Glover Garden
So in Japan, there were just a lot of holidays in a row. First, I went to Kyoto, Osaka, and Hyogo, but I'll talk about those in another entry, and not tonight, since I have too many entries today. You'll only read so much, right? Next, I went to Seoul (in South Korea, for those not geographically-inclined), which was amazing. I'll try to post about it tomorrow, I think? Then on Sunday, I went to Nagasaki City. I'll talk about it today, mostly because I have so much to update, and I think it's better to go backwards in time. Sound good? ^^
Okay, so Nagasaki City. It's not like I've never been there before, though I had some new experiences. I met up with one of the girls from Siebold who was in my group back in August. I hadn't seen her in ages b/c she couldn't come to the Siebold Intensive this past February (which I also have to update you on....). We had so much fun catching up! I ♥ her so much. Really, I do. :)
Anyway, we met up to go to Glover Garden. I'd never been there before, even though it's one of the "things to do" in Nagasaki. Actually, even though she was born and raised in Nagasaki, T. had never gone, either.
It wasn't quite what I was expecting. I kept hearing it had beautiful flowers and stuff and is always so lovely in the spring, but really, it was mostly a house from this Dutch dude until the 70s or something, and there weren't so many flowers and stuff. I was a bit disappointed with that. T. was excited to see this one stone the whole time. I didn't realize what she was looking for until we saw it. It was shaped like a heart, and it was embedded with a bunch of other stones on a marble pathway. Apparently, it's a really famous stone. People go just to see it and take pictures, and it's just on the pathway with all the other stones. Crazy, huh? Oh, Japan...!!! ♥ ♥
After we finished walking around, we went to Chinatown for lunch. I'd been to the Chinatown in Nagasaki once before during the Chinese New Year this past February, but it was so crowded that we couldn't really move, let alone look around! Actually, last week I also went to the Chinatown in Kobe, but they didn't have champon, which is what my prefecture's famous food is. Then again, the one in my prefecture didn't have my beloved Bubble Tea, so hmmm.... Strange, too, b/c even T. thought we'd find some "Tapioca Juice." Anyway, we waited in line forever to get into a champon restaurant, but it was worth it. So delicious!!! Ahh, I love champon. I'm going to really miss it! It's my favorite noodle dish.... YUM. And even more than Nagasaki Champon, I love the version with the extra seafood.... *glow*
More on champon here.
So, that was pretty much my day in Nagasaki. Nothing too special, but still a lot of fun!!
Next time: Seoul!!!
Okay, so Nagasaki City. It's not like I've never been there before, though I had some new experiences. I met up with one of the girls from Siebold who was in my group back in August. I hadn't seen her in ages b/c she couldn't come to the Siebold Intensive this past February (which I also have to update you on....). We had so much fun catching up! I ♥ her so much. Really, I do. :)
Anyway, we met up to go to Glover Garden. I'd never been there before, even though it's one of the "things to do" in Nagasaki. Actually, even though she was born and raised in Nagasaki, T. had never gone, either.
It wasn't quite what I was expecting. I kept hearing it had beautiful flowers and stuff and is always so lovely in the spring, but really, it was mostly a house from this Dutch dude until the 70s or something, and there weren't so many flowers and stuff. I was a bit disappointed with that. T. was excited to see this one stone the whole time. I didn't realize what she was looking for until we saw it. It was shaped like a heart, and it was embedded with a bunch of other stones on a marble pathway. Apparently, it's a really famous stone. People go just to see it and take pictures, and it's just on the pathway with all the other stones. Crazy, huh? Oh, Japan...!!! ♥ ♥
After we finished walking around, we went to Chinatown for lunch. I'd been to the Chinatown in Nagasaki once before during the Chinese New Year this past February, but it was so crowded that we couldn't really move, let alone look around! Actually, last week I also went to the Chinatown in Kobe, but they didn't have champon, which is what my prefecture's famous food is. Then again, the one in my prefecture didn't have my beloved Bubble Tea, so hmmm.... Strange, too, b/c even T. thought we'd find some "Tapioca Juice." Anyway, we waited in line forever to get into a champon restaurant, but it was worth it. So delicious!!! Ahh, I love champon. I'm going to really miss it! It's my favorite noodle dish.... YUM. And even more than Nagasaki Champon, I love the version with the extra seafood.... *glow*
More on champon here.
So, that was pretty much my day in Nagasaki. Nothing too special, but still a lot of fun!!
Next time: Seoul!!!