Self-guided Sightseeing Tour #3 in Nagasaki, Japan
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3.9 km
146 m
Experience Nagasaki in Japan in a whole new way with our self-guided sightseeing tour. This site not only offers you practical information and insider tips, but also a rich variety of activities and sights you shouldn't miss. Whether you love art and culture, want to explore historical sites or simply want to experience the vibrant atmosphere of a lively city - you'll find everything you need for your personal adventure here.
Activities in NagasakiIndividual Sights in NagasakiSight 1: 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.
Sight 2: Oura Catholic Church
The Oura Church or Oura Cathedral, officially Basilica of the Twenty-Six Holy Martyrs of Japan (日本二十六聖殉教者聖堂) is a Catholic minor basilica and co-cathedral in Nagasaki, Japan, built soon after the end of the Japanese government's Seclusion Policy in 1853. It is also known as the Church of the 26 Japanese Martyrs. For many years it was the only Western-style building declared a national treasure, and is said to be the oldest Christian church in Japan.
Sight 3: Inori no Oka Art Book Museum
The Prayer Hill Picture Book Museum is a picture book museum located in Nagasaki, Nagasaki Prefecture, Japan.
Sight 4: Chanpon Museum
Shikairo is a Chinese restaurant located in Nagasaki City, Nagasaki Prefecture, and a company (corporation) headquartered in Nagasaki City, Nagasaki Prefecture, which operates the restaurant. It is known as the birthplace of champon and dish udon.
Sight 5: Confucius Shrine (Kōshi-byō)
Kōshi-byō (孔子廟) is a Confucian temple in Nagasaki, Japan. Today the land on which it stands is owned by the Chinese Embassy in Tokyo.
Sight 6: Nagasakishi Noguchiyataro Memorial Museum
The Nagasaki Yataro Noguchi Memorial Museum of Art is an art museum located in Nagasaki, Nagasaki Prefecture, Japan. The works of Yataro Noguchi, a representative painter of the postwar Japan Western-style art scene, are on display.
Sight 7: Nagasaki Shinchi Chinatown
Get Ticket*Nagasaki Shinchi Chinatown is an area located in Nagasaki, Nagasaki, Japan. Today this area is a shopping strip covering many blocks.
Sight 8: Dejima Dutch Trading Post
Dejima or Deshima, in the 17th century also called Tsukishima, was an artificial island off Nagasaki, Japan that served as a trading post for the Portuguese (1570–1639) and subsequently the Dutch (1641–1854). For 220 years, it was the central conduit for foreign trade and cultural exchange with Japan during the isolationist Edo period (1600–1869), and the only Japanese territory open to Westerners.
Sight 9: Nagasaki Prefectural Art Museum
Nagasaki Prefectural Art Museum opened in Nagasaki, Nagasaki Prefecture, Japan, in 2005. The collection comprises artworks relating to Nagasaki as well as works of Spanish art collected by Suma Yakichiro , special envoy to Spain during the Second World War. Alongside the Nagasaki Museum of History and Culture, which opened the same year, it supersedes and replaces the former Nagasaki Prefectural Museum and Art Museum , which closed at the end of 2002.
Sight 10: Nagasaki Seaside Park
Get Ticket*Nagasaki Waterside Forest Park is a seaside park located in Nagasaki City, Nagasaki Prefecture. It is managed by Nagasaki Prefecture.
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