Nagasaki Museum of History and Culture
The Museum of History and Culture is the city’s main institution for interpreting Nagasaki’s past as Japan’s most internationally connected port with a focus on the 16th to the 19th centuries.
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Confucius Shrine and Historical Museum of China
The Nagasaki Kōshibyō is a Confucian shrine and museum complex located in the Ōura district of Nagasaki, near the former foreign settlement. It’s one of the most distinctive Chinese heritage sites in the city.
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Nakashima River Stone Bridges
The Nakashima River runs through the center of Nagasaki City, and along its course are a series of stone bridges that form one of the most distinctive urban landscapes in Japan.
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Ōura Cathedral
Ōura Cathedral is the oldest surviving Christian church in Japan and one of Nagasaki’s most important historical and religious landmarks.
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Urakami Cathedral
Dejima is a historic trading post in Nagasaki Bay that served as Japan’s sole official point of direct contact with the Western world for more than two centuries.
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Dejima
Dejima is a historic trading post in Nagasaki Bay that served as Japan’s sole official point of direct contact with the Western world for more than two centuries.
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Urakami Atomic Bombing Sites
On August 9, 1945, the US dropped an atomic bomb over Urakami in the centre of Nagasaki. Today, a number of sites in Urakami commemorate the bombing.
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Nagasaki Chinatown
Nagasaki Chinatown is one of the oldest and most compact Chinatowns in Japan. Located near Nagasaki Port, it reflects the city’s long-standing connections with China.
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Glover Garden
Glover Garden is an open-air museum in Nagasaki, overlooking the city’s harbour that preserves several Western-style residences from the late Edo and early Meiji periods,
