A Day in Nagasaki City

I haven’t had the chance to leave Sasebo due to being pregnant. I was told by my doctor to not leave Sasebo. I know, you are thinking, how would they know if you left Sasebo? If I would have tested positive for Covid-19 (even though I never did), I would have to disclose my contact trace log. Yes, I am required to keep a contact trace log (everybody on base is required to keep a trace log). The trace log would have time and locations of where I have been for a 14 day period and who I have been in contact with. I did not want to chance it, so I stayed in Sasebo. Well, now that Kiki is here, Doug and I decided to leave Sasebo!

We are allowed to go anywhere on Kyushu Island (unless it is black). Unfortunately Fukuoka and Kitakyushu are black areas. I decided we should go to Nagasaki City! Nagasaki City is 91 km (56 miles) from Sasebo and it takes an hour and 19 minutes to get there. I looked up some places I wanted to visit and we went last Saturday, May 29th.

The first place we went was Peace Park. The park commemorates the bombing of Nagasaki during WWII. Its a quiet and solemn park. There are several statues sent from other countries as apart of a “Peace Symbol Zone”. The main feature to Peace Park is Peace Statue. The Peace Statue was created by Seibo Kitamura for global harmony. The arms of the statue represent pointing to nuclear weapons and peace. The face of the statue is to praying for the victims of war.

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After Peace Park, we went to Bunjiro Higashi, a tonkatsu(fried pork cutlets) restaurant. I found this place by using Google Maps searching for restaurants. We got there two minutes before they open, and there was a line. Doug and I both got tonkatsu and we shared an order of karaage (Japanese fried chicken). The tonkatsu was seasoned well, but the pork was tough. We wish it would have been tenderized. The karaage was amazing! I frogot to take a picture of the karaage.

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Then we went to Chinatown. They mostly had restaurants with authentic Chinese food. The best shop we found in Chinatown was a Studio Ghibli store. This place was worth the drive to Nagasaki! They had items I had never seen and their prices were reasonable. We bought many items themed around “Kiki’s Delivery Service”. Yes, we named Kiki from the main character from the movie.

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After Chinatown, we checked out two shopping malls. They both had some interesting shops. We mostly bought items for Kiki. At Gap, we bought her some clothes. The deal of the day was at Gap, we bought Kiki an outfit on clearance that was $10, its original price was $50. At a home goods store, we found some Eric Carle themed baby toys and a bin.

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Doug, Kiki, and I started to make our way back home. We made two stops on our way out of Nagasaki City. We stopped at Book Off and Don Quijote. Book Off is a second hand store for books, video games, toys, and some collectables. This Book Off was small and they had a small selection of video games. The last stop was Don Quijote. Don Quijote is a discount store. This was a Mega Don Quijote and it lived up to being mega! It was two floors. We bought some snacks, drinks, and a pan. Then we headed back to Sasebo!

We had a lovely day outside of Sasebo.

Here are some pictures of Kiki!

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