July 15, 2019. We were supposed to get on the bus at 4:45 a.m. to go to Fukuoka Temple. The bus was late, slightly over an hour. Here's a selfie of us finally on the bus on our way. Bus ride itself was an adventure. Because of being late, the 2 scheduled stops at rest area were limited to 5 minutes. There is no way you can take care of business in 5 minutes when you have a line of people from our bus, along all the other Japanese travelers taking advantage of a National Holiday (Marine Day). This bus doesn't have a bathroom in the back of the bus like tour buses in America.
Look at this photo of the aisle on the bus. There are actually seats attached to the right hand side benches that can fold down. So you can have 5 people sitting on each row.
Group pictures of temple attendees as we get ready to go home
On the return leg, I decided to take photos of the country side. On most trips I have been the driver so have not had the chance to really look at the scenery. As you can see, with all the rain we get, the country side is quite green with very thick forests.
The Kyushu Express Way is basically a highway built way up high on the hills. It has a lot of tunnels, some very long, like over 6 km. Sitting up so high and I being the driver, has been able to see what's below. This time riding the bus and sitting high on the bus, we were able to see over the road railings. This next photo shows a view looking down into a gulch.
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