Day: 22 March 2009
Japanese Musician
I thought of our friend Bob Whetstone when we came across this piece of street art near one of the team stations in Nagasaki. Every statue I have ever seen of Captain Cook has a seagull sitting on his head, so we thought it very approriate that a musician should have a pigeon on his […]
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Glover Gardens
Glover Gardens were quite surprising. They are located in an area of Nagasaki known as Ishibashi (Stone Bridge) and on a steep hill overlooking the Mitsubishi Heavy Industries shipyard. Thomas Glover was a scot who arrived in Japan as a young trader in 1859. The top of the garden is reached by escalator and two […]
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Lunch in the Champon Restaurant
It’s a wet day today and we gave away our original idea of a harbour cruise, and instead decided to visit the Glover Gardens – an English style garden in the area of Nagasaki where early foreigners lived. We’ve stopped at this little local restaurant for lunch. We enjoyed a nice meal with David last […]
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Cherry Blossom Time
We are seeing our first cherry blossoms in the Peace Park in Nagasaki.
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