Japan: Otanjoubi omedetou!
05-28-2006
Happy Birthday to me... Woke up early this day to leave Nagasaki after taking in some of the sights around it (What!? Only 2 days, 1 night in Nagasaki? Yep!) The first place we went on this rather gloomy, beautiful day was the Nagasaki Peace Park, built after a certain incident I'm sure we all know about. The statue, shone below in a group picture, is pointing up to represent the bomb and the other hand, if I recall correctly, represents peace. The park was really pretty (man, I use that adjective a lot describing Japan). Another picture shown below shows a structure with 1000 origami cranes in it. All around the park was several structures all representing peace. There was also a beautiful fountain that, if you stand at a designated spot, frames the statue in the background perfectly.
After the Peace Park, we went to the Atomic Bomb Museum. The effect of the museum on my was about the same as when I went to the Museum of American War Atrocities in Vietnam. You read about things in textbooks, but the impact never quite hits you as much as when you are confronted by the subsequent consequences.
We had lunch near the Chinese restaurant (many students complained about having to eat after going to the Atomic Bomb Museum). Most of the times they provide us with lunch, it's traditional Japanese food and tends to be hit or miss. This one was more of a miss. Most of us rushed through lunch and checked out the shopping around the area. I found another Ghibli store with a HUGE cat-bus that I had to take a picture with.
After that we headed to the Confucious shrine. There are tons of status all over the shrine, each with a unique pose and facial expression. This place is the only Confucious shrine built outside of China by the Chinese for the Chinese. The place was... well, it was pretty...
We then went to the Culture and History Museum, which was not terribly exciting, but was nice nonetheless. The picture below is an old school Japanese-style toilet (with a sign that asks to please not use the toilet.
We got back from Nagasaki and ate okonomiyaki again to celebrate my birthday! At our favorite Sakura restaurant. This time we brought another group of people and racked up the points on our frequent visit card to try and get a free okonomiyaki. Also had their yakisoba, which, while good, just didn't compare to the okonomiyaki.
Happy Birthday to me... Woke up early this day to leave Nagasaki after taking in some of the sights around it (What!? Only 2 days, 1 night in Nagasaki? Yep!) The first place we went on this rather gloomy, beautiful day was the Nagasaki Peace Park, built after a certain incident I'm sure we all know about. The statue, shone below in a group picture, is pointing up to represent the bomb and the other hand, if I recall correctly, represents peace. The park was really pretty (man, I use that adjective a lot describing Japan). Another picture shown below shows a structure with 1000 origami cranes in it. All around the park was several structures all representing peace. There was also a beautiful fountain that, if you stand at a designated spot, frames the statue in the background perfectly.
After the Peace Park, we went to the Atomic Bomb Museum. The effect of the museum on my was about the same as when I went to the Museum of American War Atrocities in Vietnam. You read about things in textbooks, but the impact never quite hits you as much as when you are confronted by the subsequent consequences.
We had lunch near the Chinese restaurant (many students complained about having to eat after going to the Atomic Bomb Museum). Most of the times they provide us with lunch, it's traditional Japanese food and tends to be hit or miss. This one was more of a miss. Most of us rushed through lunch and checked out the shopping around the area. I found another Ghibli store with a HUGE cat-bus that I had to take a picture with.
After that we headed to the Confucious shrine. There are tons of status all over the shrine, each with a unique pose and facial expression. This place is the only Confucious shrine built outside of China by the Chinese for the Chinese. The place was... well, it was pretty...
We then went to the Culture and History Museum, which was not terribly exciting, but was nice nonetheless. The picture below is an old school Japanese-style toilet (with a sign that asks to please not use the toilet.
We got back from Nagasaki and ate okonomiyaki again to celebrate my birthday! At our favorite Sakura restaurant. This time we brought another group of people and racked up the points on our frequent visit card to try and get a free okonomiyaki. Also had their yakisoba, which, while good, just didn't compare to the okonomiyaki.
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