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Japan in 18 days | Nagasaki | Gunkanjima | Day 10



A full day in Nagasaki, where we visit the atomic bomb museum, the peace park, take a boat tour to Gunkanjima and see the whole Nagasaki from the mountain view point.

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[Laughter] Good morning from Nagasaki we have a full day to explore the city we are taking a to go to the first Location Just like Hiroshima Nagasaki also has an atomic bomb Memorial United States dropped an atomic bomb on Nagasaki in August 9th 1945 just 3 days after bombing Hiroshima It is not as crowd as as in hirosima and there’s no queue in the morning but you can also see school children visiting and learning about their History just a little further to there is Nagasaki peace park with its famous Nagasaki peace statue pointing at [Applause] Sky we are making our way back to nasaki Port area where we are also Staying We have booked a boat tour to Kung Jima Island at 1:00 p.m. you have to book in advance or these tours might be fully booked we booked around 3 weeks in advance but the morning tour was fully booked already it is also possible to plan a tour over to an English speaking guide

But there was no such an option in our days in nasaki so we went to the Chinese speaking tour it is around half an hour Bo trip to the island Kima or Kashima island is known for its undersea Coal Mine which closed in 1974 and was run by Mitsubishi

Company during the second world war many Koreans and Chinese were forced to work here and perform dangerous jobs in the mine many of these workers Lo their life here in 2015 the island was included in UNESCO world heritage with the condition that info about forced labor would be

Displayed which haven’t been done till now makes me wonder what a Chinese guide were telling her in the tour probably just the official version of a happy Coal Mine Island you can only walk together with your guide and other people on a tour and you can only use the design poths are very

Limited the boat also goes around the island so you can see it from all sides the island is a bit similar to a battleship that’s why it’s also called the battleship Island a James Bond movie was also partly shut on the Island Okay as the daylight will end soon we are going to Nagasaki roadway and there Gondola will take us to the most famous viewing platform of Nagasaki in a sayama Observatory It is said to be one of the top three night views in the world and it really has great views of suround areas it is even possible to see the Kung Jim Island from Here [Applause] many people have gathered here to watch the sunset and see many lights slowly show up throughout the City thank you for watching and see you Soon

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