The next museum I visited was the Glass Museum. This is set inside what would be the Town Hall in the main town square. It has a beautiful exterior which complements the fine glassware on display inside. Entrance was 400Y ($5) and worth the entrance fee. You enter to a large chandelier hall leading to an upper floor with a winding staircase. The ground floor exhibition hall had a variety of glasswares on display. Some of the settings were in a regal style to com...

The Huis Ten Bosch Dutch theme park had several museums I wanted to visit. As I didnt have the combo all access ticket for $72 I had to pay admission for each one. The Teddy Bear Museum was 200Y ($2.50). It was small and not as creative as the ones we have in Korea. A nice exhibit was grandmothers sewing teddy bears to show how teddy bears are born. Otherwise it was just a collection of teddy bears. They didnt really stage scenes as they do in the Korean teddy b...

I had finally arrived at Huis Ten Bosch which I had been looking forward to since before I came to Japan. This is a giant Dutch theme park with Dutch architecture, windmills, canals, cobbled streets, and a town square. They even got permission from Queen Beatrice to build a replica of a Royal Palace. After the hassle of getting there, as its at least 90 mins from Nagasaki even on the direct train, the first thing to realize is that Huis Ten Bosch is not cheap. T...

Tuesday morning I was excited about going to Huis Ten Bosch. This is a giant Dutch style theme park they have built complete with windmills. They even got permission from Queen Beatrice to build a full size replica of a Royal Palace. Excitedly I left my hotel and walked the short tram stop to Nagasaki Station. I reached there just before eight and asked for a seat reservation to Huis Ten Bosch. They told me the next train was 8.54 and will arrive there at 10.20....

I was now really tired from a full day touring Nagasaki and wanted to just sit down, rest, and have a good meal. I knew there was nothing by my hotel so was figuring out where to go. I knew the tram would go by Chinatown so I figured I could go there to get a nice chinese meal. When I got there, still quite tired, I felt it might be expensive being too touristy. I decided to walk a few minutes out and see if there were cheaper places just outside Chinatown. The f...