SHIMABARA, Nagasaki Prefecture—This seaside city has grown in popularity as an on-location site for TV shows and commercials, thanks largely to an unmanned train station. Omisaki Station ...

From there, take the Nishi Kyushu Shinkansen to Isahaya and Ureshino. A park near Nagasaki Airport has a stunning beach with recycled glass mixed in its sand.

No more Nagasaki. No more hibakusha [the Japanese ... When the atomic bomb survivor visited a beach one day with his two children, his daughter saw the scars on his back and began to cry.