JPN: Town of Sasebo

Sasebo, Nagasaki, Japan

Once a small fishing village, Sasebo is an important port city in the Nagasaki Prefecture of the Land of the Rising Sun. Truth be told, it was one of the original targets selected by the USA for the dropping of the atomic bomb. It's now the base for Japan Self-Defense Force and home to Fleet Activities Sasebo, an overseas US Navy base.



My BFFs and I didn't really have the opportunity to explore much of Sasebo. As mentioned in the previous post, we first arrived at Huis Ten Bosch train station.



There's a shopping mall outside of Huis Ten Bosch amusement park.



Cute-looking pork belly bun soft toys!
At the point of writing, the shopping mall has just celebrated its third birthday as it was first opened to the public on 1 March 2017. 



Have you been to a pet café before? I had my virgin experience there.
We dropped by Henn-na Café, an unstaffed café that features Sawyer, a robot that serves drinks and cheese tarts to customers.

Besides the café, there's Hen-na Restaurant inside the amusement park where you can see cooking robots.


¥250 (~S$3.25) is the lowest price seen for a drink.

Sawyer waved at me.


My BFF bought a pre-packed cheese tart, which tasted so-so. Let's take a look at how Sawyer did his job after my BFF scanned the QR code that he obtained from the vending machine.


Following which, we rode on a train to Sasebo railway station.

Sasebo Burger is a local delicacy that was born in 1950.


Not far from the station is a contemporary waterfront mall called Sasebo GoBanGai (lit. Fifth Avenue).



For the uninitiated, having KFC food as a Christmas meal has become a nationwide tradition in Japan. It's said that more than 3.5 million families partake in the custom every year. It all began in 1970 when the manager of the first KFC joint in Japan began promoting fried chicken buckets as a substitute for the traditional American turkey dinner for Christmas. Sales made around Christmas Eve typically accounts for nearly 5% of KFC's annual revenue.


What really caught my eye was the poster showing a roast chicken priced at ¥5,890 (~S$77.10). 
Set atop of a small hill is Miura Catholic Church. It was founded in 1899 and moved to its current location at the heart of the town in 1931.

The Gothic style church survived the air raids during World War II.
 


The three eateries that we visited are as follows:
- Ramen Toride (Japanese)
- DAM @ Huis Ten Bosch (Japanese and Western)
- De Rode Leeuw @ Huis Ten Bosch (Japanese and Western)

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