Ana Hotel Nagasaki Gloverhill

As the only point of contact with the West for over 200 years, there`s a sense of history in Nagasaki.

I love walking along the water front (I confess, give me a port anywhere and I`m happy), and thinking how it was through these ...

We arrived in Nagasaki at 0800 today (our Monday—your Sunday). We plan to visit ground zero where the A Bomb was dropped and go to the museum. After that we'll just play it by ear and look around.

Kobe was great. I tasted my first Kobe beef steak. The claim that it is "fork tender" is absolutely no ...

... much better and actually managed to visit some sites such as the spectacle bridge (the oldest stone bridge in japan donated by the chinese which resembles a pair of spectacles when reflected in the water) and Dejima island - at one point an island off the coast of nagasaki and the only place where foreigners (the dutch only) were allowed to live and trade from. We also visited the monument dedicated to the 26 Martyrs who, when they refused to give ...

... to the hostel and met up with Simon an English bloke who was in the same hostel as me in Hiroshima. We headed out for dinner to this place near the hostel, where we had what was almost like a tempera degustation that included prawns, chicken, baby corn (weird but tasty), mackerel, pumpkin and some other stuff. Again very tasty! After that as usual we tried to find a bar or two for a beer, found this American bar which was ok (at best) and then called it a night.

... Nachtrag. Also in der minshuku tanpopo war es ganz witzig. Vor allem weil dieser Superstar Fukuyama noch ein Konzert gegeben hat. Die Pension voller Groupies. Die Besitzerin meinte als wir vom Abendspaziergang gekommen sind, wir können jetzt die nächste 30 Min. ein Bad nehmen...Gut wir schnell runter, ich ins Damenbad, andi bei den Herren. Da hör ich auf einmal jemanden kommen (nachdem ich mich gewaschen hab und im Bad sitz)... eine Männliche Stimme und eine weibliche (die der ...

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Nagasaki ist eher kompakt aber mit irre vielen Einwohner...vor allem wenns ein Konzert gibt ^_^.

Frage an Bixi: Hast du in letzter irgendwas gehört von einen Typen (irgendein Star/idol/johnny) der irgenwas mit einer Frau (vermutlich getötet) gemacht hat? Läuft hier rauf und runter in japan seit wir da sind. Bis jetzt haben wirs noch nicht richtig mitgekriegt (ich schiebs mal auf Andi der immer wieder auf Baseball schaltet ...

... to sit, eat and relax. All the relaxation must of gone to my head, as I managed to slip off a small curb, and fall flat onto my face when walking to the next temple. Thankfully, nobody saw! The next temple I visited had almost a theme park/festival atmosphere to it with colourful sculptures. I spent the rest of my time in the mall, admiring the elaborate Christmas decorations, and dreaming of a day when I can walk into a shop and actually buy things.

... and I got some great footage of some of them placing cranes on the monuments, you can see that in today's video. For the first time since the airport, I was told not to take photos in the museum, so I had to sneak some photos in by using my camcorder, these photos are also part of the video. You might have noticed that a lot of the monuments incorporate water in some way. That is because there were severe water ...

*** Things I Love About Japan *** -Nice nice people. -Happy music playing here, there & everywhere. -Envy of the World Internet Cafes with comfy slippers & free drink. -Leaving my bags & palm pilot unattended in trains & restaurants. -Men in a multitude of private uniforms - directing traffic exiting a parking garage, guiding you around sidewalk work projects, etc. -Frequent english (romaji) writing. -Melon soda, cheap sushi, & beer from vending machines ...

... we'd escaped when he passed the phone back to the beaming mother, but no, apparently I needed to talk, too...

Having done our bit for promoting Anglo-Japanese relations, we made good our escape and took a further wander around the Chinatown / Dutch area (including seeing a bit of filming for what appeared to be some historical reconstruction TV programme), before dinner, another one of those cook-your-own affairs- they seem remarkably popular over here...