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Explore the main highlights of Nagasaki on a half-day private walking tour

Nagasaki
Book online or call: +44 0800 015 4961
Duration: 4:30 h
Activity Level: Moderate
Experience: Family, Historical
Language: English
Photo permit included
Tour by public transport
Canal Boat tour included
Train tickets included
Suitable for little children
Wheelchair accessible tour
Museum ticket included
Light snack included
Lunch included
Transportation included
Walking Tour

Overview

Nagasaki is a Japanese city on the northwest coast of the island of Kyushu and one of the main port of Japan. Nagasaki was the second city after Hiroshima where the atomic bomb was dropped which led to the destruction of the city. Now the city is rebuilt and is one of the most popular tourist cities in Japan. During this tour, you will see the main attractions of this picturesque port city. 

What's included

  • Professional licensed guide
  • Ropeway tickets
  • Public transportation tickets
  • Entrance tickets
  • Food and drinks

Highlights

Dejima Island
Dejima was a Dutch trading post located in Nagasaki, Japan from 1641 to 1854. Dejima was a small fan-shaped artificial island in the bay of Nagasaki. Dejima was built in 1634 to house Portuguese traders and separate them from Japanese society by digging a canal through a small peninsula. The Dutch were moved to Dejima in 1641 and during most of the Edo period the island was the single place of direct trade and exchange between Japan and the outside world. Dejima was abolished after the Treaty of Kanagawa in 1854 and the island was later integrated into Nagasaki city through land reclamation. In 1922, the "Dejima Dutch Trading Post" was designated a Japanese national historic site.
Glover Garden
Glover Garden is a park in Nagasaki, Japan, built for Thomas Blake Glover, a Scottish merchant who contributed to the modernization of Japan in shipbuilding, coal mining, and other fields. In it stands the Glover Residence, the oldest Western-style house surviving in Japan and Nagasaki's foremost tourist attraction. It is located on the Minamiyamate hillside overlooking Nagasaki harbor. It was built by Hidenoshin Koyama of Amakusa island and completed in 1863. It has been designated as an Important Cultural Asset. As the house and its surroundings are reminiscent of Puccini's opera, it is also known as the "Madame Butterfly House." Statues of Puccini and diva Miura Tamaki, famed for her role as Cio-Cio-san, stand in the park near the house. This house was also the venue of Glover's meetings with rebel samurai, particularly from the Chōshū and Satsuma domains.
Mount Inasa
Mount Inasa is a hill to the west of Nagasaki which rises to a height of 333 meters. The Nagasaki Ropeway allows visitors to travel to the top of Nagasaki. A short walk from the cable car station is several buildings that house transmitters for TV and radio stations that serve Nagasaki and the surrounding area. There is an observation platform that is popular with tourists as it provides extensive views of Nagasaki's "10 Million Dollar Night View".
Nagasaki
Nagasaki is the capital and the largest city of Nagasaki Prefecture on the island of Kyushu in Japan. It became the sole port used for trade with the Portuguese and Dutch during the 16th through 19th centuries and the Hidden Christian Sites in the Nagasaki Region have been recognized and included in the UNESCO World Heritage List. Part of Nagasaki was home to a major Imperial Japanese Navy base during the First Sino-Japanese War and Russo-Japanese War. At the end of World War II, the American atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki made Nagasaki the second and, to date, the last city in the world to experience a nuclear attack at 11:02 am, August 9, 1945.
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 II. It is next to the Atomic Bomb Museum and near the Peace Memorial Hall.
Nagasaki Peace Statue
At the Nagasaki Peace park's north end is the 10-meter-tall Peace Statue created by sculptor Seibo Kitamura of Nagasaki Prefecture. The statue's right hand points to the threat of nuclear weapons while the extended left hand symbolizes eternal peace. The mild face symbolizes divine grace and the gently closed eyes offer a prayer for the repose of the bomb victims' souls. The folded right leg and extended left leg signify both meditation and the initiative to stand up and rescue the people of the world. The statue represents a mixture of western and eastern art, religion, and ideology. Installed in front of the statue is a black marble vault containing the names of the atomic bomb victims and survivors who died in subsequent years.
The Nagasaki Atomic Bomb Museum
The Nagasaki Atomic Bomb Museum is in the city of Nagasaki, Japan. The museum is a remembrance of the atomic bombing of Nagasaki by the United States of America on 9 August 1945 at 11:02:35 am. The bombing marked a new era in war, making Nagasaki a symbolic location for a memorial. The counterpart in Hiroshima is the Hiroshima Peace Memorial Museum. These locations symbolize the nuclear age, remind visitors of the vast destruction and indiscriminate death caused by nuclear weapons, and signify a commitment to peace. The Nagasaki museum was completed in April 1996, replacing the deteriorating International Culture Hall. The museum covers the history of the event as a story, focusing on the attack and the history leading up to it. It also covers the history of nuclear weapons development. The museum displays photographs, relics, and documents related to the bombing.
The Twenty-Six Martyrs Museum and Monument
The Twenty-Six Martyrs Museum and Monument were built on Nishizaka Hill in Nagasaki, Japan in June 1962 to commemorate the 100th anniversary of the canonization by the Roman Catholic Church of the Christians executed on the site on February 5, 1597. The 26 people, a mixture of 20 native Japanese Christians and six foreign priests (four Spaniards, one Mexican and one Indian) had been arrested in Kyoto and Osaka on the order of Toyotomi Hideyoshi, the national ruler, for preaching Christianity. They were imprisoned, then later marched through the snow to Nagasaki, so that their execution might serve as a deterrent to Nagasaki's large Christian population. Hung up on 26 crosses with chains and ropes, the Christians were lanced to death in front of a large crowd on Nishizaka Hill. St Paul Miki is said to have preached to the crowd from his cross.

Itinerary

8:00 9:00 10:00 11:00 12:00

The guide will pick you up at the hotel you are staying in Nagasaki or at the cruise port.

You will use a ropeway to get to Inasayama Mountain where you can see the city at a glance. 

Then you will visit the most popular and significant sites of the city such as Nagasaki Peace Park and see The Peace Statue, the Atomic Bomb Museum, The Twenty-Six Martyrs Museum and Monument, Dejima Island and Glover garden.

When the tour finishes, the guide will drop you off to the hotel or to the cruise port.

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