My Hotel stay in Nagasaki was going to be at another Chisun Hotel. I had stayed in a Chisun hotel in Kumamoto which was a compact room so I was expecting the same. Pleasantly I was surprised to have a bigger room with some unique features. The hotel was easy to reach one tram stop south of Nagasaki station. When I went up to the room which was on the 8th floor it was modern and quite spacious compared to last nights Chisun hotel. Not only was there room to walk ...

After pulling in at Nagasaki Station I first went to the tourist info desk to get my bearing and get a tram pass. The pass was 500Y ($6.25), cheaper than the Hiroshima one which was 600Y and I'd be getting more use out of the Nagasaki one. They also told me the Peace Park was a 15 min tram ride north. I thought you could walk from the station but you would have to take some form of transit to get there. As in other cities there were 1930s style trams. There were ...

This morning I left the hotel early at 7.50 to travel to Nagasaki and spend a full day exploring. The storm had completely cleared and it was clear blue skies. It took about 25 mins to walk to the station and I found out the train will take 2.5hrs due to a change over. The way Kyushu Island is shaped there is no direct train to Nagasaki from Kumamoto. The simplist way was to take the bullet train north to Fukuoka. However, to then get off at Shin-Tosu and switch...

It had been a long day leaving Hiroshima in the morning and dodging the typhoon, spending lunchtime in Fukuoka exploring temples, arriving in Kumamoto and exploring the Castle and feudal lords residence. I now wanted to find somewhere nice to sit down and eat a nice japanese meal and have some cake seeing as today was my birthday Luckily my hotel was located a couple of blocks from a shopping arcade. I figured going inside there and seeing what I could find. It w...

I managed to find a nice hotel centally located in the centre of town between the main train station and the castle. This was part of the Chisun Hotel Group which is in every city so I knew the standards would be good. As it was my birthday today I wanted to stay somewhere nice and relaxing. Surprisingly the room was only $40. The room was very compact, similar to a Tokyo Hotel JAL had provided me with when we had an unscheduled layover due to bad weather. The b...