Life In Japan: 2007

Golden week holiday Part 2: Nagasaki (Cloudy, Windy day)

It took me time to restart this blog due to the amount of work recently. Quite a big distintion between the photo contrast for this blog, i.e. JPEG file directly from my Nikon D70 and after post processing NEF JPEG file. Still I am quite satified with the outcome.

According to history, Nagasaki port was Japan's only gateway to the outside world. And so Nagasaki has been heavily influednced by Christian culture. Quite a change of scene from Hakata. Nevertheless, it was a wonderful experience.

Nagasaki is served by streetcars known as "chin chin densha" because of the sound their bell make and there are convenient for sightseeing. I bought the one-day travel ticket from the JR station and boarded this streetcar to Heiwa Koen Peace Park. According to my travel guide, this place is close to the blast center of the atom bomb dropped in 1945!!! The location is near to the prison at that time.

This park was constructed for the rememberance for peace. Inside the park is a peace memorial with airms raised high in the air, as well as a fountain containing monuments send from different countries. This parl is still visited by lots of people, and is a place where you can feel the importance of peace. I think this World War 2 (WWII) really brought nothing but sufferring to human kind. "Make Love, Not War" is the message I wish to spread...
For my next stop, I wanted to visit the Urakami Tenshudo Catholic Church. This church was destroyed by the atomic bomb blast, and the current structure was built in 1959. However, I didn't manage to drag myself up to the hills. So I changed course to Nagasaki Atomic Bomb Museum nearby the Peace park. This place exhibits scenes of peaceful Nagasaki before and after the devastating explosion. I was amazed by the awesome and destructive power of the atomic bomb. Inside this museum, photo taking was not allowed, too bad I could not show those stuffs they preserved to show its power. The money was well spend, as I refreshed my history lesson...

After checked in hotel, I went to China town in Nagasaki, not much interesting stuffs. I had my simple lunch break in China town. Although this place is China town, I doubt those people in China town are chinese. Anyhow, glad to see some chinese restaurant once in a while. But the price is nearly triple the price in Malaysia !!! Wow....

Raining. Next stop Oura catholic church and Glover garden. Didn't have the chance to enter, as I have passed the vistor time (5pm). And so I wander around the port, had my dinner at the seaside. Walking around the shopping mall and headed back before the rains start to pour.
This traveller's hotel was very comfortable. Download all the photos from my camera onto my laptop. Watch NBA games before bed....ZZZZZzzzzz

Next stop: Kumamoto city

Nagasaki station