New road crews

Traveling on the toll roads there were numerous road construction sites. I noticed a new flag man at several of them. See if you can spot what is different about them.

Around Nagasaki

A Happy face, fish flags over the river for Children's Day in May Beautiful pink tree blossoms

Nagasaki

We went to see the Nagasaki peace park on Saturday. Beautiful grounds, waterfall and thousands of paper cranes.

Aquarium visit

We visited the aquarium at Sasebo on Friday. It is a very nice place, but nothing unusual. The dolphin show got everyone wet. However, it was more interesting to watch the heron and black kite over in the background. Giant crab, loggerhead turtle, purple lobster, divers feeding the rays and jelly fish We got to play catch with the dolphins after the show.

Sasebo

We took a trip to Kyushu and the city of Sasebo over the weekend. It was a pleasant drive of about 7 hours including stops. Here is one of the multitude of tunnels we went through. There's also some unusual sights on the road like the boat here. Sasebo has some colorful trash trucks and is famous for its Sasebo burger. These things are h u g e. Here is a photo of the one three of us ate...yummy!