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I got to Nagaoka by Joetsu Shinkansen, which is one of bullet trains in Japan. The photo was taken on the platform of JR East Nagaoka Station. People were heading wicket and the Max Toki that brought me there was leaving for Niigata.
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It was snowing in Nagaoka. Buildings of the town were seen behind the parking lot.
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Nagaoka is famous for fireworks held on August 2nd and 3rd. When 3 feet bullet "Sanjakudama"is launched, it becomes 2,000 feet diameter fireworks in the sky. But please don't forget one of the purpose of the fireworks is to remember the disaster of air raid that happened in midnight of August 1st in 1945.
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An Echigo-Kotsu Bus was just leaving bus terminal in front of Nagaoka Railway Station. Echigo-Kotsu is the name of the company that runs bus networks in Chuetsu region of Niigata prefecture including Nagaoka.
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They get so much snow during winter, so walkway is covered by roof. In the old times, small roofs were put in front of houses along street it was just narrow space such that one person could walk, which was called Gangi.
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Just several minutes walk from main street, you can get to the Yamamoto Memorial Park. He was the Navy Admiral when the Pacific War started, and was killed in aerial battle in southern pacific ocean. His name "Isoroku" implies that He was born when his father was 56 years old.
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There is a rebuilt house in small "Yamamoto Memorail Park". I guess the original house was burned in Nagaoka Air Raid, but I am not sure. A paper on the door at entrance was saying that if you want to see inside house, come and get a key at a nearby store.
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Groundwater is used to melt snow on the road. It is said that too much use of the water sometime causes subsidence, but I am not sure. Everytime you walk on road like this, your shoes become wet.
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Water is splashing. It helps car driving, but if you just walk on the road, soon you feel water comes into your shoes. And sometimes water is directly hitting your legs. While people in Nagaoka are experiencing this everyday, people in the Kanto region are enjoying fair sky. High mountains between Nagaoka and Kanto make big differences.
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Yamamoto Isoroku Memorial Museum is located a little apart from the memorial park. In the museum, a part of wing of the airplain is displayed. The plain that the admiral was on board, was shut down by US air fighter P-38 above Bougainville Island at 07:30 on April 18th, 1943.
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Okay, I got back to the railway station. It is not only the station, but also a shopping moll, named "Cocolo Nagaoka".
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Red four letters say "FURENDO", which means "friend". This is must-go in Nagaoka. This fastfood corner serve a famous noodle "Italian". I don't know the reason why the noodle is called Italian, but it should not be a big problem.
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I bought one Italian, large size, and a cup of coke. I remember both costed about 6 dollar.
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I ate "Italian" with chop sticks. It seemed that not only normal Italian, curry and Kimch toppings were available, though I didn't try them.
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The noodle is thicker than spagetti, but thiner than Udon. I cannot describe the what it was like about sause on the noodle. But I like it.
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I have eaten it all.
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Filled my stomach with Italian, now I should leave Nagaoka for somewhere by Joetsu Shinkansen "Max Toki".
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