Visiting our last new country of the cruise today. It’s our first stop in Japan- Nagasaki. Jennifer and I went on the same excursion today which usually doesn’t happen. We went to Arita (a town famous for it’s porcelain), had a traditional Japanese lunch, and visited Peace Park Nagasaki. The peace park is right next to the spot where an atomic bomb was dropped during World War II which has the Atomic Bomb Museum.
We went to a Shinto shire with a Porcelain torii gate in Aruta. Torii gates are usually made from wood or stone. A torii gate is a specific style Japanese gate, usually found at the entrance of a Shinto shrine. It marks the transition from the mundane to the sacred.
I tried almost everything in my lunch but didn’t really care for any of it except maybe the Almond Jello and strawberry.
Just as we got to Peace Park Nagasaki, it started raining. It rained hard during the 15 or so minutes we were there and it stopped shortly after we left.
