Romantic Nagasaki, Meet `Madame Butterfly’ @ Glover Garden

April 23, 2007 - 5:32 pm by akko@hakata in Travel  

Nagasaki is the stage of Romance.
The story of the famous Opera `Madame Butterfly’ was created in Nagasaki, based on the romance between a US Navy and a Japanese woman.

Puccini (left) loved the performance of Tamaki Miura (right) so much, and he commented that she’s the best Madame Butterfly ever.

There’re two heart stones in Glover [...]

Luxurious Nagasaki; meet Ryoma @ Kagetsu!

April 12, 2007 - 1:09 pm by akko@hakata in Travel  

What do you think this is?
And who did this?

He, is the person who made this mark with his knife,
and his name is, Ryoma Sakamoto !
So now you see how treasurable it is.

This pillar is preserved and chereshed in Kagetsu, the most well-known and traditional Japanese Ryotei in Nagasaki, and is, historic site.
Ryotei is a [...]