Nagasaki

Nagasaki is located on Kyusyu island which is the southern most of Japans main islands.
Nagasaki's landscapes coastline is very long and broken as the prefecture is made up of 971 islands of varying size.

When you ask Japanese people "what do you know about Nagasaki ?" most of them will say "Champong","Sara-udon","Castela","the A-bomb" and "Megane-bashi".


Sara-udon



Champong

Castela

"Champong" and "Sara-udon" which says come from China and "Castela" which came from Portugal,give evidence of Nagasaki's importance as a trace base for the Portuguese in the 16th century followed by the British and Dutch in the 17th century.

Anyway,I love them so much ,I bought a lot from souvenir shops for myself.

"Megane-bashi" is a land mark in Nagasaki its a bridge made from stone,in the shape of a pair of spectacles,when reflected in the water below it, the bridge has two arches which looks like  "megane" (glasses),when seen together with its reflection.
It was first built in Edo period but a big flood damaged in 1982,after which was repaired.

Megane-bashi