Our first stop in Kyushu has been in Nagasaki, where you can actually feel and see the long history of this peculiar city.
We then went for a bus ride through the mountains of northern Kyushu and headed east (and up) to Unzen. This place is also called “hell” and you can immediately see why…
Billows of sulfuric steam pour from cracks through the earth giving the impression that the place is blowing up at any time.
From Unzen we proceeded to Kumamoto, which reveled itself as a pretty enjoyable town. A pity that we planned to stay for only one day. Look at this castle:
From the top of the “Donjon” you also get some nice views of the surrounding city.
From Kumamoto it is only a short ride on the “Sakura” Shinkansen to our final destination on Kyushu: Kagoshima and the Sakurajima volcano.
While visiting the volcano, some of us could not help but to take a warm bath for their sore feet…
In Kagoshima we found a very friendly host, Michiko. It was hard to leave after having been welcomed this warmly…
Our next stop stop will be in Hagi back to the main island, Honshu.
Stay tuned.
Timothey, did you fall in love with Michiko ?
Hagi: here lived Yashida Shoin, the 19th century samurai, teacher, and mentor to many of the statesmen who formed modern Japan. ( found on a National Geographic map of Japan from 1984, that I’m using as well as Google Earth to follow you on your discoveries. AND DREAM ! )
Best regards and kisses. Pierre
Hallöchen
Schön zu sehen wo ihr euch aufhält. ist ja wirklich wunderschön bei euch. Auch Timothy scheint es zu gefallen, zumindest hat er immer sein Smile auf, wenn ein Foto von ihm gemacht wird 😉 Wie funktioniert eigentlich die selbst gemacht Kinder-Leine und der Pass?
Wünsche euch weiterhin tolle Erlebnisse.
petra