A place which wasn't on my plan initially as it's way too South of Japan to make it worth a visit...

But thanks to Ayumi-san and the Manabe family, who showed me what being good hosts truly means, I had the most pleasant surprise here in the whole trip... I would never have guessed how many guests would turn up just to welcome two Singaporeans (30 turned up)... My apprehensions proved to be unfounded after meeting all the fun-loving and hospitable friends we met that night...

And thanks to Yoshiko-san, we got to eat the best ramen I've ever tasted (nothing in S'pore comes close) at Yichiran... Oishi...