Nagasaki

We visited the setting for Madame Butterfly, the busy port of Nagasaki. Nagasaki has one big blue bronze dude symbolizing peace, not heartbreak. One may find strings of origami cranes in little shelters on each side of Big Blue.

Countries and some cities have sent sculptures symbolizing peace to be erected at Nagasaki Peace Memorial Park. The East Bloc in the 1980’s was especially well-represented, with works from Bulgaria, Poland, Czechoslovakia, Yugoslavia offering their interpretations on the theme. There were lots of stone women tossing babies in the air and a few doves and abstracts. I agree that airplaning a baby is a fine representation of peace. Doves: irritating stupid birds but a biblical reference.

Someone tidies up all day, every day. 

Enough about peace. I popped in the shops and was dismayed to see this sign, also the price of ¥18,700 including tax ($125) on an ordinary cotton sweatshirt-like top. 

Later I rode the Nagasaki Slope Car (2020) to the top of Mount Inasa. There were three wonderful antennas spreading communications and good cheer.  I can’t tell you how the Slope Car works, but it stayed level as it climbed up a steep single track. 

On the way to the summit we passed a pen filled with Sika deer.  They lobbied unsuccessfully for their own blog entry.