Spots in Nagasaki

Each spot shows when its facts were last checked against official sources.

By prefecture:

HokkaidoHokkaido (60)

TohokuAomori (30)Iwate (30)Miyagi (40)Akita (30)Yamagata (30)Fukushima (30)

KantoIbaraki (30)Tochigi (30)Gunma (30)Tokyo (30)Kanagawa (30)

ChubuNiigata (30)Ishikawa (30)Yamanashi (30)Nagano (30)Gifu (30)Shizuoka (30)

KansaiMie (30)Kyoto (30)Osaka (30)Hyogo (30)Nara (30)Wakayama (30)

ChugokuHiroshima (30)

ShikokuKagawa (30)

Kyushu & OkinawaFukuoka (30)Nagasaki (30)Kumamoto (30)Oita (30)Okinawa (30)

Select a square pin to open the spot. Zoom with Ctrl/Cmd + scroll, or two fingers on a phone.

No photo yetNagasaki, NagasakiDejima"Dejima", an artificial island built on the orders of the Tokugawa shogunate. Completed in 1636, for about 200 years it was Japan's only window open to the West. Since Nagasaki City began restoring it in 1951, 16 buildings and scenes have been brought back to how they were, and the Dejima Omotemon Bridge completed in 2017 lets you cross in and out as in the past. There are rooms recreating Edo-period life, guided tours by history staff dressed as gatekeepers, and kimono rental.Official check: 26 Sept 2026
No photo yetNagasaki, NagasakiDutch Slope (Oranda-zaka)Stone-paved slopes in the Higashi-Yamate district lined with Western-style houses. In Nagasaki, the only place in Japan where trade took place in the Edo period, non-Asian foreigners were called "Oranda-san" even after Japan opened, perhaps from the influence of the Dutch living on Dejima, and all the slopes in the foreign settlement are thought to have been called "Oranda-zaka". Beside the stone marker is the light-blue Higashi-Yamate Ko No. 13 House, a Meiji-era foreign residence open free of charge with a cafe space.Official check: 26 Sept 2026
No photo yetNagasaki, NagasakiGlover GardenOne of Nagasaki's most popular sights, on the Minamiyamate hill overlooking a great panorama of Nagasaki Port. Centred on the former Glover, Ringer and Alt Houses, national Important Cultural Properties, six Meiji-era Western-style houses that stood around the city have been moved here and restored, with stone paving and steps from the foreign-settlement days. The houses are lit up from mid-July to early October, and moving walkways and escalators are provided on the hilly site.Official check: 26 Sept 2026
No photo yetNagasaki, NagasakiHashima (Gunkanjima)Hashima, about 40 minutes by boat from Nagasaki Port: a small undersea-coal-mine island made by reclaiming land around a reef. Walled in by sea walls and lined with high-rise reinforced-concrete buildings, it looked like the battleship "Tosa" and came to be called "Gunkanjima" (Battleship Island). At its peak in 1960 about 5,300 people lived there, the highest population density in Japan at the time; the mine closed in 1974. Landing has been possible since 2009, and it was registered in July 2015 as part of the World Heritage "Sites of Japan's Meiji Industrial Revolution".Official check: 26 Sept 2026
No photo yetHirado, NagasakiHirado CastleA castle built in the Yamaga style, unusual among castle-building methods. In April 2021 its outer and inner walls were repaired and its exhibits completely renewed: digital images introduce Hirado's history and people on the 2nd floor, the lords and the castle's building on the 3rd, a hands-on room with digital art on the 4th, and a lookout over the Hirado Strait on the 5th.Official check: 26 Sept 2026
No photo yetHirado, NagasakiHirado Dutch Trading PostThe Dutch trading post of Hirado, built before Dejima in Nagasaki. From 1609, when a Dutch ship entered port, until the move to Dejima in 1641, Hirado was Japan's only port for Dutch trade for about 33 years. The 1639 warehouse, said to be Japan's first Western-style stone building, was demolished in 1641 on the shogunate's orders; the faithful reconstruction opened in 2011 and shows historical materials and goods from the trade.Official check: 26 Sept 2026
No photo yetSasebo, NagasakiHuis Ten BoschA resort facing scenic Omura Bay, where seasonal flowers bloom across vast grounds and canals wind through streets of solid brick buildings. Inside are restaurants, shops, amusement facilities, hotels and museums, for a full resort stay.Official check: 26 Sept 2026
No photo yetNagasaki, NagasakiKameyama Shachu Memorial MuseumA museum on the site of the "Kameyama Shachu", founded in 1865 by Sakamoto Ryoma and some twenty comrades with help from the Satsuma domain and the Nagasaki merchant Kosone family - Japan's first trading company and private navy. It is said to have played a large role in brokering the Satsuma-Choshu Alliance. The dilapidated building was restored close to its original form and opened in 2009; you can climb a ladder into what is thought to be a hidden mezzanine, and Ryoma-related items such as a replica of his boots are on display.Official check: 26 Sept 2026
No photo yetShimabara, NagasakiKoi Streets of ShimabaraShimabara has long been called the "city of water", and the Shinmachi area is especially rich in spring water - dig 50 cm and it wells up. The neighbourhood association released koi into the clear streams to nurture children's sensibility and pass the springs on, and red-and-white, three-coloured and golden koi swimming in the water, kept beautiful by local residents, are one of the sights of Shimabara.Official check: 26 Sept 2026
No photo yetSasebo, NagasakiKujukushima IslandsThe 208 large and small islands stretching 25 km north from outside Sasebo Port to the Hirado Strait are called Kujukushima, said to be the densest group of islands in Japan. In April 2018 it was certified as a member of the international NGO "Most Beautiful Bays in the World Club".Official check: 26 Sept 2026
No photo yetSasebo, NagasakiKujukushima Pearl Sea ResortA resort park at the gateway to Kujukushima in Saikai National Park, the base for experiencing the islands: sightseeing boats around the islands, and sea walks by yacht or kayak. Inside are the Kujukushima Aquarium "Umikirara", shops and restaurants.Official check: 26 Sept 2026
No photo yetNagasaki, NagasakiMegane Bridge (Spectacles Bridge)A stone arch bridge said to have been built in 1634 (Kan'ei 11) by the Zen priest Mokusu Nyojo of Kofuku-ji, one of the oldest surviving arch stone bridges. Its name comes from its reflection in the river drawing two circles that look like "megane" (spectacles), and it is counted among Japan's three famous bridges with Nihonbashi in Tokyo and Kintaikyo in Yamaguchi. Partly destroyed in the 1982 Nagasaki flood, it was restored the next year and is a national Important Cultural Property; when the water is low you can go down steps and walk by the water.Official check: 26 Sept 2026
No photo yetNagasaki, NagasakiMt. InasaA landmark of Nagasaki, popular for its night view. The bowl-shaped terrain surrounded by mountains around Nagasaki Port creates a unique three-dimensional night view known as the "10-million-dollar night view". On clear days you can see not only the city but as far as Unzen, Amakusa and the Goto Islands. A ropeway with glass gondolas runs from the foot to the summit, and Inasayama Park is known for its azaleas.Official check: 26 Sept 2026
No photo yetNagasaki, NagasakiNagasaki Atomic Bomb MuseumAt 11:02 a.m. on August 9, 1945, three days after Hiroshima, an atomic bomb exploded over the Urakami area of Nagasaki, and about 150,000 people were killed or injured. The museum shows the devastation, how the bomb came to be dropped and the history of nuclear weapons development, and Nagasaki's recovery to the present, sending out a message of peace for a world without nuclear weapons. It also has a library with books on the bomb and peace and a video corner, and a cafe.Official check: 26 Sept 2026
No photo yetNagasaki, NagasakiNagasaki Peace ParkA park on a low hill north of the Hypocenter Park, made with the vow never to repeat the misery of war and the wish for lasting world peace. The Peace Statue (9.7 m high, bronze, by Kitamura Seibo): the right hand pointing to the sky shows the threat of the atomic bomb, the left hand stretched out shows peace, and the lightly closed eyes pray for the victims. Every August 9 the peace memorial ceremony is held in front of it; the "Fountain of Peace" (18 m across) was built to offer water to the victims.Official check: 26 Sept 2026
No photo yetNagasaki, NagasakiNagasaki Penguin AquariumAn aquarium keeping about 180 penguins of 9 of the world's 18 species, over 70% of them born here - rare in the world as a penguin-focused aquarium. In the large "Subantarctic Penguin Pool" penguins "fly" underwater, and at the "Fureai Penguin Beach" you can watch them swim in the natural sea, with feeding and touching events. Free pushchairs and wheelchairs are lent at the entrance, and the building is barrier-free.Official check: 26 Sept 2026
No photo yetNagasaki, NagasakiNagasaki Shinchi ChinatownOne of Japan's three great Chinatowns with Yokohama and Kobe, less than 10 minutes by tram from JR Nagasaki Station. It was made by reclaiming the sea in the mid-Edo period to build warehouses for goods traded from China; about 40 shops, including Chinese restaurants, Chinese sweets and goods, line a crossroads of about 250 m. Local specialities "champon" and "sara udon" taste different at each shop, and during the Lantern Festival held every winter about 15,000 lanterns decorate the streets.Official check: 26 Sept 2026
No photo yetHasami, NagasakiNakaoyama Pottery Village (Hasami)Nakaoyama, the part of Hasami, a town of ceramics, where many kilns gather. There are the remains of one of the world's largest climbing kilns, which made mass production possible in the Edo period, brick chimneys and back lanes; the "Oto-sai" in April and "Shuto-meguri" in late October open the kilns to the public.Official check: 26 Sept 2026
No photo yetUnzen, NagasakiNita Pass (Unzen)A popular Unzen spot in every season - azaleas in spring, green in summer, autumn leaves and rime ice in winter. A ropeway runs from Nita Pass to the summit of Mt. Myoken; the 11.3 km skyline road to the pass looks over the Ariake Sea and Tachibana Bay, and from the second Nita Pass viewpoint you can see Heisei Shinzan close up.Official check: 26 Sept 2026
No photo yetNagasaki, NagasakiOura ChurchBuilt in the Nagasaki foreign settlement after Japan opened at the end of the Edo period, known as the oldest surviving church in Japan: a Gothic-style church with beautiful stained glass on Glover Street in Minamiyamate. In March of the year after its completion at the end of 1864, hidden Christians from Urakami came and professed their faith, the "Discovery of the Christians". It is a National Treasure and one of the components of the World Heritage "Hidden Christian Sites in the Nagasaki Region", and the neighbouring buildings are open as the Christian Museum.Official check: 26 Sept 2026
No photo yetShimabara, NagasakiShimabara CastleA castle built over more than seven years from 1618 by Matsukura Shigemasa, also called Moritake Castle as it was built on a small hill. It was the seat of four clans for 253 years until it was sold off after 1873; the five-storey keep was rebuilt in 1964. Today the keep houses a museum of Christian history, including materials on the Shimabara Rebellion, and the turrets hold the Kitamura Seibo Memorial Museum and a folk museum. In early February nearly 300 plum trees bloom with the keep behind them.Official check: 26 Sept 2026
No photo yetShimabara, NagasakiShimabara Samurai HousesWest of Shimabara Castle about 700 houses of low-ranking samurai once lined the streets; as the home of the gun corps, the area was also called Teppo-machi. Only the townscape of Shimo-no-cho is preserved as it was, as the "Samurai Residence Townscape Preservation District"; it is 406.8 m long, and three houses (Yamamoto, Shinozuka and Torita) are open free of charge.Official check: 26 Sept 2026
No photo yetShimabara, NagasakiShimeiso Spring Water GardenA villa built in the late Meiji period, named "Shimeiso" for its fine views in all four directions. Colourful carp swim in the pond fed by about 3,000 tonnes of spring water a day, and the garden is planted with red pines, maples and more. The rooms jut out over the pond on two sides, so looking down on the garden from the raised house, rooms and garden become one.Official check: 26 Sept 2026
No photo yetNagasaki, NagasakiSofuku-ji TempleA temple founded in 1629 by the Chinese monk Chozen at the request of Chinese from the Fuzhou area, also called "Fukushu-dera", with a gate recalling a dragon palace gate and the elaborate "Daiippomon". The statues and ritual objects in its halls are all by Chinese master craftsmen, a miniature of late Ming culture; the Daiippomon and the main hall are National Treasures. Like Nagasaki's other Chinese temples it has a Maso hall, enshrining the sea goddess to whom Chinese ship owners prayed for safe voyages.Official check: 26 Sept 2026
No photo yetSasebo, NagasakiTenkaiho ObservatoryAn observatory 165 m high with a 180-degree panorama of the Kujukushima Islands and Sasebo Port below, the most popular of Sasebo's observatories. By day the islands' sea sparkles, and in the evening the sun sets over them; in the park below rape blossoms bloom in spring (late March-early April) and 150,000 cosmos in autumn (mid-late October).Official check: 26 Sept 2026
No photo yetNagasaki, NagasakiTwenty-Six Martyrs MuseumOn February 5, 1597, under Toyotomi Hideyoshi's ban on Christianity, 26 Christians were executed in Japan for the first time. This museum was built in 1962 on Nishizaka Hill, the place of their martyrdom, for the 100th anniversary of their canonisation, and is an official Catholic pilgrimage site known around the world. It introduces the history of Christianity in Japan from the arrival of St. Francis Xavier to the Meiji era, with items such as the painting "Snow Maria" linked to the hidden Christians; the monument with life-size bronzes of the 26 is by the sculptor Funakoshi Yasutake.Official check: 26 Sept 2026
No photo yetUnzen, NagasakiUnzen Jigoku (Unzen Hells)The "hells" of Unzen Onsen, its best-known sight, where the smell of sulphur hangs in the air and steam and heat blow out from underground. Made up of about 30 hells such as Daikyokan Jigoku, Oito Jigoku and Seishichi Jigoku, it is also known as a place of Christian martyrdom, with a memorial. Renewed in autumn 2016, it has a walking trail of about 60 minutes, with a foot-steaming rest spot and a workshop selling onsen eggs steamed in the hell's vapour.Official check: 26 Sept 2026
No photo yetUnzen, NagasakiUnzen OnsenA hot spring village in the heart of Unzen's rich nature, where the mountains show azaleas in spring, green in summer, autumn leaves and rime ice in winter; the view from Nita Pass from Mt. Myoken to Mt. No is especially fine. In its three zones - Koyu, Shinyu and Kojigoku - everything from hotels to public baths lines the streets.Official check: 26 Sept 2026
No photo yetNagasaki, NagasakiUrakami ChurchA church in the Urakami district, one of Nagasaki's sacred places for Christians, planned by believers who gained freedom when the ban on Christianity was lifted. Dedicated in 1914 as a brick Romanesque cathedral, it was destroyed by the atomic bomb in 1945 except for a few walls. The present building was rebuilt in concrete in 1959 and refaced with brick tiles in 1980 to resemble the original; one of the Angelus bells that survived the blast still rings. The parish hall has an exhibition room of atomic-bomb relics.Official check: 26 Sept 2026
No photo yetHirado, NagasakiView of Temples and Church (Hirado)A representative view of Hirado, blending West and East: climbing the stone-paved slope from the seafront, you see the green spire and cross of St. Francis Xavier Memorial Church on the hill above, with the tiled roofs of the Shoshu-ji, Komyo-ji and Zuiun-ji temples below. It recalls Hirado's history of exchange with foreign countries.Official check: 26 Sept 2026