About 1/3 of the way to today's destination, Hita. Been quite hot, so it's nice to stop and rest, even if it is in Kurume.

Spent the morning looking around Yanagawa. I didn't ride on a boat in the canal, but I did ride alongside them for an hour or so. There are tons of temples in town, but the odd thing was that a good number of them had play areas in their grounds, and two seemed to have kinergardens attached. Saw a school out doing morning exercises. Cute!