Fukuoka is a thriving city with a unique food scene, and the birth place of gyoza and tonkatsu style

During our selfish year abroad, Mrs. Selfish and I made a pit stop to Fukuoka, on our way to idyllic Kurokawa Onsen Town . As Japan's 7th largest city, Fukuoka is often overlooked in favor of Tokyo, Kyoto, and Osaka. Most visitors I've talked to aren't golf travel packages ireland even aware it exists!
Fukuoka is a thriving city with a unique food scene, and the birth place of gyoza and tonkatsu style (pork broth) ramen. Having only spent one half day in Fukuoka on our previous go-around, Mrs. Selfish and I decided to stay two days this time, in order to better explore the city (and it's ramen scene!).
We decided golf travel packages ireland to stay at Grand Hyatt Fukuoka once again, since we had enjoyed it so much our previous time around . On the previous visit, Mrs. Selfish was a diamond member, thanks to a diamond challenge, but this time we were lowly platinum members. Since we had enjoyed the GHF's lounge so much on the previous go, however, we decided to pay in cash and use one of Mrs. Selfish's diamond suite certificates!
Checking in in pretty much any Japanese hotel usually goes smoothly, in my experience, and the Grand Hyatt Fukuoka was no exception. After arriving in the lobby, we were escorted to the lounge to complete golf travel packages ireland the check-in process. A few minutes later, we were in our suite.
Upon entering, I was immediately struck by the size of the living room. While our previous stay had been pleasant, the standard room was a bit cramped by Western standards. The suite, golf travel packages ireland on the other hand, was large and modern.
While we didn't snap any pictures of them, I should mention that the amenities kits in Japan tend to be pretty slick. Especially the shaving cream, which comes in a miniature can and foams up. Probably not that impressive to some of y'all out there, but typically hotel shaving creams come out of a little tube more like a lotion or cream – it's always these little golf travel packages ireland differences golf travel packages ireland that I enjoy about traveling.
Like the Park Hyatt Tokyo, the Grand Hyatt Fukuoka has a full-scale sauna area complete with lockers, towels, and an area to clean up afterwards. As a diamond member (or someone golf travel packages ireland with a suite), it's free to visit, though otherwise they may charge you. At the Park Hyatt Tokyo it was something like 4000 yen per day, but I'm not sure what it costs at the Grand Hyatt Fukuoka.
The Grand Hyatt Fukuoka's sauna area was in many ways better than the Park Hyatt's. Like the PHT they have 3 saunas, but whereas all of the Park Hyatt Tokyo's saunas are dry, one of the Grand Hyatt's is a wet sauna, which effectively means it's always misting in there. Pretty phenomenal, if you're into saunas.
This time around, Mrs. Selfish and I managed to catch Happy Hour, afternoon tea, and breakfast at the lounge. By far the best selection is the Grand Hyatt's Happy Hour, which comes with a fully stocked canapés selection of sweet and savory foods that change every night.
The Grand Hyatt Fukuoka is part of the "Canal golf travel packages ireland City" shopping complex, which comes replete with it's own movie theater, clothing stores, and ramen stadium (which Mrs. Selfish will address in tomorrow's post).
From Ohori Park, we headed to the Fukuoka Castle which was only a short 10 minute walk away. Fukuoka Castle was largely torn down during the Meiji Restoration period, but the ruins themselves are quite lovely, nonetheless.