Nagasaki Travel Blogs

After leaving Nagasaki, we sailed into the Yellow Sea on our way to Xingang, China where we will conclude our cruise. Today is our last day aboard the ship...which means we are busy relaxing, packing, doing laundry and enjoying some fun before disembarking. We joined our group of friends for an i…

The last day at sea was a little sad.  We had a lot to do with laundery and of course socializing.  We all thought that this would be the last we would see our new friends.  We had dinner with our friends then went dancing to say good bye to the band.  All week we had been watch…

Arrived in Nagasaki in the mid afternoon.  This, after attempting to get an early start to my day.  Apparently the shinkansen doesn't run in Kyushu; Hakata is as far as it goes.  You then have to transfer to a local express, which seems to take AGES after traveling at 285 kilometers …

We walked to Glover Gaden this morning from the hotel, since it was very close by. We aimed to go to the Oura Catholic Church, but took the wrong turn and ended up at the right place for the hillside elevator to the Glover Garden 2nd entrance, which was a better choice anyway. We had a great view o…

I go down to the area around down town Nagasaki for the morning to explore for a bit. There are some interesting sights downtown which are generally overlooked by tourist I guess - it seems like most people just come to visit Nagasaki because of its nuclear disaster history. But down in the ol…

For both Akiko and me this was a very much looked forward part fo the trip.  For me I wanted to see the historical parts of this city.  Akiko was going to meet a long time friend who she had not seen for a very long time.  Her friend had just got back from living in Iran so she would…

This trip was totally out of the blue, whilst on my Working Holiday Visa in New Zealand, I needed to get away from windy Wellington so I chose this strange combination. I was spoilt with beautiful deserted Motu in the South Pacific and amazed at the Japanese culture, its a Country like no other I've ever witnessed, a place I fell in love with and hope to return very soon.

Hier le typhon s'est déplacé vers tokyo et le ciel s'est dégagé. Il fait une super météo soleil et 25 dégré. Et on est motivé. On se lève hyper tôt et on se rend au port pour prendre le bateau pour aller visiter l'île minière abandonnée Gunkanjima. Ça promet. Steph a même réservé …

  "Let's catch a bus" "OK" With that, my friend Jon and I walked a couple of blocks to a major street in Sasebo hoping to hail a cab. We figured that if we could get a cab to stop we would be able to ask, more or less, where the bus station was. How wrong we were. There was absolutely no wa…

Nagasaki, a friendly town with a small center and a huge history. It's hard not to cry when you walk around here

Random Observation/Comment #72: I thought I heard an angel sing. This voice was so energetic and moving that it drew a music video in my mind. It opened parts of my imagination that I didn’t know existed. Oh wait, that was me ^^ (I’ll wait for you to finish throwing up in your mouth). Just …

Definitely a city worth seeing.  Visit the peace park, the WW2 peace museum, the epic center (where the bomb center of the bomb was), an old church, spectacle bridge, and several old temples.  Take a 100Yen trolley ride around the city.

Finding Victoria. Many countries across the globe have honoured Her Majesty Queen Victoria and the Commonwealth. On my travels I will keep my eye out for various namesakes.

A 2 weeks' journey around japan.

main reason for coming was to experience the atomic bomb aftermath, so planned my trip around the museum and sights in that area.... left my bag in a locker at the train station and set off on the tram for the area.. first stop was peace park, then to urakami cathedral.. from urakami i decided to e…