Nagasaki Motovlog: Castle & Atomic Bomb Museum | Solo Japan Ride Ep. 19

Nagasaki Motovlog: Castle & Atomic Bomb Museum | Solo Japan Ride Ep. 19

More than 70,000 lives ended in an instant. This 
is a replica of the bomb that struck Nagasaki. All right, so we’re about to get on the 
ferry to Nagasaki. So cheap. Like 18 bucks. It’s kind of cool. It’s pretty 
cool. Check out my new helmet. All right, last one off the boat. Guys are 
waiting to get the next people on. so this is Nagasaki. Like, so we’re up to these houses that were buried by a volcano, an eruption. I’m going to go check out this museum, 
but we never know what we’ll find on the way. Is kind of beautiful, is it? Just the rice fields. Ah, riding a motorcycle in summer. Nothing 
like coming up across traffic lights. Japan is also the land of traffic 
lights. Alright, so this is it. We have arrived. Let’s go 
check this place out. This is the, you know, the roof of the first floor. 
this the roof of the second floor. and the ash and everything came all the way up here. In June of 1991, Mount Unzen erupted violently. Although 43 lives were lost, 
mainly scientists and journalists at the scene, the people of this village were given 
ample time to evacuate and were saved. The force of nature of a volcano and the the flow 
of this. Look at the size of these rocks, man. I mean, look at that. The size of that boulder 
that was getting thrown and through the air out of a volcano and landing on your house. 
It’s wild, man. Nature is so badass. So violent, man. Look at there’s another house. 
Look at that. This one’s outdoors. There’s another one there. This whole whole area, this whole town 
taken out by that mountain up there. But it’s like 10:30 in the morning now and it’s 
already kind of dangerously hot. Might check out this castle and then see if we can find after 
the castle just see if I can find somewhere to uh just to chill. So that’s the volcano or 
it’s that one up the back behind the clouds. But I think that’s it from the photo I saw. That erupted 
and just took out this whole zone. I’m definitely getting cooked. Don’t want to make mistakes 
on the bike. I was meant to turn there. Okay. So, I’m meant to turn here. Yep, I went right past the castle. That’s cool. You can go right up to the top, too. 49°C Yeah, check that out. All right, we’re here at Joyful. Time to get 
happy. This is what we’re having. It’s called the Mix Grill. So, we got hamburger.
Frankfurt…weiner, some chicken, little bit of veg, some rice. Sweet. Let’s eat. We’re on the road 
and we’re heading that way. And it looks like rain up there, but it looks like I might be able 
to make it to the uh the memorial park before it closes today. And then my mission is going to 
be figuring out where I’m going to camp. So, two of the campsites I had marked down as 
possibles near the city, are both closed. How beautiful is this? Heaven. What is it about? Like this. I wish 
it could be like that everywhere I go. Just a tunnel of trees, man. I 
felt like the temperature dropped several degrees just sitting in 
there. Oh, what an epic road! All right, Nagasaki. Wow! Oh, I don’t know which way to look 
at the view or at the road. Gorgeous! Crossing the mountains was pure bliss. Easily 
like 5°C or 10°C cooler than down below. I rode through beautiful forest roads, sulfur spewing 
mountain towns before finally making my descent. Oh my god. Yeah, I’m not going in 
there, guys. That’s going to make me want to throw up. I wish I could just stay up here at this altitude. I’m not looking forward to getting down to 
sea level again, especially into a city. On August 9th, 1945, an atomic bomb detonated 500 
m above Matsuyama in Nagasaki City at 11:02 a.m. More than 70,000 lives ended in an instant. This 
is a replica of the bomb that struck Nagasaki. The museum contains images and artifacts far 
too graphic to show. But if you visit Nagasaki,  it’s definitely worth coming and 
paying your respects. It’s a stark reminder of just how atrocious humans 
can be. May peace prevail on earth. But now, going to get all that gear back on, jump 
on the bike and ride for an hour and a half, maybe 2 hours depending on traffic. Hopefully 
get there before sunset so I can set up camp. As the city gave way to more and more 
countryside, riding along the beautiful Omura Bay, I had time to reflect on what an amazing day it 
had been. Sure, it had been one of the hottest days I’d ever spent on a motorcycle, and I was pretty close to heat exhaustion more than once, but now, on the way to a campsite and 
a good night’s sleep, I felt amazing. It had been an incredible day. 
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This is Project 47, my solo motorcycle journey across Japan.

📍Episode #19 begins in Nagasaki Prefecture, where history, nature, and the summer heat all collide. After a short ferry ride, I explore Shimabara’s buried houses from the 1991 Mount Unzen eruption, wander the grounds of Shimabara Castle, and ride through steaming volcanic towns and stunning forest mountain passes. The day ends in Nagasaki City at the Atomic Bomb Museum — a sobering reminder of the past — before pushing onward to camp by a lake in the mountains.

✨ Highlights in this episode:

Ferry crossing into Nagasaki ⛴️

Shimabara’s buried houses & Mount Unzen eruption site 🌋

Shimabara Castle and its views 🏯

Sulfur hot spring towns & cool mountain roads 🌲

Nagasaki Atomic Bomb Museum — a place of reflection ☮️

Omar Bay sunset ride to camp 🌅

📍 Filmed in: Nagasaki, Japan
🏍 Bike: Triumph 400X Scrambler

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