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Exploring Nagasaki Posted by sasha on Nov 30, 2016
The city of Nagasaki (長崎) is located on the Japanese island of Kyushu (九州). It’s the capital and largest city in the prefecture of the same name. Once a secluded fishing village, it grew into a major port city after trade developed with Portugeuse explorers. It was here that the second atomic bomb was dropped…
24 Hours in Nagasaki (Part One) Posted by sasha on Nov 23, 2016
Next up in our video tour of Japan, we head to Nagasaki on the island of Kyushu. One of only two cities to ever be hit by an atomic bomb, Nagasaki has rebuilt and transformed itself since the end of World War II. In Part One of the video, take the bullet train into the…