Bridge and tunnel

After discerning a message from Scott's work, we found out that he was being invited to a Saturday visit to the big Mitsubishi Factory in Nagasaki City. Those that wanted to go were all going together in a bus, but somehow Scott's buddy at work talked us into driving separately. It worked out since I got invited as well, but it was kind of awkward. I guess his buddy didn't want to get stuck in the bus with everyone and didn't want to hang out as a group so he told the boss that he would be showing us around Nagasaki so then we had to lie that it was our first time there in case we were asked. Oy!

Anyway, his buddy is a little crazy, but a sweet man and it all worked out in the end. We drove to the factory, just a bit southwest of the city by all the shipyards. The ships out there are huge, the biggest I've ever seen. We got there early so Scott decided to take some pics of the factory. Then he got surrounded by three dudes in hard hats asking him what he was doing. I'm sure it must've seemed pretty suspicious to them, a foreign guy randomly taking pics of their factory. Luckily his buddy was able to explain we were there for a visit.




Turns out Scott's boss's son works at the factory and gave us the tour. It was cool to see how huge the factory was and how huge all the equipment they use there was. Scott and his coworkers got to see all the pieces they make and how they fit into the end products.




So no pictures of the inside of the factory, but we also drove around the area for a bit and went to this new bridge, the Megami Bridge. I think it's only a few years old. It was a pretty bridge, very clean design, and popular for walks and bike rides.

After walking halfway across the bridge and taking pics, we had lunch in Chinatown. Some champon noodles, one of Nagasaki's specialties that is a delightful mix of seafood, vegetables, broth and thick noodles.



It seemed like Scott's buddy wanted to show us around more so we walked over to the famous Meganebashi Bridge (glasses bridge) and took some pics. There were a lot of students visiting from all over Japan walking around and we talked to some from Tokyo. They were excited to speak a little bit of English with authentic foreigners. Glad to be of service!