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Kagoshima

ON THE ROAD AGAIN – DAY 27


KAGOSHIMA IS A PRETTY, GRITTY CITY Welcome to Kagoshima, ladies and gents! This is “mainland” Japan’s southernmost city and our home-away-from-home for the next few days. This hot, humid city of 600,000 souls is very pretty, tucked between green, forested hills and nestled in the shelter of Kinko […]

Gunkanjima, Nagasaki - Battleship island...

ON THE ROAD AGAIN – DAY 24


TAKING A PEAK AT NAGASAKI’S MULTICULTURAL HISTORY For centuries Nagasaki was Japan’s only open port, where people, goods, services, technology and information from other countries were allowed into the country (albeit in a very controlled manner). Due to its historical importance as a trading centre, Nagasaki has a […]