. I really wished that my feet had not been that tired. >< But really, going on this trip together with Yuto was wonderful and really romantic and fun! 

Christmas illuminations in Tenjin~