Yaldā Advent Calendar 2012 – Day 11 – a visit to Kiyo
1December 11, 2012 by James Calbraith
Day 11. Today something a bit different – a photo gallery.
This summer I went to Kyushu, Japan, to see how places I’ve written about in “The Shadow of Black Wings” look like today.
Many locations are still standing or are easily identifiable. Naturally, the Suwa Shrine is still sprawling majestically over the city’s northern district, not far from the largely reconstructed Magistrate. The location of the Keisuke house is fictional (although not the family) but the hill district near Sofukuji Temple is still criss-crossed by a labyrinth of indecipherable narrow streets.
The Takashima Residence was, sadly, blown away by the nuclear bomb, and only the foundations remain. The island of Dejima is being painstakingly reconstructed, and you can walk its streets freely – it’s now one of the city’s main tourist attractions. It’s also no longer an island.
Fukusaya Bakery is now a noble institution, with tiny bits of moist cake sold at extortionate prices.
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- Fukusaya Bakery – best castella in town :)
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- Shofukuji Temple
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- Spectacles Bridge in Nagasaki
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- One of many bridges over Nakajima River
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- Kanko Maru at Nagasaki Harbour
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- Pond at Suwa Shrine
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- Holy Camphora Tree at Suwa Shrine
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- Suwa Shrine at night
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- Magistrate of Nagasaki
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- Suwa Shrine main compound
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- Suwa Shrine – forest on the mountain slope
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- Turtle pond in Suwa Shrine
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- British Consulate, Nagasaki
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- A VoC cannon in Dejima
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- A street in Dejima
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- A street in Dejima
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- Main street of Dejima
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- Remains of Takashima Residence
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- The only remaining building of the Takashima Mansion
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- Chinese Sofukuji Temple, near Keisuke Household
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