Panoramic views of Nagasaki from Mount Inasa observatory

In the afternoon, we went to Mount Inasa Park viewpoint to see the panoramic Nagasaki view. Inasayama (稲佐山) is a 330 meter mountain⛰ that is known as Nagasaki's 10 million dollar💰 night view.  

There are two ways to get here either by car 🚗 or ropeway/cable car🚠. I think most travelers taking by cableway because it's fun to climb. We have a car so we can go up to the top of the mountain on our own way😁

Driving on National Routes 202 and 206 from Chinatown and passing the central Nagasaki, we came to the mountain park. The entire park is free of charge. However you must pay a 100 yen toll fee to pass through the gate. 

We arrived at the observation deck around 2 o'clock. The scenery is really beautiful even in the daytime🌞 I think it would be nice at night⭐

The Central Nagasaki from an observation platform. The new Nagasaki Station🚄, currently under redevelopment, is in the center picture.

The North-West area. The hypocenter of atomic bomb💣 dropped at 11:02 am on August 9, 1945 is located at the top of the epicenter.

The Omura Bay looking over the mountain.

The South-East area. The most part of this area facing the inlet sea, called the Nagasaki Bay is occupied by Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Nagasaki dockyards. The silver-light Megami Bridge that connects between the Megami and Kaminoshima districts. 

And one more picture of small islands on the bay of Nagasaki.

I bought a pretty ox doll at Nagasaki Chinatown

Yesterday we had decided to take a drive to Nagasaki. As usual, we bought some ox/cow🐮 Chinese new year goods at Min-min boutique shop in Chinatown. 

Before going to Nagasaki, we bought some fresh green tea🍵 at Muto Tea Garden and shop next to Ureshino Interchange on the Nagasaki Super Highway. 

When we came here, the owner and daughter welcomed us warmly. She said, "Do you have a tea?". We say hello. We had a nice chat over a cup of tea. 

After that we went straight to the Nagasaki Chinatown. I got here 5 minutes before noon. First I went to Min-min shop to buy Chinese dolls. 

There were many stuffed toys of this year's zodiac "ox" in the shop, but I couldn't find anything to buy. I just bought one red doll. I think it looks like a bull🐃 stronger than lion🦁😄

After having lunch, I had a cup of cold mango🥭 babble tea at a Taiwanese tea shop on the other side. 

A mango tea served with milk. 

My tip for you: You can drink in the shop, but try to take out as much as possible to prevent COVID-19 from spreading.