Foods in Nagasaki

What is it?

First I want you to do a quiz. What do you think the picture is? I’ll answer this Question later. Hints? It’s a food!

I’ll show you about the continuation of school trip story. I ate so many delicious foods in Kyusyu. What I recommend is Chinese-style hotchpotch (Chanpon), Castella, ice cream and Umegaedamochi. They were really good!
If you are non-Japanese, you might think what is Chinese-style hotchpotch –Chanpon. This is known as a popular food of Nagasaki. It is like Chinese noodle but the kind of soup and noodle are little different and has a lot of vegetable. One Chinese developed the food. He came to Nagasaki and see a lot of Chinese international student had eaten poor food. So he developed nourishing, many vegetables, bellyful of and cheep food-it is the food that is Chanpon. This is the beginning of it. If you want to try it, go to “Kouzanro” (江山楼). The restaurant provides very palatable Chanpon.
Castella is also one of the popular foods in there. The best one is Fukusaya’s. The shop keep classic way of making them that is descended from Portuguese.
How is Umegaedamoti like? It is baked rice cake that has bean jam inside. It is homely taste. Surprisingly, It has already existed since 1000 years ago. It was in “A Collection of a Myriad Leaves-Manyo-syu”!

Have you found the Answer yet? It is ice cream!! Did you think how beautiful white rose it is, didn’t you. The name is “ Chirin Chirin Ice”. Taste is lightly seasoned. It’s street food and like gelato as well as vanilla ice cream or other white meat. But it seems that not everyone selling this Ice cream can make this shape. In all ages, it costs only 100yen! Too cheep!!

Do you feel trying some these foods now? I hope you do. If you go on a trip to Nagasaki, check this page and have as a nice foods trip as I did!

Fun fun fun!

Chinese-style hotchpotch ↑

In my high school, we made a trip to Kyusyu from November 7 to 11. It was so delightful trip (especially second day in our trip was good). I’ll tell about the second day, free action day.
November 8 is fine day to go around Nagasaki city. My group was 8 people. First we went to Glover Gardens. There is the home of Thomas B. Glover who had come to Nagasaki as a trade interests. In the garden there are two special stones that are shape of heart. It is said that if you can find and touch them, your love will go well.
Then we went to glass shop, and experienced glass painting. My group’s people made pretty one (maybe I think our handiworks were better than any other glasses that was made by other people!)
Next place we went across a famous bridge, spectacled bridge, and visited temple, Koufukuji. The temple is location of the very famous movie, “Gege”(Takao Osawa, Yuriko Ishida). My friends take some photo sitting the chair that Takao or Yuriko sit on in the movie.
We had very late lunch in China town. I regretted it as leader. We had asked one of our schoolteacher (who is familiar with Nagasaki) that which is the best Chinese-style hotchpotch restaurant in there, so we could went to the restaurant without hesitating. After the dinner we roam in the town and some guys bought souvenirs.
This is what we did in Nagasaki (except foods). In this short trip, I really enjoy foreign culture in the city that descends from Portugal or Asia long time ago. If I had gone as a family trip, my feeling might been different. I think going with friends would make our trip more special.

Number “1”

tabuse

The NBA finally accepted Japanese player, Yuta Tabuse, on November 1(2 in Japan). THE PHONEIX SUNS announced that they enrolled him as a one of the twelve’s opening member. He became the first Japanese-born player in the history of the NBA. The short man who cross the sea to master basketball increasingly stanch out one giant step. It seems that he had aspired to becoming “a 8 minutes player”. In his first game on November 3, he did make a basket, seven points in 10 minutes!!
I don’t know about the NBA and basketball well and what I know about it is only I can’t walk having a ball in the game. But I really think we should be proud of his great glory. Today, more and more Japanese have gone overseas and have participated actively. Ichiro and Matsui are one of the good examples. They play a role to make people who live in foreign countries interested in Japan or Japanese.
I really hope their further good showing!