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Travel Blogs from Nagasaki
Hirado(n't)
Baza - We had intended to go to Hirado, the island where William Adams, the first Englishman to set foot in Japan and who was made a samurai, landed and is buried. We woke bright and early and were at the station at 08.30, presenting our Japan Rail Pass vouchers for conversion to the actual passes, only to be told the appropriate counter didn't …
Tokyo to Urakami.... er, Nagasaki.
Andy - As a rule I don't get up at 04:30 by choice, but yet again I beat my alarm clock and was getting ready for the Nozomi bright and early (it must be the green tea). We set of for the station just before 05:00 (a bit early as it turned out, but we didn't want to take a risk and miss it). Another beautiful morning to walk to the station and we …
Andy's birthday in Nagasaki
Baza - Slept like logs for a good ten hours; body clocks are finally adjusted. That said, we were up at 07.00 and out for just after 09.00 heading for the Peace Park, a couple of miles walk away. Even though the weather was still dull and threatening rain, it was very warm and the humidity meant we were soon damp with sweat (too much detail?). We' …
Templed out!
... and turned out to be a very emotional morning which I hadn't expected. Whilst outside the A-dome I even got to meet one of the survivors, a 66 year old man named Mito Kosei, whose 94 year old mother is also still alive and well (after recovering from cancer) and he shared his remarkable story.
My other highlight of the week was going to a Sumo wrestling tournament in Fukuoka. There are only 4 tournaments a ...
Taal
... en grammaticale missers is ook de inhoud soms totaal waus, vooral de kreet 'I can't join the party due to ugly body' is inmidels veel gebruikt door ons. :-) Sommige namen zijn in het Nederlands zo leuk dat we daar ook een paar foto's van ...