On Wednesday, we had take a drive 🚙to Harajiri Falls🌊 This waterfall is located on the Ono River in Bungo-Ono, Oita♨ It is selected by the Japanese Ministry of the Environment as one of the top 100 waterfalls in Japan🗾
==Features==
Harajiri Falls is 20 meters tall and 120 meters wide. Due to its appearance, it is sometimes referred to the "Niagara Falls of the East."🌏 The waterfall is formed from the pyroclastic flows of an eruption of Mount Aso about 90,000 years ago😲
From Wikipedia
Yesterday we had take a drive🚙 to the A-bomb Ruins of Shiroyama Elementary School in Nagasaki. Shiroyama Elementary School is a public primary school near the Nagasaki Peace Memorial Park🏞 During the World War Two, it was called Shiroyama Public School, and was located just 500 meters from the hypocenter of the atomic bomb💣 The elementary school building suffered extensive burns when the atomic bomb was dropped on Nagasaki City, at 11:02 am, August 9, 1945; over 1400 students and staff losing their lives. Now a part of the school building at the time of the bombing still remains, and is used for peace education.
After visiting Kawachi Pass observatory, we headed to the nearest spot, Hirado Xavier Memorial Church⛪, a Roman catholic church built on a hill in central Hirado. The magnificent Gothic style church was built in 1931 and factures of a good design that uses a sense of movement.
After visiting the Koxinga Memorial Museum, we went up to Kawachi Pass observatory in Hirado. Kawachi Pass is a scenic spot in Saikai National Park where you can see the various islands floating in Hirado Channel🌊
Yesterday we had decided to take a drive🚙 to Koxinga Memorial Museum in Hirado, Nagasaki. Koxinga, famous for the puppet play The Battles of Koxinga by Chikamatsu Monzaemon, was born on Hirado Island and grew up there until the age of seven.
The site of his birthplace is a prefectural historic site, and the Hirado City Koxinga Memorial Museum stands there.
In Taiwan, Koxinga is considered one of the spiritual pillars of the country as the founding father of its development.
Zheng Chenggong (鄭成功) was born on July 14, 1624 in Hirado to his father, Zheng Zhilong, a Chinese merchant who was based in Hirado, and his mother, Tagawa Matsu from Kawachi district. His childhood name was Fukumatsu (福松). Zheng crossed the East China Sea alone at the age of seven, and at the age of 21, he was given the Ming dynasty's surname "Zhu" (朱) by the emperor Longwu, so people called him 国姓爺 (Guoxingye). Later, during the battle against the Qing dynasty, his father Zhilong surrendered to the Qing, but Koxinga raised the banner of Anti-Qing and Restoration of the Ming and, in the midst of the battle, invaded Taiwan and expelled the Dutch who were occupying it. After that, he established a government, enacted laws, developed the country, provided for the people, and made great effects to turn things around, but he eventually died of illness in 1662 at the age of 39.
When I took a picture in front of the mausoleum of Koxinga, a kindly old man told us about history of Zheng Chenggong👲 He's a great guide, he explained us in more detail. And he showed us the house Zheng was born is now a museum.
Last Saturday we had decided to take a drive to Kitakyushu Manga Museum. The museum is located on the fifth and sixth floors of Aruaru City shopping mall in Central Kokura.
Just a short walk from the Kokura Station Shinkansen🚄 entrance, where there are bronze statues of Tetsuro, Maetel and Harlock from Galaxy Express 999, you'll soon see Kitakyushu's manga and anime hall of fame, Aruaru City (あるあるCity).
In the evening, we went to Nagasaki Chinatown. As usual, we bought some "dragon"🐲 Chinese new year goods at Min-min boutique shop.
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| I got a good luck doll too. |
