A Piece Of The Netherlands In Japan

and you can find it at Huis Ten Bosch located in Nagasaki. No, no photos of the interior of the park in this post. Visit the park's website for more info. We weren't interested in the park, but was more interested on our train rides getting there. Weird? Yeah, we know and we aren't apologetic about it!

The park's location reflects historical relations between the Netherlands and Japan which began in 1609 and the park was built with special permission from the Royal family. It is a reproduction of the residence of Her Majesty the Queen of The Netherlands.

In front of Huis Ten Bosch Station

Sasebo in the background. Yup, plenty of European looking buildings here. I remember when we were there, the area had not experienced any rainfall for a bit so there was a drought notice and guests at the hotel were reminded to be prudent using water. No soaking in the room tub and we were encouraged to use the public facility instead.

That's the ANA Hotel Huis Ten Bosch you can see behind Raimie. We didn't stay there for the night.  I don't think we can afford a night there anyway! We checked-in Hotel Nikko Huis Ten Bosch instead, which is located further inland and at a safer distance from hearing ship's blasting canons over in the park at night. ^^

Looking back, I marveled at my lack of interest to even snap photos at the hotel we checked-in, let alone the park and surrounding area. There were a few tulips shots here and there, few train station's interior shots and the rest were of trains.Well, Japan for us in 2008 was a place filled with Ultraman, wonderful trains, toys  and games (yeah, in that order). I got more cultured and enlightened as the years go by though. At least, I'd like to think so. Wahaha