Nagasaki trip 2

Continued from the last post, after A-bomb museum, Matt and I headed to Chinatown for the lantern festival. Maybe I am just spoiled by the wonderful childhood memeories of the annual lantern festivals in Taiwan, but I was quite disappointed at the lantern festival in Nagasaki. But I am sure those who have been to the lantern festival in Taiwan can understand what I mean.

Well, Matt has been crazy about Chinese history lately, and he knows Zhuge Liang was the greatest tactician in the history of feudal China. So, here he is, happy to take a picture with this buddy, Zhuge Liang.


Can you see me? Am I back in ancient China? no, this is present Japan. Even though the lantern festival was a let down, nevertheless, I still enjoyed the crowd.

Did I mention the food also sucked at the lantern festival? Yeah, Matt and I couldn't find anything decent Chinese food to eat. We ended up snacking on anything we could find for dinner. I was so looking forward to getting bubble tea and Chinese burger, but.... I bought canned oten instead (お天=關東煮). Honestly, it was disgusting, way too salty, and not hot enough.

So, don't be fooled by my happy face, I would not recommend oten when you are hungry.