Shimabara & Fugen Volcano
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Holland America Cruise tour of Shimabara's Old Town and the Fugen Volcano damage from the 1991 eruption. The 62 mile coastal drive through intensive agriculture is an education in Japanese land use. An excellent tour that mixes the old and the new includes a genuine Japanese meal.
Shimabara & Fugen Volcano
- 1. Japan: Shimabara & Fugen Volcano
- 20. A Bonsai Artist
- 22. Children at a Nearby School
- 24. Shimabaras Old Town: An Old Samuri Town
- 25. The Old Water Supply Runs Through The Center of the Street
- 29. Rice Paper Wall Dividers
- 31. Tatami Mats
- 32. Take Off Your Shoes!
- 33. The Kitchen
- 35. Bath Tub
- 36. Heat the Bath Water
- 37. Wash Yourself, Rinse, then Soak
- 39. People Live On This Street Today
- 43. A Japanese Style Lunch at a Local Restaurant
- 44. Soup Rice Shrimp Fish Mushroom Pickle Fruit Rice Balls Tofu Hot Pot Soup
- 46. Let the soup cook while you eat
- 47. Add the sticky rice balls after the soup is boiling.
- 48. Fugen Volcano This volcano suddenly erupted in 1991 burying a village and killing 48 people.
- 51. Remains of the houses that can still be seen through the mud and lava rock.
- 56. Trip Nagasaki to Shimabara Peninsula (62 miles)
- 62. Shimabara & Fugen Volcano Pictures taken by Allan and Lydia Sorflaten While on a shore excursion with Holland America Cruise March 2013 lsorflaten@hotmail.com