Nagasaki Day Two

5/25/16

Dejima

Today we walked to Dejima which is very close to our hotel.  Dejima is a man made island in Nagasaki harbor. It was constructed to isolate the foreign traders and keep Christianity from spreading to the community. There were, mostly, Portuguese and later Dutch traders allowed in Nagasaki. There are many buildings still standing or renovated with artifacts from the European merchants living there.

Amazing Store Found in a Non-descript Building

Later we walked to the harbor and made a reservation to take a boat to Gunkanjima tomorrow. Unfortunately "Battleship Island" is not accessible so Dina could not go.

We had refreshments on the harbor and went to Chinatown for food. We had a local noodle dish called champon. We had left our computer mouse in Osaka so we headed out to the local shopping area for a replacement,  "Computah Mousu" worked well for describing what we needed. We found one in a crazy department store electronics department. The department was on the 5th floor and the ceilings were very low. The space was brightly lit and it seemed as though all of the devices were talking at once trying to get your attention. We got an early night since I had to get up early to go to Gunkanjima.

It Makes Me Hungry,