Sunday, July 24, 2016

Day 10 of Overseas Trip


In the early morning, in Hiroshima, I quietly left my hostel heading for Hiroshima station.

The picture on the left is the beautiful sight for me.



I flashed my JR pass and reserved seat ticket to the station master. I was let in and checked this signboard, looking for which lane.

It is my first trip on Shinkansen.



I saw Eva-theme Shinkansen over there. Eva is Japanese animation for your information. In the first class cabin, there is eva-type machine for you to pretend as a controller of monster.




Shinkansen does not go directly to Nagasaki. Therefore, I have to transfer to express train, which is faster than normal train.

Gosh, I missed the train because I was not familiar with the train type.


Eventually, I took the next train. I arrived at Urakami station. This station is in Nagasaki.

The host home is close to Urakami station - That is why.



It is easy to find the host's home. I left my backpack there.


After that, I located Nagasaki Atomic Bomb museum. It was about 15 minutes walk. Easy to locate.






It is slightly expensive than that in Hiroshima. Inside that museum, it is quite sad to see pictures and stories.







After exploring the museum for a good one hour, I went off to locate the peace park.

Nearby to that museum, I saw the location where atomic bomb dropped.



I found the peace park. Easy to locate too. It is the atomic bomb shelter. Bottom of the hill. On the top of the hill is peace park.





This statue is popular in the peace park. A lot of people would take picture of it.






After the peace park, I took a normal train to Nagasaki station, one stop away from Urakami station.






Megane bridge was located about 45 mins walk away from Nagasaki station. It look like glasses (Japanese for Megane) there.

I needed to find a company who can bring me to Hashima Island by ferry on the next day. There are 4 companies - two companies about 30 minutes walk away from Nagasaki station and another two companies 1 hours walk away from Nagasaki station. I found one company located in the harbour but the seats were sold out. So I tried to find the another one. It is so difficult and I had to google for the picture of that company. I realised that I passed by that shop - so hideous!

The lady in that shop was able to communicate in English well - wonderful. It was settled to take 1pm trip to Hashima island on the next day.

End of Day 10.

Book
Title: The most dangerous trade : how short sellers uncover fraud, keep markets honest, and make and lose billions
Author: Richard Teitelbaum
Rating: 7/10
Remark: Decent book discussing selected short sellers' lives/moment.

Movie

Title: Zenmou no Boku ga Bengoshi ni Natta Riyuu (Japanese Drama Special 2014)
Synopsis:
Blind lawyer was tasked to handle two cases - divorce case and murder case. The latter one is the major one for him as he believe that his client is innocent. The problem is that the statistics - 99.9% confirmed conviction to all murder suspects - is up against him. He sets out to find the evidence that will clear his name.
Rating: 9/10
Remark: Touching story.
Tony Del Piero wrote and posted at at 4:19 pm