Kairaku-en

Nagasaki


At this Shinchi Chinatown standby, the cheerful staff dressed in black with white aprons have been serving southern Chinese cuisine since the Shōwa era. The ¥800 lunch set meals (noodle dishes, sweet-and-sour pork etc) are a good deal or, for a splurge, try the Peking duck (¥5000).


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1. Shinchi Chinatown

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2. Dejima

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3. Nagasaki Prefectural Art Museum

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4. Dutch Slopes

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6. Ko-shashin-shiryōkan

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8. Maizō-shiryōkan

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