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Kyushu, Japan. Fukuoka, Nagasaki, most westerly island of the main islands.
Kyushu is home to Fukuoka (Where the swimming championships where held in Summer 2001) and Nagasaki. (The city where the second A-bomb was dropped) Nagasaki However Nagasaki has risen from the ashes to become one of Kyushu and possible Japans most cosmopolitan cities. The first thing most people go and visit is the Atomic Bomb museum. This shows life in the city before, during and after the atomic bomb, but the museum also shows the reconstruction of the city. The story of the bomb is shown in detail, with events that lead up to this tragic event and of how the bomb was developed. The museum is not for the faint hearted as the exhibits in the museum are extremely graphic in there depiction of the aftermath of the bomb. I mean graphic. More than Hiroshima. Nagasaki Atomic Bomb Museum Price is 200 yen for adults, the tour takes about 1 to 2 hours and ear pieces can be bought for 150 yen for different language commenteries. The museum is open daily from 8:30am to 5:30pm. However the Atomic Bomb museum is not the only thing to see in Nagasaki. Other good places to visit in Nagasaki are Sofuku-ji Temple, a Chinese style temple which contains articles from the Ming period, Confucian Shrine which is a temple built to the 1800s scholar Confucius which contains a chinese museum which was built in 1982. Other places to visit in Kyushu.
Huis Ten Bosch Japan has links to Holland from the 16th century as the dutch where the first western people to arrive in Japan in 1571 and Huis ten Bosch was built to celebrate these links and to let the Japanese people experience Holland without even leaving Japan.
This has to be seen, to be believed, honestly. The park is not just a replica of a dutch town but it also has several amusement attraction´s but don´t expect rollercoasters and big wheels. Another thing you shouldn´t expect is too many English speakers in Kyushu as the main tourists that visit Kyushu are Chinese, therefore there are lots of Chinese sign posts and language speakers. If you plan to visit Huis ten bosch then take earphones as the rides and shows do have English narration, but you need earphones to listen to them. You can rent them for 200 yen, but urrgh! Admission prices for Huis Ten Bosch range from 2600 yen to 5200 yen for a day pass. Huis Ten Bosch Space World Space World If you are visiting Kyushu, don´t expect too much from the public transport either. As this is the last of the large Japanese islands the public transport can be a little bit slow compared to the rest of Japan, you might say more easy going! It´s on time but the pace of the trains is somewhat slower than the rest of Japan. Especially as you move further away from the larger cities. Links
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