Nagasaki Spirit Boat Procession

Bon Festival celebrations welcoming back ancestors from the spirit world

Nagasaki Kunchi Festival

Nagasaki’s oldest festival is registered as an Important Intangible Folk Cultural Property.

Nagasaki Peiron Championship

The Nagasaki Peiron Championship (長崎ペーロン選手権大会) originated in 1655, introduced by Nagasaki’s Chinese community to appease sea deities following…

Nagasaki Lantern Festival

The Lantern Festival is a major seasonal event in Nagasaki to celebrate the Lunar New Year. Originally established…

Nagasaki Peace Park

A park in Nagasaki built in remembrance of the victims of the atomic bomb dropped on the city…

Nagasaki

Nagasaki (長崎) is a port city on the western side of Kyushu that has played a hugely important…

Mount Inasa Observation Deck

Observation deck on Mount Inasa that provides one of Japan’s best night views

Nagasaki Atomic Bomb Museum

Museum in commemoration of those that died in the atomic bombing of Nagasaki

Oura Catholic Church

Oura Church (大浦天主堂, Ōura Tenshudō) is the oldest church in Japan. It was built in 1864 in memory of…

Dutch Slope

Stone-paved path leading to an area of Nagasaki where many foreigners lived from the latter half of the…

Glover Garden

Garden in Nagasaki housing the former home of Thomas Glover

Hashima Island ("Battleship Island")

Hashima Island (端島) is an abandoned island and former coal mine located about 15 kilometers from Nagasaki. It…