Day Six (1 Nov 2008)
DAY SIX
Today, being the last proper "day" of our trip, was filled with SHOPPING!
In the morning, we had breakfast in our hotel, before departing for fruit-picking at Tanushimaru. After a rather long bus ride, we finally reached our destination - a lush orange orchard.
Here, we were allowed to pick up to 15 oranges each, and could sample 1 in the orchard if we so wished. Most people took full advantage of the fact that we could pick our own oranges, and we all scrambled to get the best ones.
After our fruit-picking session, we left for Robo Square in Fukuoka City, a high-rise building in the city, in stark contrast to the rural area we'd just left.
In Robo Square, we observed the various robotics displays that the Japanese are famous for, and watched a "robot show".
Sooner than most of us liked, we left Robo Square for Fukuoka Tower, where we ate an early lunch of hamburgers.
After lunch, we visited the Fukuoka Citizen Preparedness Centre. Here, we watched and took part in demonstrations on how to protect ourselves in the events of disasters such as fires, earthquakes and typhoons. Most of us enjoyed the activities we took part in, such as an earthquake simulation (including a shaking floor, toppling furniture and loud bangs), a typhoon wind simulation (we had to wear goggles to prevent the >30m/s wind from harming our eyes), a lesson on how to operate fire extinguishers, and navigating through a maze to train us in the correct way of evacuating a building in the event of a fire.
The knowledge we gained here will certainly be very useful in the unfortunate event that we encounter a disaster back in Singapore.
The rest of the day was nothing but shopping! First, we travelled to Marinoa City, a waterfront shopping mall. Then, we went to Aeon Mall, where we indulged in even more shopping, plus yet another buffet dinner!
Finally, at 10pm, we returned to our hotel and settled in for the night.
Today, being the last proper "day" of our trip, was filled with SHOPPING!
In the morning, we had breakfast in our hotel, before departing for fruit-picking at Tanushimaru. After a rather long bus ride, we finally reached our destination - a lush orange orchard.
Here, we were allowed to pick up to 15 oranges each, and could sample 1 in the orchard if we so wished. Most people took full advantage of the fact that we could pick our own oranges, and we all scrambled to get the best ones.
After our fruit-picking session, we left for Robo Square in Fukuoka City, a high-rise building in the city, in stark contrast to the rural area we'd just left.
In Robo Square, we observed the various robotics displays that the Japanese are famous for, and watched a "robot show".
Sooner than most of us liked, we left Robo Square for Fukuoka Tower, where we ate an early lunch of hamburgers.
After lunch, we visited the Fukuoka Citizen Preparedness Centre. Here, we watched and took part in demonstrations on how to protect ourselves in the events of disasters such as fires, earthquakes and typhoons. Most of us enjoyed the activities we took part in, such as an earthquake simulation (including a shaking floor, toppling furniture and loud bangs), a typhoon wind simulation (we had to wear goggles to prevent the >30m/s wind from harming our eyes), a lesson on how to operate fire extinguishers, and navigating through a maze to train us in the correct way of evacuating a building in the event of a fire.
The knowledge we gained here will certainly be very useful in the unfortunate event that we encounter a disaster back in Singapore.
The rest of the day was nothing but shopping! First, we travelled to Marinoa City, a waterfront shopping mall. Then, we went to Aeon Mall, where we indulged in even more shopping, plus yet another buffet dinner!
Finally, at 10pm, we returned to our hotel and settled in for the night.
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