Nagasaki Prefecture
Following our day in Arita, Woody and I headed to bed while continuing to marvel at our experiences over the prior two days. We had slept in a western bed the first evening, but since we were staying in this historic home with its very Japanese features, we decided to try sleeping “Japanese style” in the adjacent bedroom. The bedroom was part of the original home with a grass mat flooring, or ‘tatami’, and rice paper sliding doors, or ‘shoji’. The sliding doors opened to balconies that overlooked the front courtyard and the garden and surrounding hills. As had become our nightly routine, we took turns taking a bath when we were ready for bed. Then as Woody slept, I mapped out our plans for the following day while we had Internet access. In addition to finding some primary destinations to visit, I also looked for restaurants where we could find food that we both liked, and also a place that I thought I could get to and find parking. Since the city of Nagasaki was infamous for...
