Japan – Nagasaki
After 3 trains and about 10 hours, we made it down to the southern portions of Japan to Nagasaki. We found our accommodation easily enough, and the host of the establishment will forever be known as “sorry sorry hi hi sorry hi sorry hi”. Those were pretty much the only two words he knew in English, but he was immensely friendly and helpful. This is a shot of Carly and Krista flopped out in bed in our room, complete with tatami mats and rice paper doors.
We traveled around in Nagasaki on these trolly things.
And there were lots of nifty narrow alleys for pedestrians, scattered with shops and restaurants.
At one restaurant, I we stopped to try some okonomiyaki, which is basically a Japanese “savory pancake”. The lady in this restaurant couldn’t speak a word of English (actually, it was like that most everywhere) – but it made it especially fun since we were still pretty new at the whole “Japan” scene. We cooked these ourselves in the middle of our table. Mmmm tasty.
Nagasaki also happened to be the site of a crucifixion of 26 Christians back in (I believe) 1597. The Japanese government was trying to outlaw Christianity, and having done a poor job, it seems, they decided to crucify a bunch of them to make a statement to the public.
Eating time again, or drinking time, this shot is a waiter preparing some sake for us, something we all drank, but none of us enjoyed.
Nagasaki at night.
This is a shot from inside Glover Garden, which is basically an open air museum, showing off the mansions of former Western residents of Nagasaki. It is located on the hill where Western merchants settled down after the end of Japan’s era of seclusion in the second half of the 19th century. We also toured an area of town called the Dutch Slopes, but we don’t seem to have any super interesting pictures of that part of town.
The spectacles bridge – this series of bridges in Nagasaki represent some of the oldest foot bridges in Japan. Very pleasant walking.
As far as I can remember, we weren’t supposed to take photos from the bomb museum in Nagasaki, which would explain why we don’t have any photos of that. The bomb museum here and in Hiroshima were both an eye-opening experience.
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