Mt. Unzen

The day after Nagasaki city, we went to nearby Mt. Unzen. Like everything else in Japan, it's volcanically active. There was a cool museum, where we learned about the most recent erruptions in the 90's. Between that museum and the atomic bomb museum in Nagasaki, I dubbed the trip "Death and Destruction" weekend. Good thing no philanthropic group hit me up for money right then. I couldn't have resisted. Anyhow, got some nice pictures driving around the mountain.




We stopped at a castle in the area. I have forgotten the name. Forgive me. It was pretty much like every other castle I have seen in Japan. The orchards were nice.


That's all for Golden Week.

On an unrelated note... I've been pretty unhappy with blogspot lately. It's been slow to load, and sometimes I can't get pictures to upload for no apparent reason. I'm thinking of migrating somewhere else... Any thoughts or suggestions?