Saturday morning I had to be at the ferry terminal at 7am for my 8am ferry. I'm surprised I've never done this before as its so close and easy to goto Japan and one of the reasons I came to Korea. At the ferry terminal you have to exchange your booking confirmation for your actual tickets. I was also surprised there was an additional tax to be paid of 25,200w ($22.50) and a further one of 2000 Yen ($25) on return. These could just as easily be included in the ticket price. The line for check in was long being the start of the holiday period with many using this opportunity for a trip to Japan. As it was chuseok the staff were wearing their traditional chuseok clothing. I requested a window seat and was able to get them as she said they were almost gone. After passing thru Passport control and security I boarded the boat. It was smaller than I expected but quite new and to a high standard. The staff were all Japanese looking but spoke english and korean. The boat seemed to move at quite high speed so there was no outside deck and we were soon heading out of Busan harbour. Surprisingly the seat next to me was empty even though it was a busy holiday period though the rest of the boat was full. As I was facing east I didnt get to see the downtown skyline. As the boat turned instead I saw some of Gwangalli Beach as we headed eastward. You couldnt actually see the beach but can see the double span Gwangalli Bridge that straddles the beach inlet. Also heading out were the many rocks which dot the coastline and have some warning lighthouses perched on top. About an hour out is another Japanese Island which was another ferry destination. We didnt go close but it was quite large. I was able to rest for a bit and it felt much like being on an airplane and hardly any bobbing or sea nausea. The ferry lasts 2hrs 55 mins. Coming into Fukuoka the downtown skyline was on the right side and I was on the left side window. I was surprised Fukuoka had a skyscraper skyline. I'd always heard to Fukuoka referred to as where you go for a "visa run" to extend your work visa so thought it was just some small town. We had landing cards to be completed at arrival. I was staying at four hotels in four cities so didnt bother filling them in. I was one of the first off the boat trying to make good time and one of the first in the immigration line. The guy who barely spoke english wanted to know the name of the hotels. I had written the cities down and said I didnt know the addresses and phone numbers. He said I had to fill in for all four and told me to go back to the desk. I tried telling him there is no room on the card to fill out details for all four hotels and that I didnt want to goto the back of the line now that the bulk of the passengers had arrived. It was no point arguing so I went back to the tables. Instead I crossed out three cities and just put the address of one hotel. I then stood back in line to a different counter. This time the lady passed me thru no problems. I then had to goto customs and the lady spoke quite good english. She asked if this was my first time in Japan and I told her I had already been to Tokyo, Kyoto, Nara, Kobe, and Osaka. When she asked where I was going she was very impressed by my itinerary all over Kyushu Island. I had now made it into Japan so next stop was Hakata Station to buy my JR Rail Pass.