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Day 2 --- Visits to Saga & Nagasaki (佐賀+長崎) |
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D02-01 --- Morning at Huruyu Hot Springs ONCRI (古湯溫泉ONCRI) Hotel |
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| 02-01-01 The quiescent scene seen in the morning from the room we stayed in | ||
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| 02-01-01a A map showing the spots we visited today (the red ones) and the perfectures where they are located (Saga and Nagasaki) | ||
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| 02-01-02 Scenes of the interior and exterior environments of the hotel A | 02-01-03 Scenes of the interior and exterior environments of the hotel B | |
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| 02-01-04 Scenes of the interior and exterior environments of the hotel C | 02-01-05 Scenes of the interior and exterior environments of the hotel D | |
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| 02-02s-01 Scenes seen on the way A | ||
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| 02-02s-02 Scenes seen on the way B | 02-02s-03 Scenes seen on the way C | |
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| 02-02s-04 Scenes seen on the way D | 02-02s-05 Scenes seen on the way E | |
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| 02-02s-08 Scenes seen on the way F | 02-02s-09 Scenes seen on the way G | |
D02-03 --- Visiting Yutoku Inari Shrine (祐德稻荷神社) - Architecture |
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02-03-01 The interior yard of the shrine |
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02-03-02 The entrance |
02-03-03 The tower gate | |
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| 02-03-04 A shot at the lateral side of the main building | 02-03-05 Worshipping by pulling a rope connected to a bell | |
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| 02-03-06 Before another building with the tour guide (in the middle) | 02-03-07 A "Prayer Ema (繪馬) Practice Area" for people to leave writing or creating ema plaques as part of a prayer or wish ritual | |
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| 02-03-08 A series of "torii" ("鳥居") | 02-03-09 --- A lateral side of the "torii" series | |
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D02-04 --- Visiting Yutoku Inari Shrine (祐德稻荷神社) - Environgment |
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02-04-01 A view of the cental yard of Yutoku Inari Shrine |
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02-04-02 Entering the shrine |
02-04-03 A view of some shrines beside the visited spot |
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02-04-04 In the central yard of the shrine |
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02-04-05 Moving in the shrine |
02-04-06 A statue of a Kitsune (白狐像)(稻荷神的使者) |
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02-04-07 The "Torii" at the entrance of commercial street |
02-04-08 possibly stone lion-dog statue (komainu) |
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02-04-09 Pretty japanese-style garden in the shrine area |
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D02-05 --- Visiting Madame Butterfly's Former Residence - Glover Garden |
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02-05-01 Approaching Glover Park: located in Nagasaki, Glover Garden is a historic open-air museum that preserves several 19th-century Western-style buildings, including the home of Thomas Blake Glover, a Scottish merchant who played a key role in Japan's modernization |
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02-05-03 We had French-style lunch in a hotel in downtown Nagasaki |
02-05-04 The service was considerate, considering my case of avoiding nuts in the food dishes, especially in salad |
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02-05-05 We saw a historical site when approaching Glover Garden |
02-05-06 The park is already 50 years old: the blend of opera, real-life figures like Thomas Glover, and the setting of Nagasaki has led many to associate Glover Garden as the “home of Madame Butterfly,” even though she never truly lived there |
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| 02-05-07 To reach the park, we had to walk through a long commercial street | 02-05-08 A mascot statue seen in the park | |
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| 02-05-09 A pretty construct in the park | 02-05-10 Exhibitions of "yatai" (屋台) or "dashi" (山車) — traditional Japanese festival floats | |
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02-05-09a "Madame Butterfly House: : Madame Butterfly is a fictional character from the famous 1904 opera by Giacomo Puccini. The story follows Cio-Cio-san, a young Japanese woman in Nagasaki who marries an American naval officer, Lieutenant Pinkerton. After he leaves her and returns years later with an American wife, Cio-Cio-san, heartbroken, tragically takes her own life |
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| 02-05-010a A big "yatai" | ||
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| 02-05-012 Landscape and sea seen from the park A | 02-05-013 Landscape and sea seen from the park B | |
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02-06-01 Unzen is a volcanic area in Nagasaki famous for its hot springs and geothermal activity. |
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| 02-06-02 It is an areas with steaming vents, boiling mud pools, and sulfuric gases, evoking a “hellish” landscape | 02-06-03 More scences A |
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| 02-06-04 More scences B | 02-06-05 More scences C | |
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02-06-06 A larger view of the region |
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02-07-01 Pretty Japanese garden in the hotel |
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02-07-02 The hotel sign on the wall of the entrance |
02-07-03 A scene seen out of our room |
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02-07-04 More scenes of the garden in the hotel A |
02-07-05 More scenes of the garden in the hotel B |
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02-07-06 More scenes of the garden in the hotel C |
02-07-07 Easy sitting in our room |
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02-07-08 An indoor decoration in the hotel |
02-07-09 Dishes of appetizer in the dinner we had |
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