Nagasaki Highlights

Nagasaki Essentials

Nagasaki's landscape reflects its history as Japan's sole gateway to the West during isolation and its subsequent role in World War II. This collection features the UNESCO-listed Oura Catholic Church and Glover Garden’s Western-style residences. It includes the Peace Park and Hypocenter, which commemorate the 1945 atomic bombing. The city's multi-layered heritage is further explored through the reconstructed Dejima Dutch trading post, the 17th-century Megane Bridge, and Shinchi Chinatown, the oldest in Japan.

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Glover Garden

Glover Garden is a park in Nagasaki, Japan, built for Thomas Blake Glover, a Scottish merchant who contributed to the modernization of…

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Oura Catholic Church

The Oura Church or Oura Cathedral, officially the Basilica of the Twenty-Six Holy Martyrs of Japan, is a Catholic minor basilica and co…

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Nagasaki Peace Park

Nagasaki Peace Park is a park located in Nagasaki, Japan, commemorating the atomic bombing of the city on August 9, 1945 during World War…

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Hypocenter

On August 9, 1945, the nuclear bomb Fat Man dropped on the Japanese town of Nagasaki. Its explosion cost the lives of over 120 000 people.

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Dejima Dutch Trading Post

Dejima was a Portuguese and subsequently Dutch trading post at Nagasaki, Japan, from 1634 to 1854.

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Inasa Observatory Tower

Nagasaki is widely considered to have some of the most spectacular night view out there.

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Megane Bridge

Meganebashi or Spectacles Bridge, over the Nakashima River was built in Nagasaki in 1634 by the Chinese monk Mokusunyoujo who was in the…

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Nagasaki Shinchi Chinatown

Spreading over a single city block in Nagasaki downtown, this is the oldest Chinatown in Japan.

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Urakami Cathedral

The Immaculate Conception Cathedral also St. Mary's Cathedral, often known as Urakami Cathedral after its location Urakami, is a Roman…

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Nagasaki National Peace Memorial Hall for the Atomic Bomb Victims

Hiroshima National Peace Memorial Hall for the Atomic Bomb Victims is one of the National Memorial Halls in Hiroshima, Japan.

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Koshi-byo & Historical Museum of China

Built in 1893 by the local Chinese community, this is the only Confucian shrine in the world constructed outside China by Chinese people. The complex features traditional architecture, including 72 statues of Confucius' disciples, and a museum housing artifacts on loan from the National Museum of China.