14 November 2018
Crappy photos in Urakami
The rather dull suburb of Urakami is a place to eat pasta
How did it get so late? This probably wont make any sense because I am even sleepier than I normally am but anyway....dot dot dot
Tonight I went to Urakami. It is north of the main Nagasaki station. It is roughly where the bomb museum is, so I had already been to parts of it during the day.
According to my map provided by google, it has lots of shops and restaurants. I think they just make shit up because there was nothing there.
Instead theres now a huge mall with a ferris wheel, mandatory requirement for every city in Japan. Other than that the streets are really very quiet and I could not find anywhere to eat.
The best bet turned out to be a strange shopping centre that pre dates the atomic age that the equally ANTIQUITEOUS tram trundles under.
All this lead to there not being much to photograph, so I messed around with long exposures and stuffed up a few settings and ruined a few photos, so there are not many tonight. Nagasaki is a one city centre town I think, and I am right in it. The other parts are just one big mall each and a lot of darkness.
Also, no cat tonight, but I got my cat pic this morning, I dont want to over cat.
Tonight I followed a tram line, so I took photos of trams. Here is a tram from above. It now occurs to me that I have not ridden on a tram and probably wont, because I enjoy walking too much. Trams are only for when its raining.
Here we have the Cocowalk mall. It is very large. I think it has replaced everything else that used to be in Urakami.
It has a ferris wheel. I have been on many ferris wheels but did not feel a need to go on this one. I must be getting really old, they are now more excitement than I can handle.
Ahhh, the bustling city centre of Urakami.
I retreated back to the highway and found this place with a tram running under it. I also wanted to run under it, but I would be run over by a tram if I tried.
This is the inside of the shopping centre. It looks like you are outside. Its an indoor outdoor brick paved semi abandoned shopping and English teaching centre.
Despite the lack of options, the one option I did find was pretty good. Tonight only, your choice of pasta with any salad free! TONIGHT ONLY? How could I possibly pass up such a bargain that would never ever be repeated. It was very nice! They provided a couple of different chilli sauces to drink from.
My journey home took me past the peace park, and also the pink peace park motel and pachinko parlour. I bought a few balls and won a voucher for a free salad at the pasta shop.
Its the Huis Ten Bosch express, for $40 (each way) it will take you to a theme park based on Holland with windmills and tulips that costs only $100 to enter! Seriously it costs more than Disneyland!
I remembered the nearby bridge had a good view in the morning, how is it at night? Hmm, not as good. But it did help me get over my 40,000 step daily goal, mission accomplished. That is some serious star beams on the right.
Why is this place open at 9pm? Who needs a broom or a basket at 9pm? Why is this store in a residential street that is otherwise pitch black? Surely its a front for something?
Final photo tonight is the mini Huis Ten Bosch located right here in Nagasaki. Well its on the right edge of this picture. To contain the Portuguese who the Japanese refer to as Dutch, they made them all live on an artificial island. It now has re-created churches and coffee bars and a $10 entry fee. I bet I can get a tart from there. But probably not a purple sweet potato tart. I now eat purple sweet potato tarts exclusively.