Day: 21 March 2009

Japan

Tramming Around Nagasaki

21/03/2009

Travelling around Nagasaki is easy. In the central city area there are four tram routes with tram cars running every few minutes on each. A ride costs a flat fare of 100 Yen, or an all day ticket costs 500 Yen. With an all day ticket, we can ride as much as we like. This […]

Japan

Nagasaki

21/03/2009

Here’s a view from our hotel room looking up the valley and away from the seaport. There’s lots of industry in this area – especially Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, and this is the main reason that this city was a target for the atomic bomb.

Japan

Dejima – Japan’s First Western Contact

21/03/2009

Apart from being the site of the second A-Bomb, Nagasaki is famous for being the first centre of contact between Japan and the Western World. This took place on the tiny island of Dejima where Portugese, and later Dutch traders were allowed to operate. Portugese contact dates back as far as 1571 but they were […]