Nagasaki (長崎) is a port city on the western side of Kyushu that has played a hugely important role in many different aspects of Japan’s history. It was the first dedicated port of trade with the West, the place at which Christianity began to take root in the country, and Japan’s only sanctioned port of trade with the Dutch during its 250-year period of isolation. Outside of Japan, however, Nagasaki is perhaps most well known as the city, along with Hiroshima, on which the US dropped an atomic bomb during World War II.
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Dejima (出島, “Exit Island”) is a small island in the port of Nagasaki which served as a Dutch trading post between 1641 and 1843, and was the only official place of trade between Japan and… Read More
Google Maps ✪ 8:00-18:00 but extended to 19:00 during certain periods of the year ✪ ¥510 for adults with discounts for students and children
Garden in Nagasaki housing the former home of Thomas Glover
Official Website ✪ Open 8am to 6pm (until 8pm or 9:30pm during the summer and other periods) ✪ 610 yen for adults with discounts for children
Hashima Island (端島) is an abandoned island and former coal mine located about 15 kilometers from Nagasaki. It is more commonly known as Gunkanjima (軍艦島) or “Battleship Island” because, from a distance, the outline of… Read More
Meganebashi (眼鏡橋), sometimes known as “Spectacles Bridge”, gets this name from the distinctive double arches that, when reflected in the calm water of the Nakashima River, forms two circles that looks from a distance like… Read More
Observation deck on Mount Inasa that provides one of Japan’s best night views
Museum in commemoration of those that died in the atomic bombing of Nagasaki
Official Website ✪ 8:30 to 17:30 (last admission at 17:00). Opening hours are extended to 18:30 (last admission at 18:00) from May to August ✪ 200 yen
A park in Nagasaki built in remembrance of the victims of the atomic bomb dropped on the city on 9 August, 1945. Nagasaki Peace Park is one spot in a wider area dedicated to the… Read More
Open 24/7
Stone-paved path leading to an area of Nagasaki where many foreigners lived from the latter half of the 19th century. All non-Asians were assumed to be Dutch for many years, owing to the long history… Read More
Oura Church (大浦天主堂, Ōura Tenshudō) is the oldest church in Japan. It was built in 1864 in memory of the 26 martyrs who were crucified on Nishizaka Hill in 1597 on the orders of Hideyoshi Toyotomi,… Read More
Google Maps ✪ 8:00-18:00 ✪ ¥600
