Nagasaki so far...

Playlist compiled, shinkansen boarded...let's go!

I didn't take many photos of bomb-related sites. But this black pillar marks the hyper-centre of the explosion.  To be honest, I thought the Hiroshima Bomb Museum was much more insightful. For me, the Nagasaki museum focussed too much on the damage done to the city's buildings, without really saying enough about pre-war Nagasaki or the Nagasaki residents themselves. It also kept inserting emotive language into the displays to up the emotional impact when the facts themselves are disturbing enough on their own.

The Memorial Building

Nagasaki's Chinatown.

I loved the pretty red lanterns. I went in search of food...

...and found some! This is called "Nagasaki Kakuni Manju, purchased from a Chinatown street stall. It contained an incredibly tender piece of pork belly. Mmmm. I wanted more...

...so i found this. One of the greasiest, tastiest spring rolls I have ever had.

Then I decided to go for lunch.

Dejima was an island off the coast of Nagasaki, used for trading with the outside world. Nowadays, it's not a restoration so much as a recreation and many of the buildings felt clean and new, like a saloon bar in Disneyland.

This is how we dine in Europe. Sort of.

Japan does this kind of tack so well.

The museum included lots of info on the life of the Dutch. Remember-Dutch people still wear these shoes EVERY DAY.

Child's Play. That is all.

PAT!

I think Battleship Island is going to require a whole post of its own.

Off to Mount Unzen tomorrow for walking, onsen and to generally be a bit of a layabout. Yes!