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Here I am in Fukuoka city collecting qualitative and quantitative data to determine the best place to live. I'll be keeping notes on my Evernote app on my iPhone and uploading them so that people who may be interested in Fukuoka and my thoughts on the city can keep in touch and take a look. I hope you enjoy. I know I'm going to. But I'm hungry now, so I have to go. I love you! Cam P.S. I hope sharing on evernote works. --------------------

From Evernote:

Calculating Fukuoka Part I

I arrived in Fukuoka city at 8:30 at night, and left the airport very easily, it's a small airport and it's easy to get out of the area to get the subway. 

 

The subway ride was a mere ¥250, and five stops to Tenjin. It only took 10 minutes to get into the hub of the city. Hakara, the other major hub, is only a five minute train ride away from Fukuoka airport which makes it very easy to move around.

 

And now it's time to start collecting quantitative and qualitative data on Fukuoka city. Because we want to move here, I've taken four days three days actually, to come here and look at a variety of apartments, and get a feel for what it would be like a living here. 

 

So let's start our work, shall we? 

 

Airplane to out: 2min


 

Arrival to subway: 10min

Fukuoka Stn to Hakata Stn: 2 Stops @ ¥250 @ 5min 

       To Tenjin: 5 stops @ ¥250  @  10min

 
No skyscrapers!  Nice!!

Easy to walk around.

Tenjin Stn has a fair number of people ootnaboot at 9pm

Teppan Yaki and beer for dinner across the hotel.

Got a cache already!

Im stoked for Fukuoka.

 

Tenjin:

 

It's a great place to work, it's a great place to shop, its a great place to party, it's a great place to dine, it's a great place to go and have coffee, it's a great place to meet somebody and talk.

 

There are a lot of buses going on around here, many more than I expected, although I was told that everyone uses buses in Fukuoka rather than the train lines.

 

The streets and intersections are wide, the sidewalks are wide and everything looks very nice actually. It is quite a comfortable place to be, with the buildings not being too high, see you can actually see the sky! This is a very nice option to have, because in Tokyo you're usually completely surrounded by skyscrapers and cannot see much other than the buildings, which of course are beautiful in themselves. 

 

I would say that tinging is not the place to live. It's not a great place to live, it's not a great place to go for long relaxing walks, it's not a great place to feel serenity, it's not a great place to come home to relax. 

 

Final answer:    Tenjin is the place to do things on the weekend and that night, but it's not a place for us to live. 

 

Today we start to look at some  apartments so I'll keep you up to date and let you know how that goes. Now it's time to get dressed and have breakfast. I love making notes with Siri in bed on Evernote.