Historical Monument Spots in Nagasaki Area

  • Former Hong Kong and Shanghai Bank Nagasaki Branch Museum
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    Nagasaki Pref. Nagasakishi Matsugaemachi 4-27
    Completed in 1904, the building is the only existing monument designed by Kikutaro Shimoda (1866-1931), a genius of the architectural world in from the Meiji through early-Showa period and has become a nationally-designated Important Cultural Property. One of the largest Western-style buildings in Nagasaki City, it has a design that emphasizes its front facing the sea, such as with the arcade of continuous arches on the first floor, architectural style called order using the large round Corinthian columns passing through the second and third floors, and a triangle gable above it all. The Hong Kong and Shanghai Bank Nagasaki Branch was the only foreign bank to the west of Kobe at the time, and it was a special exchange bank whose main business was trading of foreign currencies in London, Shanghai and Hong Kong and foreign exchange for clients such as foreign residents, particularly traders. Attached to the Nagasaki Museum of Modern-Era Exchange, Sun Yat-sen & Umeya Shokichi, it introduces the history of Nagasaki that served as an international trade port and the friendship that transcended national borders between Sun Yat-sen, father of the Chinese revolution, and Shokichi Umeya, the Nagasaki entrepreneur who supported the revolution. In addition, there is also an experience corner where you can have fun learning.

    A great architectural building that shows the grandeur of former years of the area and of banking as a whole and it deserves to be preserved as it has. Now a museum this stands out against the...

  • Higashiyamate Ko Jusanbankan
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    Nagasaki Nagasaki-shi Higashiyamatemachi 3-1
    Located along Holland Slope, this historical building is a representative Western-style house in the former foreign settlement area, and is now open to the public free of charge.

    オランダエリアにある洋風建築で、明治中期にフランス領事館として建てられました。その後は領事代理の私邸だったりしたそうです。現在はカフェなどが入っており、無料で見学できるので、典型的な洋風建築を気軽に見ることができました。

  • Higashiyamate Junibankan
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    Nagasaki Nagasaki-shi Higashiyamatemachi 3-7
    This historical building, designated as a National Important Cultural Property, is located in Higashiyamate-cho, Nagasaki City, and is thought to have been constructed in 1868, the first year of the Meiji Era (1868). The museum is now the "Nagasaki City Museum of the History of Private Schools in the Former Foreign Settlement.

    Beautiful area, with a private university next door for women. Also close to Dutch slope, and other tourist attractions. Nice exhibit , where you can read about the first female missionary teachers...

  • Spectacles Bridge (Megane-bashi)
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    Nagasaki Pref. Nagasakishi Uonomachi
    This stone bridge spanning the Nakashima River was constructed by Kofukuji Temple’s monk Mokusu Nyojo in 1634. This is Japan’s first arch-type stone bridge with a total length of 22 meters, a width of 3.6 meters, and a height above the river surface of 5.46 meters. The name comes from how the shape of the bridge’s two semicircle arches are reflected in the water surface and look like eyeglasses when viewed from far away. This is one of Japan’s three great bridges along with Nihombashi Bridge and Kintaikyo Bridge. It was designated as a National Important Cultural Property in 1960.
  • Former Shitsu Aid Center
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    Nagasaki Nagasaki-shi Nishishitsumachi 2696-1
    "This historical building in Nishidezu-cho, Nagasaki City was built in 1883 by Father de Roth, a French missionary who was assigned to the area in the Meiji era (1868-1912), as a vocational school for local women. It is designated as a National Important Cultural Property and is also included in the World Heritage Site ""Dezu Settlement on the Outer Sea"" of the ""Heritage Site Related to the Hidden Christians in Nagasaki and Amakusa Region""."

    世界遺産「潜伏キリシタン」の出津集落にある女性のための授産施設跡です。この地の余りに貧しい女性達のためにド・ロ神父が私財を投げうって作ったマカロニや糸、素麺など換金性の高い品の製造所はその建物やこの地独特の製法のド・ロ壁と共に重文指定されています。シスターによる説明をぜひ聴かれることをお勧めします。再び祖国に帰らない覚悟で危険な禁教下の日本に来て生涯この地に奉仕した神父の愛の物語に感動しました。

  • Minami Yamate Rest House (Minami Yamate Otsu 27-Bankan)
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    Nagasaki Nagasaki-shi Minamiyamatemachi 7-5
    A historical building located in Minamiyamate-cho, Nagasaki City, this house was built at the end of the Edo period (the early days of the foreign settlement) on land adjacent to Glover Garden.

    グラバースカイロードを上がって祈念坂のほうに向かうとあります。外国人居留地初期の住宅デザインで、現在は無料の休憩所として使われています。祈念坂から上がってくるルートだと結構しんどいと思うので、いったん休むにはいい場所です。

  • Kosuge Ship Repair Dock
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    Nagasaki Pref. Nagasakishi Kosugemachi 5
    "This historic building is located along National Route 499 in Kosuge-machi, Nagasaki City. It forms one of the sites of the ""Sites of Japan's Meiji Industrial Revolution"" registered as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. With the aim of repairing steam ships the Satsuma Domain imported from overseas, its construction plan was advanced by Tatewaki Komatsu, Tomoatsu Godai and Thomas Blake Glover, and it was completed in 1869. It is known as the first slip dock in Japan equipped with hauling machinery powered by a steam engine. After it was sold to Mitsubishi in 1887, it closed in 1953."
  • Unzen Kunimi Kojiro Kuji History and Culture Park Nabeshima Residence
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    Nagasaki Unzen-shi Kunimicho Kojirohei 103-1
    A park located in Kojiro Kunimi-cho, Unzen City. The park was built around the former residence of the Nabeshima family, a nationally designated Important Cultural Property. Visitors can view the inside of the residence. There's also a garden with large Higan cherries which bloom in February.
  • Former Nokubi Church
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    Nagasaki Kitamatsuura-gun Ojika Cho Nozakigo Nokubi
    "The ruins of the former settlement on Nozaki Island are now a component of the World Heritage Site ""Nagasaki and Amakusa Region Heritage Site Related to Christianity in hiding""."
  • Nagasaki Atomic Bomb Historic Ruins (Gatepost of the Former Nagasaki Medical College)
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    Nagasaki Nagasaki-shi Sakamoto 1
    The gatepost of the former Nagasaki Medical College, which was completely destroyed by the atomic bomb dropped on Nagasaki, is one of the "Nagasaki Atomic Bomb Ruins" designated as a national historic site. The blast caused the collapse of buildings and a fire at Nagasaki Medical College, resulting in the deaths of more than 890 students and faculty members.
  • Higashiyamate Western Houses (7 Buildings)
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    Nagasaki Nagasaki-shi Higashiyamatemachi 6-25
    A historical building located along Holland Slope Street in Higashiyamate-cho, Nagasaki City, built in the late 1887s in the former foreign settlement area. Six of the seven buildings are currently used as the district's townscape preservation center and archives, and one is used as a restaurant called Chikyukan.
  • Unzen Obama Public Hall
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    Nagasaki Unzen-shi Obamacho Kitahonmachi 848

    入場することはできませんでしたが、外から見るだけでも古そうな感じでした。木造建築であじのある建物でした。

Nagasaki Areas

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This hidden corner of the country is rural Japan at its best, where underground activity is to thank for active volcanoes and bubbling natural hot springs along the Shimabara Peninsula as well as the crystal clear waters of the Goto Islands off the west coast. Less well known than Hiroshima’s Peace Memorial Park, Nagasaki commemorates its own past at the Nagasaki Peace Park, which sits alongside the charming Meganebashi stone bridge and a mix of religious buildings with beautiful architecture, such as the Zen Buddhist Sofukuji Temple, the Confucian Shrine, and the Oura Christian Church.

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