Minshuku Otafukuso Amakusa

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 ...

Day 12 – Nagasaki

Some may say I was on a bomb tour heading to Nagasaki the second (following Hiroshima) city to be bombed by an atomic bomb. Similar to Hiroshima the main area had a peace park and museum. I did the walk around the park and visited the museum which had a few different exhibits to Hiroshima but on the whole fairly similar. For lunch that day on my walk around the place I saw this restaurant that looked relatively interesting and quite ...

... 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...

... dabei hab ich noch extra nachgeprüft ob das Schloss echt ganz unten ist (bin ja schon ein gebranntes Kind, nach den Flugzeugklo erlebnis schon vor jahren..). Na gut denk mir nix weiter wir steigen um und fahren weiter... es wird mal wieder Zeit im nächsten Zug die Toilette aufzusuchen. Ich geht da nix ahnend raus und denk mir ok. da ist kein occupied zeichen, mach die Tür auf, sitzt eine Japanerin gerade am... naja wo schon ^_ ...

... was pretty incredible, even crowded as it was. We then crossed a huge bridge to an island where you can view the rest of the bay and all the other islands in it.
We stumbled back to the hotel, dead tired and ready to be home. So very very very very ready. Now we are killing time in the hotel lobby waiting for our flight. Impatiently.

Nagasaki

Went to Nagasaki for a day trip while
in Fukuoka. As a result of all the late nights, I did get to Nagasaki
late and did a quick rush of the sights. I have now done my A-bomb
check list of Japan. Nagasaki is a pretty place. Will need o return
and spend more time here one day in the future.

... uurtjes buiten Nagasaki). Erg grappig om het station binnen te rijden en het centraal station van Amsterdam te zien. Verder waren Gouda, Leiden, Kinderdijk, Spakenburg en natuurlijk de Dom er te zien. Voor het eerst zijn we de Dom op geweest. Een heel bijzondere ervaring na zoveel jaren Utrecht haha. Huis ten Bosch was goed nagebouwd, maar we konden zien dat het geen goede zaken doet in deze tijd. (dit hoorden we van een van de Nederlanders die daar werkt). Het was er erg ...

... we eventually made ourway back into town to catch the bus...got back to the ship had lunch in the resturant,then back out to town to see what was around,such a clean place alittle bit like singapore,lots of food places heading thru a shopping centre....lots of school girls were around and everytime micheal looked at them they laughed and run from him...maybe because he looked like a monkey....lol ...