Last Tuesday, Keizo and I ventured into Fukuoka City for a look at the Christmas Illumination (the Japanese do get very excited about a holiday that none of them get off of work) and dinner out at one of the zillion fashionable little restaurants in the Daimyo neighborhood.
First, the lights! Tenjin Core's flashy display matches the tacky clothes inside.
Kego Park maximized its small pond with lots of reflections.
And my favorite, the two-story, recycled plastic bottle bear in the courtyard at Egala Hall. It changed colors and had a disco ball on the top of its hat.
For dinner we ate at Alohana, a Hawaii-themed restaurant that neither of us had been to before. We got there a bit early for the dinner crowd (quarter to seven on a Tuesday) but by the time we left, it was pretty full. The food was good; but more impressively a great deal. We chose a set menu that also came with 2 hours of unlimited drinks, for a mere 3,000 yen a person ($35 US)
Since he was driving, Keizo had to stick with the non-alcoholic beverage menu, but there were plenty of virgin cocktails for him to sample. They all had nice tropical names, and I don't remember the name of this particular one, but look how pretty it is!
I was not driving however, and got to sample from the alcoholic beverage menu. I tried a few, but my favorite one was the "Jack Johnson" (so named because it was his personal cocktail when he visited Alohana after the Fukuoka performance of his last Japan tour) which was served in this funky curved glass and tasted a bit like liquid tiramisu. 
Our set menu included 6 courses, starting with caesar salad...
...followed by chicken slices in mango chili sauce...
...garlic shrimp, a tuna quesadilla, and a plate of loco moco (rice covered with a hamburger patty, an egg and rich brown sauce) which are not pictured. I guess I was too busy eating and planning my next trip to Hawaii. We finished with a plate of tiny desserts for each of us; a square inch of strawberry short cake and a shot of mango gelato. 
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