Where Globe-Trotting meets Beach-Combing
An odd fact: I have tried three separate times to upload Nagasaki photos to this post. Every time, it crashes my internet explorer over and over. I can upload photos of Sasebo, I can upload photos of Fukuoka (that’s pronounced “fooook whoa ka”), but time after time, no Nagasaki photos. So here’s the bare post….
Sufujuki Temple is one of the first places we explored in Nagasaki. This staircase led to a hidden hilltop cemetery. More to come!
I get the feeling most of you people (Hannah…Mum) are mostly just being polite when you say, “Ooooh, right” when I answer, “No, I’m still in Fukuoka.” So here is a nice map which I should have posted the day I left:View Larger Map Sasebo is about an hour and 40 minutes southwest, on the…
A small old lady chattered to me in Japanese, promoting the freshness of the fat squid in a neat grid on her tray. She proved the truth of her words by poking each one, sending them all a-squiggle. I smiled back a little horrified while their squirming tentacles eased over the edge of the tray.
Chris and his boat pulled out to sea sea sea to see what they could see see see…so I was left to my own devices for entertainment. I learned this: the Japanese bus system is scary as heck. Trains are mostly marked in English and all you need is a train pass, which deducts each…
The Pearl Queen sailed Chris and me around some of the 208 islands called Kujukushima in Sasebo’s Saikai National Park. We glided in and out of tiny inlets with mountains rising out of the sea in all directions. Floating nets of oysters working on their cultured pearls dotted the water, suggesting the name for the…
So many countries are represented in this delightful table setting. I bought this hot pink obi, or kimono sash, at Sunday’s Machida Shrine Sale. The fabric shines with a Japanese fan pattern. I don’t use too much hot pink in decorating, but this obi really jumped out at me and subsequently inspired this exotic tea…
