Day 63: Pier 1 of Busan Port
8 марта 2025 г., Южная Корея ⋅ ☁️ 9 °C
Last day in Busan! Before boarding our ferry tonight, we stopped by Pier 1 of Busan Port. It is a part of the UNESCO sites of Busan Wartime Capital.
Pier 1 of Busan Port served as the primaryЧитать далее
Day 63: Busan Int’l Ferry Terminal
8 марта 2025 г., Южная Корея ⋅ ☁️ 8 °C
Goodbye South Korea! Today marked the end of our 1 month or so journey in South Korea. Although the weather is a bit cold, we did enjoy our time here. On our final adventure in South Korea, we got toЧитать далее
Day 64: Shimonoseki JR
9 марта 2025 г., Япония ⋅ ☁️ 7 °C
Good morning Japan! After a night on the boat, we made ourselves to Japan 🇯🇵 Our boat arrived at Shimonoseki, but we quickly made our way to Nagasaki, where we were going to spend a few days there.
Day 64: Hakata
9 марта 2025 г., Япония ⋅ ☁️ 13 °C
First thing first, let’s take a brief stop to have a bowl of Ramen 🍜
Day 64: JR to Nagasaki
9 марта 2025 г., Япония ⋅ ☁️ 15 °C
A ride on the fast Shinkansen 🚄 we arrived at Nagasaki!
Day 65: Oura Cathedral
10 марта 2025 г., Япония ⋅ ☁️ 14 °C
Oura Cathedral was constructed under the
guidance of Bishop Petitiean, and is the oldest extant Christian building in Japan. Its dedication ceremony was held on the 19th February 1865.
The CathedralЧитать далее
Day 65: Glover Garden
10 марта 2025 г., Япония ⋅ ☁️ 13 °C
The Glover Garden is part of The "Sites of Japan's Meiji Industrial Revolution: Iron and Steel, Shipbuilding and Coal Mining” on the UNESCO World Heritage list.
Glover Garden is a park inЧитать далее
Day 65: Night view of Oura Cathedral
10 марта 2025 г., Япония ⋅ 🌧 11 °C
We passed through the Oura Cathedral again and happened to come across its night view.
Day 66: Nagasaki Station
11 марта 2025 г., Япония ⋅ ☁️ 17 °C
We were going to take a slow day today by taking the JR to Takeo city, an onsen area near Nagasaki.
Day 66: Takeo Onsen Station
11 марта 2025 г., Япония ⋅ ⛅ 19 °C
Day 66: Walking around Takeo
11 марта 2025 г., Япония ⋅ ⛅ 18 °C
Takeo Onsen area, at our time of visit, was very quiet. We visited the main Onsen area, the modern library and just did some random walk around the area. It’s a truly relaxing day.
Day 67: Walking around Nagasaki
12 марта 2025 г., Япония ⋅ ☁️ 17 °C
We spent a day walking around Nagasaki to understand the after bomb damage of the city. It’s sad to see the Bomb-Damaged Tori Arch at Sanno Shinto Shrine ⛩ Located only 800 meters southeast ofЧитать далее
Day 67: Urakami Cathedral
12 марта 2025 г., Япония ⋅ ☁️ 17 °C
Urakami Cathedral was destroyed by the atomic bomb in 1945, taking the lives or
some christians and Father Nishida, the parish priest. It is reported that about 8.500 of the 12.000 Urakami ChristiansЧитать далее
Day 67: The Peace Statue and Peace Park
12 марта 2025 г., Япония ⋅ ☁️ 17 °C
This statue was erected by the citizens of Nagasaki in August, 1955, on the 10th anniversary of the devastation of this city
by the atomic bomb. Thanks to contributions from Japan and abroad, the tenЧитать далее
Day 67: Hypocenter, A.bomb explosion
12 марта 2025 г., Япония ⋅ ☁️ 16 °C
At 11:02 a.m. on August 9, 1945, an atomic bomb exploded 500 meters above this spot. The black stone monolith to the
right of the plaque marks the hypocenter.
The fierce blast wind, heat raysЧитать далее
Day 67: Nagasaki A. bomb Museum
12 марта 2025 г., Япония ⋅ ☁️ 16 °C
This museum is definitely worth going to understand how the aftereffects of atomic bomb. A lot of the photos and videos are sad to be seen. This museum also puts a lot of efforts in promoting worldЧитать далее
Day 68: Gunkan-Jima
13 марта 2025 г., Япония ⋅ ☁️ 14 °C
This is an interesting place to visit. Gunkanjima (aka Battleship Island) is a small island located about 20 km from Nagasaki port. Until 1974, the island served as a coal mine, and more than 5000Читать далее
Day 68: Ureshino
13 марта 2025 г., Япония ⋅ ☁️ 14 °C
A short visit to Ureshino for a relaxing walk and onsen foot massage! There are a few spots in the town that we could put our feet in the onsen foot massage and the foot steam massage. Nice communalЧитать далее
Day 70: Kagoshima
15 марта 2025 г., Япония ⋅ 🌧 14 °C
From Kumamoto, we made our way south to Kagoshima, where we began our journey of island hopping.
Day 70: Kumamoto
15 марта 2025 г., Япония ⋅ ☁️ 12 °C
HAPPY BIRTHDAY Kumamon! The signature icon of the town is called Kumamon! So happened it was his birthday today. We joined his birthday party haha We also visited the Kumamoto Castle. It was severelyЧитать далее
Day 71: Kagoshima Ferry Terminal
16 марта 2025 г., Япония ⋅ 🌬 11 °C
It was a disappointing day! Our original plan was to take an over night ferry to Yakushima Island and stay there for 2 nights. But due to extreme weather, all ferries got canceled. So we were stuck inЧитать далее
Day 72: Shorr hike in Kagoshima
17 марта 2025 г., Япония ⋅ 🌬 9 °C
We were at the Sakurajima-kinkowan Geo Park, a place that can view the famous Sakura-jima Island and its volcano. The day when we were there was a clear day, so we could see the volcano very clearly.Читать далее
Day 73: Ferry from Kagoshima to Nago
18 марта 2025 г., Япония ⋅ 🌧 9 °C
Finally going to the island! We took an overnight book to Nago, Okinawa and spent a week there. Definitely looked forward to warmer weather. More south we go!
Day 74: Arriving at Motobuko, Okinawa
19 марта 2025 г., Япония ⋅ ☁️ 14 °C
We got off the ferry at the 2nd last stop, Motobuko. One bus ride away, we would reach Nago, Okinawa. It was late afternoon. The ferry ride was smooth, clean and comfortable (even with the sharedЧитать далее
Day 76: Nago Castle Site Park
21 марта 2025 г., Япония ⋅ ☁️ 19 °C
We enjoyed the nice warm weather in Nago! So we decided to go for a short walk at the Nago Castle Site Park. We hope to see some cherry blossoms but apparently the season in the south was alreadyЧитать далее