Category Archives: Sightseeing

Nagasaki Peace Park

August 15, 2008 – 3:21 pm

On the second day of our 6th anniversary trip, we went siteseeing in Nagasaki.  The first stop on our tour was Nagasaki Peace Park.

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Nagasaki Kakuni Manju

August 15, 2008 – 2:49 pm

While siteseeing in Nagasaki, we had a wonderful local food – Nagasaki Kakuni Manju.  Basically, it is a bun with a very fatty chunk of BBQ’d pork inside.  It was around 350 yen, but it was worth it.  Yummy! While riding the bus on the way to the airport, some people were eating them.  I [...]

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Huis Ten Bosch

August 14, 2008 – 12:09 pm

For our 6th wedding anniversary, we decided that we’d travel domestically because there are many places in Japan that we haven’t been to yet.  We chose to take a one-night trip to Nagasaki – in particular, we were interested in visiting Huis Ten Bosch – the 152 hectare “European resort of flowers”. (this image was [...]

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Hakone Botanical Garden of Wetlands

July 18, 2008 – 4:32 pm

On the way back from getting our van serviced, we stopped by this park in Hakone.  We have been there several times in the fall, but we have never been there during the spring or summer.  We weren’t disappointed – there was a variety of wild flowers to be seen.

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