Prompted by my wife's comment, "I want to go to Nagasaki," I started looking into travel options from Saitama. While the Shinkansen and driving offered the flexibility to stop along the way, they weren’t ideal in terms of time and cost. Since we found discounted airline tickets in February, we decided to fly round-trip between Haneda and Nagasaki. In the end, we prioritized both budget and travel time, chose to focus our trip on Nagasaki City, and enjoyed our first flight in a while. . . . Read more
Visited Gunkanjima which is an abandoned island off Nagasaki, lying about 15 kilometres from the centre of the city. It is one of 505 uninhabited islands in Nagasaki Prefecture. The island's most notable features are its abandoned concrete buildings, undisturbed except by nature, and the surrounding seawall. While the island is a symbol of the rapid industrialisation of Japan. . . . Read more
Visited the Tottori Sand Dunes are sand dunes located outside the city center of Tottori in Tottori Prefecture, Japan. At a length of 14 kms and less than 2.4 km wide, it is the second largest sand dune in Japan. . . . Read more