Mt. Unzen Fugendake, Shimabara, Nagasaki
In June 2021, the city of Shimabara marked the 30th anniversary of the tragic June 3, 1991 eruption of Mt. Unzen Fugendake when a huge pyroclastic flow of hot volcanic…
Gunkanjima (Battleship island) open to the public
Gunkanjima, a small and intriguing abandoned island used for coal-mining in Nagasaki Prefecture, is now open to tourists from April 22, 2009. The large apartment buildings atop the island make…
Tanaka Kio, Nagasaki bomb survivor dies
One of the most iconic images of the Nagasaki atom bomb was of a young mother breastfeeding her dying child as they wait for emergency treatment on the day after…