Exploring Nagasaki's Shinchi Chinatown

Delicious aromatic steam wafting through the streets

Takako Sakamoto Mar 10, 2015 - 1分鐘閱讀時間

Aromatic clouds wafting up from steamers!

Lantern lights reflected on Doza River in the rain

Shinchi Bridge, which connects the city with Chinatown, is bustling with people admiring giant monuments of light

Cross Shinchi Bridge to reach Genbu Gate

I kept looking up at lanterns until my neck hurt!

Nagasaki Lantern Festival was held on 21st February 2015. If you go to Minato-koen Park, the main venue of the festival, you will see innumerable lanterns hanging over Shinchi Chinatown. From the entrance of each restaurant, delicious and alluring aromas were wafting into the streets. I pushed into the crowds and tried to locate the source of the aroma, but was swept along by the river of people. Finally, I bought a Chinese dumpling that materialized from a cloud of hot steam. It warmed my body as I walked along looking up at the endless rows of bright lanterns.

Takako Sakamoto @takako.sakamoto

I was born in and grew up in Tokushima prefecture, and have lived in many places since then: Nishinomiya, Kyoto, Nara, Mie, Tokyo, Kanagawa, Saitama, Chiba, Fukuoka and Fukui. I am currently living in Yokohama City. All the places I lived, all the places I visited, I have loved dearly. The histor...