Chokei Hotel Nagasaki

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 ...

... happened as we walked in to have a Japanese version of the supremes singing! Perfect. Much mad dancing followed and we eventually headed to sleep around 1am.

Lucky the next day was free since me and my roomie Belinda were feeling slightly worse for wear. We tried to get up around 9.30am... really only managed 10.30am and even then only headed out to grab some beverages before we met up with some other guys from the tour to head to a sushi ...

... so I popped in. No English menu just a couple of pictures so I thought why not. I pointed at this soupy noodle dish and hoped for the best. It came and and was bloody amazing. The place was called Green Pepper so it had some spice to it, it came with rice on the side, the bowl of soupy goodness containing some form of meat, veggies and stuff. Amazing… the only problem is I could probably not order it again as I have no idea what it was called!

I got ...

... besitzerin die nicht weiß das ich da bin) nähern sich mir. Ich seh die Schatten hinter den Glasschiebetüren und schrei laut Suuuumimaaasen.... ein Ah kommt zurück und sie drehen wieder ab... naja... glück gehabt, sonst hätte es geändet wie in einen schlechten Anime....

Hab mir Vans Schuhe gekauft und zwei T-shirts bei uniqlo (hurraaaa ausverkauf in japan!!) außerdem noch ein Kapuzenshirt mit pilzen drauf ^_°
Sind dann am 31. August weitergefahen nach Fukuoka...

... for this was that Nagasaki was the first point of landing for the missions in Japan (mainly the Portuguese). In front of the rebuilt cathedral there are some of the original statues and pieces from the old cathedral, however as you would expect, the cathedral was levelled by the bomb and most of the cathedral was destroyed by the same event. The train back to Hakata was a little bit more modern and so we made better time.

... I whinged back. Well, it was her hostel. Tomo had told me earlier that Asian women were dragons (his mother is Japanese). I was beginning to see what he meant! He was not allowed to watch TV until he was 16, it would distract him from his homework. He had to play an instrument, although now he says he's glad he's been bought up this way because he can read and appreciate music now. Looking around the city, I visited the black ...

... button, the camera tilted, and voila! lop-sided pictures were produced. Sorry! After that, we roamed around Nagasaki finding lunch and shopping (100 yen shops are my favorite!) and then last night we went to Thanksgiving dinner at a catholic church in the area. It was a lot of fun. There were people there from everywhere...France, India, Mexico...it was nice to talk to people and the mashed potatos were splendid! Check out the pics! There are lots! -rvr

... of rash, REactive decision you'd like to try and believe it was. It was planned, on a quiet sunny Sunday afternoon stroll through Hyde Park. Calculated, PROactive; more than a year before the said event took place. FUBAR or what?? Anyway, I'm starting to fall into the trap that the Japanese people have managed to avoid (from what I have seen anyway) - and that is not to point the finger. Even though this event has gone unpunished (bear in mind that neither ...

... peaceful are Peace Parks? Are they really the only place on earth where nothing bad happens? I know churches are supposed to be a 'good' place. Many are but bad things have happened in many churches both in the past and present. Things between believers and non-believers and little boys and Priests. Cemeteries....Cemeteries are supposed to be a place of peace but even there bad ...