We decided to go to Tatadohama. It is in the middle of the Ubon holidays, so we didn’t know what the traffic and the crowds would be like. We left our house at around 11:30 pm and arrived at around 2:30 am. As expected, the parking lot was almost full – we got the last […]
Soufuku Temple (Soufuku-ji)
The last place we visited in Nagasaki was Soufuku-ji. This is a temple that was built by a Chinese monk in 1692. Two of the buildings have been designated as national treasures.
Confucius Shrine (Koushi-byo)
We also visited Confucius Shrine (Kyoushi-byo) – it is the only shrine dedicated to Confucius outside of China that was built by Chinese. The original shrine was built in 1893 but was destroyed by the bombings of the Second World War. The shrine was completed renovated in 1982.
Nagasaki Peace Park
On the second day of our 6th anniversary trip, we went siteseeing in Nagasaki. The first stop on our tour was Nagasaki Peace Park.
Nagasaki Kakuni Manju
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 […]
Yoshida (August 14th)
Although yesterday was fun, I expected that waves would be slightly bigger. When I arrived at the beach, there was at least 40 cars in the parking lot at just after 6 am – a very promising sign…
Snaps of Mt. Fuji
Here’s a sunrise picture of Mt. Fuji from our balcony: On the road around 7:30 am, I snapped this photo: Not particularly impressive, but by the time I was close enough to take a better picture, it was covered by clouds.
Long time no see, Yoshida! (August 13th)
No, not this Yoshida… … the famous maker of the marinade and cooking sauce, this Yoshida: That’s right, Yoshida my summer home point. Because of my unusually busy schedule (seminars, conferences and the like), I haven’t been to the beach since the Tatadohama trip – a stretch of a couple of weeks. I was excited […]
Huis Ten Bosch
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 […]
Ocean Day weekend at Tatadohama
We have been looking forward to returning to Tatadohama for several weeks now. Several years ago, we went to the summer fireworks festival at Shirahama (a popular beach nearby) and loved it. We wanted to see the fireworks again this year but unfortunately I had to proctor a reading exam at the university in the […]
