Free Walking Sightseeing Tour #3 in Nagasaki, Japan
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3.4 km
127 m
Explore Nagasaki in Japan with this free self-guided walking tour. The map shows the route of the tour. Below is a list of attractions, including their details.
Activities in NagasakiIndividual Sights in NagasakiSight 1: Kameyama Shachu Museum
Kameyama Shachu Kinenkan is a memorial hall that Nagasaki City established in 1865 by Ryoma SAKAMOTO and others in Irabayashi, Nagasaki City, Nagasaki Prefecture, and the site of 'Kameyama Shachu,' a trading association, which was formed in Nagasaki City.
Sight 2: Megane Bridge
Book Ticket*Meganebashi (眼鏡橋) or Spectacles Bridge, over the Nakashima River (中島川) was built in Nagasaki in 1634 by the Chinese monk Mokusunyoujo who was in the second generation of Chinese monks living at Kofukuji Temple. It is said to be the oldest stone arch bridge in Japan along with Edo's Nihonbashi bridge and Iwakuni's Kintaikyou bridge and has been designated as an Important Cultural Property. Megane Bridge is also part of the first group of bridges built over Nakashima river. Megane Bridge is made of stone and is a double arch bridge. It received the nickname "Spectacles Bridge" because its two arches and their reflection in the water create the image of a pair of spectacles. Vehicles are prohibited from crossing the bridge and is strictly prohibited to pedestrians only. On July 23, 1982, a disastrous deluge washed away six of the ten stone bridges over the Nakashima River. Meganebashi was badly damaged but almost all the original stones were retrieved and the bridge was restored to its original appearance. As well as being damaged in a flood in 1982 another flood in 1647 destroyed Megane Bridge but was rebuilt the following year in 1648 by Koumu Hirado.
Sight 3: 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 4: Nagasaki Shinchi Chinatown
Nagasaki Shinchi Chinatown is an area located in Nagasaki, Nagasaki, Japan. Today this area is a shopping strip covering many blocks.
Sight 5: 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 6: Nagasaki Seaside Park
Nagasaki Waterside Forest Park is a seaside park located in Nagasaki City, Nagasaki Prefecture. It is managed by Nagasaki Prefecture.
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