Trip to Kyushu (Day 2)

We headed toYufuin the very next day. 

It was about a 2 hour journey to get there and all we did was sleep.

On the train to Yufuin.

Overall outlook of the Yufuin Area.

Yufuin Train station.

There is a tourist information center in the train station.

Mt Yufu behind covered by clouds.

This is so pretty and creative! Great gift!

The miniatures.

I wanted to get one of those cardboard artwork but they are pretty expensive so I didn't.

They found this uncle selling some sort of squid/cuttlefish along the street and according to them, it was super good! So good that even though the shelf life was really short, they still bought quite a few packets home. They even finished 1 packet while walking. The uncle mending the stall was also really friendly and generous. 

View of Mt Yufu from the main walking street.

Really good croquette. The chilli shrimp flavoured one was pretty interesting. Tasted alittle like chilli crab sauce.

Selfie with Mt Yufu.

Another shot of Mt Yufu!

This main street leads us to Lake Kirinko. It was supposedly a 30 minute walk to the lake from the train station but because of all the shops along the street, it took us almost 2.5 hours! Lots to see and eat. There is  very famous cake in Yufuin called the B-speak roll that I saw on almost every page with information on Yufuin. We bought the cake and tried it on the spot. Because it was so highly raved, we had very high expectations. We found it alright only, nothing much to wow about other than that it was really fresh and the cake was really soft. We also couldn't buy it back to Singapore because it had a shelf life of only 2 days.

View along the way.

At the B-speak roll shop

Prices of the cake that comes in 2 flavours. Original and chocolate.

Our B-Speak roll! 

Totoro shop along the way! The whole shop is selling stuff related to the cartoon and also cartoon from the same writer.

A cute car on display outside a shop selling glass items I think.

Kirinko Lake

Lunch was at a random restaurant at the lake and the shop only served soba and udon.

Soba!

As we paid for our meal and was about to leave the shop, they gave us each a small snack that we had no idea what it was. It was slightly warm and smelt sweet. It looked kinda like a bun. It was DELICIOUS! The filling was red bean and the skin was crispy and sweet. The filling was also really fragrant. We wanted to return to the shop to purchase more but our Japanese language was limited so we decided against it. As we walked down the road, we walked past the shop selling it! Of course all of us bought afew boxes home.

Don't be deceived by this brown, round thing.

SO SO SO SO SO GOOD! 

It has to be toasted before eating to obtain the same crispy texture. Without toasting, it's not as good.
Along the way back, we headed over to the Yufuin Floral Village. It's a pretty small place but it's quite pretty inside. Entry is free. There are shops inside and also some cute animals.

with mummy dearest.

more flowers along the way.

There is a free foot bath at the shop opposite the train station. 

Of course you will need a towel to dry your feet!

After spending the day at Yufuin, we took the train back to Hakata.

Night view outside Hakata Station.

That was the end of day 2 in Kyushu!