Dr. Albert Einstein who awarded Nobel Prize in Physics stayed here. It was built by the Mitsui Co., Ltd in 1921 as a reception centre and to provide accommodation for VIP’s.  It is now designated as an important c …

Mitsui Club…の続きを読む

                                                                                                                                            HOME    This bridge, made in 2003, is the only pedestrian draw bridge in Ja …

Blue Wing Moji…の続きを読む

Nagasaki Kunchi is one of big-three festival in Japan, held on October 7 to 9 at Suwa Shrine. The festival features Chinese dance including Ja-odori (Snake dance), this time dancing all around the city but especially at …

Nagasaki Kunchi…の続きを読む

  The Zen temple famous for its beautiful stone garden. It was built during the Kamakura period just next to Dazaifu Tenmangu Shrine and is within walking distance of Nishitetsu Dazaifu station.     Genera …

Komyozen-ji temple…の続きを読む

  Government site of Ancient Kyushu.  Known as TOFURO, the site was used during the Nara (710 to 794 AD) and Heian (794 to 1185 AD) period. The Dazaifu was responsible for supervising Japan’s maritime frontier, as w …

Site of Dazaifu Government Office…の続きを読む

  Atomic Bomb Museum opened in Nagasaki Peace Park in 1996 as part of the 50th anniversary project for the Nagasaki atomic bombing. The museum replaced Nagasaki International Cultural Hall, where a number of artifac …

Atomic Bomb Museum…の続きを読む

                                                                                                                                            HOME    When you look to the right facing the Ground zero Monument see a se …

Ruins of Urakami Cathedral…の続きを読む

                                                                                                                                            HOME    At the bottom of the steps leading down from the front of the Nagas …

Monument of the Child Praying for Peace…の続きを読む

  Construction of the original Urakami Cathedral, a brick Romanesque building, began in 1895, after a long-standing ban on Christianity was lifted. When completed in 1914, it was the largest Catholic church in East …

Urakami Cathedral…の続きを読む

  Jigoku, means Hell, is the number one attraction of Unzen with a peculiar smell of sulfur emitted from the springs, and with white smoke rising from the ground over a wide area. This is a striking reminder that Un …

Unzen Jigoku…の続きを読む