I returned to Nagasaki City, where I was born and raised, to help out at my family's restaurant, ``Aoyagi'' (Maruyama-cho, Nagasaki City).1998It was around the age. While entertaining guests visiting Aoyagi, I was researching the history and townscape while learning from people familiar with the area, when good news came to me. Novelist Rei Nakanishi's ``Nagasaki Burabura Bushi'' won the Naoki Prize, and many tourists began to visit Nagasaki City, including Maruyama Town, where the story was set.

Around this time, I started working as a “town walking guide”.2006I served as a citizen producer for the Nagasaki Saruku Expo held in 2017. I remember that ``Nagasaki Saruku Expo'' was one of the triggers, and Nagasaki's city walking attracted attention, and many courses around the city were created that are still in use today.
Every year, we plan an in-depth town walk titled "Hirosuke Saruku," and this year we have set up a variety of courses under the theme of "Let's explore the blank spaces of Saruku," with content that even repeat visitors can enjoy. It has become.

The city center of Nagasaki, with its mortar-shaped topography and many buildings, is a great walking area that you can enjoy no matter where you look.Holland Hill,DejimaIn addition to famous places such as Shiroyamadai and Maruzen Danchi, the views from ordinary residential areas are also wonderful.
By the way, it is surprisingly little known, but Yume Town Yume Saito in Ohato3The floor is connected to the adjacent Dragon Promenade by a promenade. Such unexpected course settings and interesting explanations are where a town walking guide can show off his skills. "Matsumori Tenmangu Shrine``Plum'' and ``Nishiyama Shrinecherry blossoms”Kofuku-ji TempleWe have created courses that take into account seasonal flowers such as ``Hydrangeas,'' and we have made it possible to purchase souvenirs at a local sweets shop at the end of your walk through the town, so that you can enjoy the journey even to places you rarely visit. doing.

My personal favorite is the graves lined up on the slopes of Teramachi. Looking down on the city of Nagasaki from this place, I wonder what the great figures who were active in Nagasaki who are buried here think about the development of the city. Nagasaki opens port450It is said that it has a history of many years, but in fact450There are very few places that are the same as they were a year ago. At that time, Glover Garden did not exist, and the current Dejima has been restored. In that respect, the graves in Teramachi have remained there unchanged since those days. When I give a tour of the graves of great people in Nagasaki, I try not to talk too formally and chronologically, but rather to tell anecdotes that convey the person's personality. When you do that, the cold tombstone feels somehow warm. The real pleasure of walking around the city is that the way you see the city and scenery changes.

I originally had a hobby of mountain climbing, and currently I appear on TV programs as a low-altitude mountaineer and write books. When you ask locals about mountain climbing spots, they will mention Unzen, Mt. Tara, Mt. Aso, Mt. Kokonoe, etc., but the truth is that there are many wonderful mountains within Nagasaki City. There are many low mountains that are relatively easy to climb even for beginners.Mt. Inasa,Mt. NabekanzanIt has a different charm than other places where many tourists gather. We recommend Mt. Konpira. The view overlooking the center of Nagasaki city from the mountaintop is spectacular.