overlook the city.. breathtaking view.. anyway heres the mansion..
Camera n ice cream vending machine!!! (they even gt a vending machine tat sell takoyaki balls which i 4got to take a pic of..)
lovely flowers.. kirei-desho...
after which we proceeded to the nagasaki peace park.. its where the atomic bomb landed during world war 2.. the statue pointing upwards signifies the dropping of the bomb.. the outstretched hand is for peace if i nv remember wrongly.. and one eye is closed which signifies the prayers for the bomb victims.. on the left.. there is a mini shelter thingy.. when the victims were struck by diseases arising from the radioactivity of the bomb.. the friend of a victim fold 1000 paper cranes being told that it will boost the recovery of his frd.. sadly.. when it approaches 900+ his frd died.. hence on.. many have strung tgt 100 paper cranes n hang there n also at the memorial museum..
im the YOUNGEST.. geez.. can u imagine my disappointment when i first saw the grp.. no eye candy for me.. zzzz.. haha lucky they are great folks.. nt sulky ones..
this fountain reminds of the water that were polluted with radioactivity during the tragedy.. victims had no choice but to drink the polluted water n suffer.. of cos this is jus a clean pond.. look like wings..
the actual spot where the bomb landed..
the exact remains of wat it looks like below grd level when the bomb dropped.. covered by glass hence the reflection..
in the museum.. there were exhibits n replicas of wat the left over buildings n items were after the intense heat of the bomb.. a v sad sight.. especially at the video exhibit of the survivor of the bombing.. coins were melted tgt, corroded walls..
next destination is the kumamoto castle.. one of the living place of one of the few popular shoguns.. which i apparently cant remember the name anymore.. haha.. took a look at the history exhibit inside..
the last stop of the day was to the suizenji-koen garden in kumamoto.. its a garden for the local residents.. it was constructed such tat it holds a mini replica of the scenery in japan.. there is also a mini mt fuji.. and also saw the first shinto shrine..
nice scenery aint it.. v calming..
entrance to shinto shrine.. shinto shrine has gt this "开" pillars at the entrance and also at a nearby place.. this signifies that a shrine is nearby.. shinto shrine is for ppl to worship gods of nature.. like for longevity, water, fire, even for volcanoes n etc.. hence there are a lot of shinto shrine.. especially in park.. and often can see students in there..
the board where they write their wishes dwn.. i was so excited.. not because i want to make a wish (i nv did in my whole trip..) but because all along i onli saw this in anime n jap dramas especially.. gt a familiar yet nv see b4 feeling..
if u notice, there are white strips of paper hanging on a rope in e middle.. it signifies a barrier from the outside world.. like a pure world within the barrier, forbidding "dirty" things to enter the barrier.. (i see those white strips b4 in animes.. now i know wat it means..)
another scene of the "familiar yet nv see b4"
after tat, we proceed to the foot of mt aso.. where we stay at one of the traditional jap inns.. which they called ryokan..
in the yukata b4 dinner.. yea the dinner is tat FULL!!!! n sour... not v used to the foot there.. v sour.. n although it looks kinda pretty.. cant "decipher" wat food it actually is.. kinda scary on the hind thought..
the rm...
that concludes my 2nd day in jap.. i tink i 4get to mention lunch.. haha lunch was at a bbq store.. erm.. somewhat similar to seoul garden.. but less oil spitting.. and the beef is superbly delicious..
xtra pic: sakura tree... v v beautiful..
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