Sightseeing Spot Spots in Nagasaki Area

  • Glover Garden (Former Glover House)
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    Nagasaki Pref. Nagasakishi Minamiyamatemachi 8-1
    This tourist facility features various historic Western-style buildings that were moved here and remodeled, with the crown jewel being the Glover House, Japan's oldest wooden Western-style building and which was erected here at the end of the Tokugawa shogunate. In 2015, the Glover House was registered as one of the World Heritage Sites of Japan's Meiji Industrial Revolution: Iron and Steel, Shipbuilding and Coal Mining. The grounds are planted with numerous seasonal flowers such as rosebushes and bigleaf hydrangeas, providing visitors with colorful scenery year-round. The site also features a photo studio where visitors can take a commemorative picture wearing period clothing, as well as a coffee house offering a sweeping view of the harbor. Visitors are encouraged to make plenty of time and stroll the grounds leisurely.

    I know this is a UNESCO World Heritage site, but neither the gardens nor the buildings are particularly spectacular. What is most interesting is the history of Glover and other foreigners in...

  • Inasayama Park
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    Nagasaki Pref. Nagasakishi Inasamachi
    This park on an area of Mt. Inasa at an altitude of 333 meters is located in Inasa-machi, Nagasaki City. The park has facilities such as large play equipment, a small zoo that breeds deer and monkeys, and an outdoor music hall that accommodates approximately 15,000 people. In addition, at the observation deck on the summit, you can see the Nagasaki cityscape and distant views of Unzen and the Goto Islands depending on the weather, and it is a popular spot where you can enjoy night views of Nagasaki recognized as one of the World's New Top 3 Night Views.
  • Nagasaki Port Terminal
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    Nagasaki Pref. Nagasakishi Motofunamachi 17-3
    This terminal in Nagasaki Port is located in Motofuna-machi, Nagasaki City. It operates ferries to the Goto Islands, high-speed ships with access to the surrounding islands, and sightseeing boats such as the ''Gunkanjima Cruise,'' and serves as the gateway for residents of remote islands and tourists. There are restaurants and shops in the terminal building, and events such as flea markets are held in the adjoining ''Motofune Square'' (Okunchi Square).
  • Ikeshima Coal Mine
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    Nagasaki Pref. Nagasakishi Ikeshimamachi
    The site of a former coal mine located in Ikeshima-machi, Nagasaki City. This mine on Ikeshima Island supported Japan's modernization via the coal industry for some 50 years until its closure in 2001, and the island was known as the last coal mine island in Kyushu. Today, the mine facilities are used as a tourism resource, and tours are held which allow participants to ride a mine car and view the mine's tunnels.
  • Nagasaki International Cruise Ship Terminal
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    Nagasaki Pref. Nagasakishi Matsugaemachi 7-16
    A terminal for large international cruise ships situated along Oura Kaigan-dori Street in Matsugae-cho, Nagasaki City. The terminal offers convenient access to such destinations as Glover Garden, Oura Church, and Oranda-zaka. When not in use by passenger ships, the facility's hall is used for events. The terminal also has a rooftop garden.
  • Mikaeri Yanagi
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    Nagasaki Nagasaki-shi Motoshikkuimachi
    "The willow tree is located in Honjimacho, Nagasaki City, near the main gate of the former Maruyama Amusement Center, so called because customers returning from the area would look back to say goodbye to the prostitutes, and the area is dotted with spots that remind us of the former amusement center, including the remains of ""Shikanbashi Bridge,"" where people would come and go while hesitating about whether to go to the amusement center."
  • Giant Mottled Eel Habitat
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    Nagasaki Nagasaki-shi Kabashimamachi
    Kabashima Island, located south of the Nagasaki Peninsula, is designated as a national natural monument as one of the northernmost habitats of the giant eel, a tropical fish. giant eel wells are known as wells where giant eels have lived for generations, and there is also a tank where captured giant eels are kept.
  • Kayoko's Cherry Trees
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    Nagasaki Nagasaki-shi Shiroyamamachi 23-1
    The cherry tree in the schoolyard of Shiroyama Elementary School in Shiroyama-cho, Nagasaki City is named after a female student who lost her life on August 9, 1945 when the U.S. atomic bomb was dropped on the school, which was the closest school to the hypocenter. Of the 50 saplings planted by the students' mothers as a memorial to the students and a wish for peace, six have now grown into large trees and bloom every year.
  • Sakura no Sato
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    Nagasaki Nagasaki-shi Sankyomachi
  • Suisen no Sato Park
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    Nagasaki Nagasaki-shi Nomomachi
  • Sanno Shrine Hibakunokusunokinoki
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    Nagasaki Pref. Nagasakishi Sakamoto 2-chome 6-50
  • Nagasaki Minato Promenade
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    Nagasaki Nagasaki-shi Motofunamachi 14-38
  • Marbella Go Nagasaki Port Yuran
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    Nagasaki Pref. Nagasakishi Motofunamachi 17
  • Megami Ohashi
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    Nagasaki Nagasaki-shi Nishidomarimachi
  • Nagasaki Ryo Port Gamba land
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    Nagasaki Pref. Nagasakishi Kyoudomari 3-chome 1929-20
  • Nagasaki Ropeway‧Aquarium Secretariat
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    Nagasaki Nagasaki-shi Fuchimachi 8-1

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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