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Nagasaki is the capital and the largest city of Nagasaki Prefecture in Japan Confucius Shrine is the world's only Confucian shrine built outside China by Chinese hands Nagasaki was the 2nd city on which an atomic bomb was dropped by the USA in World War II The Peace Statue at Nagasaki Peace Park was established in 1955 Every year, on 9 August, the anniversary of the bombing, a Peace Memorial is held in front of the statue The hypocentre of the Atomic Bomb explosion Part of the concrete wall of the Nagasaki prison, located here prior to the bombing. Result of the atom bomb: Dead: 73,884, Injured: 74,909, Sufferers: 120,820 Nagasaki was a center of European influence in medieval Japan Nagasaki is the home of a noodle dish called "champon." Glover Garden is the oldest Western style house in Japan and Nagasaki's foremost tourist attraction We visited Nagasaki's baseball stadium Baseball is very popular in Japan and teams often have some American players Nagasaki was Japans first contact through the isolationist era Japanese fashion Walking the streets of Nagasaki Layla's power lunch A Japanese mall Nagasaki is also the setting for Puccini's opera Madama Butterfly Japanese Zen Temple Nagasaki is a port city, setting a strong example of perseverance and peace