Nagasaki Part 2

With the Law LLM students Helen and Lingyan at Nagasaki Chinatown, only one of the 3 Chinatowns in Japan, the other 2 being in Yokohama and Kobe (according to Smazh). Nagasaki was fascinating, but when it comes to souveniors, it is seriously really quite limited. Mostly Casutera (Portuguese custard cake), Champon and Saraudon (Japanese styled Chinese food) so I was not impressed enough to go on a shopping spree.


Our tour guide. Not everyone can be a tour guide you know, you have to speak non stop and be really polite. When she stopped talking, I knew we have reached our destination. And Japanese service staff have impeccable service attitude. It was drizzling and she placed a stool in front of the bus entrance and was holding an umbrella to shelter us while saying Okaerinasai (welcome back) to everyone who boarded the bus. 5 stars!

Nonetheless because Nagasaki is flanked by mountain ranges on 3 sides, it is easy to climb a mountain and view the entire city. Unlike most cities in japan, Nagasaki has more character because it was the only port open to Westerners historically before the Americans came and demanded the country to come out of isolation, and there is a huge number of foreign influenced buildings and food. A survey from a high vantage point would be able to confirm this, as shown:





This is me on top of Glover garden. Even here in the south, as we are facing the Sea of Japan the cold continental winds strike us daily, with wind chill driving temperatures down, which explains why the temperature in Fukuoka and Nagasaki is about the same as in Kyoto. Samuku natta!