Street art in Akune
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Akune train station
Picture of the bus schedule in Akune.....try to figure that one out for the bus to Izumi!!!
Junichisan with Andy
Sue serving some local food on Spruce
Stephen, Junichi, Andy, Kathy and John
Sue on the flute and Stephen on guitar
Junichisan tapping along
At the train station in Akune.....it is a fishing village:))))
Deion of the Samurai Village in Izumi
The train we took from Akune to Izumi
We walked for a few hours amongst the old and modern houses
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A Shinto Shrine
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Painted manhole covers
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Inside one of the Samurai restored homes in Izumi
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A getaway tunnel
John with a huge bow with our guide
Andy in costume
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John in costume
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Some locals enacting some samurai scenes
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John with a samurai sword
Andy and John sitting for tea
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Model of the village
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Outside the home
Kathy in an elaborate kimono
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One of the owners of the house
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On our way to Nagasaki we passed Hashima Island......this was the island in James Bond Skyfall
Looks like a battleship
It was actually a coal mine abandoned in 1974
Bridge in Nagasaki.....the windows are dirty from all the salt we have taken!!
View from our FB.....a RORO coming in to unload several trucks
Does this wall look full.....that is what a very ornery Custom official claimed as he kicked us out of Nagasaki
Leaving Nagasaki we made room for this big guy!!
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Nagasaki has always been a shipbuilding town
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And that is all we saw of Nagasaki....arghhhhhh!!!
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