【For 4 hours】Nagasaki short trip with an English language tour guide
【For 4 hours】 Enjoy walking Nagasaki City with an English language tour guide!
This page shows you an example of a basic and popular itinerary for Nagasaki visitors. We hope this helps you enjoy your Nagasaki trip!
This page shows you an example of a basic and popular itinerary for Nagasaki visitors. We hope this helps you enjoy your Nagasaki trip!
And you can also book an English language tour guide from here if needed.
*The reservation must be made 2 weeks before this trip day.
If you order a guide, the Meeting places is below.
(1) JR Nagasaki Station
Recommended if you are coming here by train, plane, or bus. Meet in front of the Tourist Information Office.
(2) Matsugae International Cruise Terminal
Recommended if you are coming here on a cruise.
Meet outside building 2 in front of the statue of three people.
(3) At your Hotel
Only for hotels in the city center.
See the map to find out if your hotel is applicable.
*Custom Tour Plan customers only.
1. Nagasaki Atomic Bomb Museum
Learn about the menace of the atomic bomb and the value of peace.
- Website
- https://nagasakipeace.jp/index_e.html
- Business Hours
- May 1-August 31: 08:30-18:30 (August 7-9: 08:30-20:00) September 1-April 31: 08:30-17:30
- Days Closed for Business
- December 29-31.
- Price
- Adult: JPY200
Elementary, Middle and High school student : JPY100 - Directions
- 5 min. walk from the Hamaguchi-machi Streetcar Stop
2. Peace Park
A place of prayers for world peace and the souls of the atomic bomb victims
Nagasaki Peace Park is built on a low hill to the north of the hypocenter of the atomic bomb blast. It was created to represent the wish for world peace and a vow that such a tragic war would never be repeated. The park features the 9.7-meter-high Peace Statue symbolizing the Nagasaki citizens' wish for peace. Sculptor Seibou Kitamura, a Nagasaki native, created this statue as a symbol of the divine love and mercy of Buddha. The raised right hand points to the heavens to signify the threat of atomic weapons while the left arm is raised horizontally to represent the wish for peace. The figure's eyes are lightly closed in prayer for the souls of the atomic bomb victims. Every year on August 9, the anniversary of the atomic bombing, a peace memorial ceremony is conducted in front of this statue and a peace declaration is made to the people of the world. The park also features the Fountain of Peace, which was built in remembrance of a little girl who wandered in search of water. Visitors can also view a row of monuments contributed by various nations that form the zone of symbols of world peace.
- Website
- http://nagasakipeace.jp/index_e.html
- Price
- Free admission
- Directions
- 2 min. walk from the Matsuyama-machi Streetcar Stop
3. Dejima
Learn the history of the island that is an essential part of Nagasaki's culture
Dejima Protestant Seminary, a restored and preserved wooden two-storey building constructed in 1877, was Japan's first Protestant seminary. Here, we have experimented with exhibitions using models and graphics that take two perspectives - "Dejima, the Center of Trade," which focuses on Dejima's trading history, and "Dejima, the Center of Culture," which highlights the island's function as a window on cultural exchange. These exhibitions provide details on Dejima's creation as well as its transition, articles of commerce, life on Dejima, and the history up to the period of foreign settlement after Japan was opened to the world. This history is essential not only to an understanding of current Nagasaki culture, but also to a wider understanding of the very development of Japanese culture. It is full of highly interesting discoveries as well as buildings currently undergoing restoration. For example, the annex building, a restored former stone warehouse constructed after Japan's opening to the world, contains exhibits of archeological finds on Dejima.
- Address
- 6-1 Dejima-machi
- Website
- http://nagasakidejima.jp/en/
- Business Hours
- 08:00-21:00 (Last Entry 20:40)
7 days a week throughout the year. - Price
- Adult : JPY520
High school student : JPY200
Middle and Elementary school student : JPY100 - Directions
- Next to Dejima Streetcar Stop
4. Glover Garden
The elegance of the period of foreign settlement, nestled in picturesque surroundings
Glover Garden is situated on the southern slope of a mountain, ensuring that the garden's flowers can be enjoyed in full bloom throughout the year. This excellent vantage point offers a superb and extensive view of Nagasaki Harbor. The gardens feature the former Glover Residence, which, in addition to the gardens, was donated to the city of Nagasaki in 1957 by the Nagasaki Shipyard of Mitsubishi Heavy Industries and opened to the public. Eventually, six other Western-style residences from the Meiji era that had been built throughout the city were dismantled, moved, reconstructed and restored as important national cultural properties on this site of former foreign settlements. They joined the former Glover Residence, the former Ringer Residence, and the former Alt Residence on the site. All these buildings now form Glover Garden.
Inside the gardens, one can tour the Thomas B. Glover Residence, Japan's oldest wooden Western-style residence. Through his trading businesses, Glover contributed much to Japan's modernization. The gardens, in addition to revealing the living circumstances of Nagasaki's foreign residents during what is known as "the period of foreign settlement," also display an abundance of fascinating natural beauty. Now all can view the same scenery, and relax in the same gentle breezes, enjoyed by these renowned historical personages.
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Notice from Nagasaki City:
Construction Work for the Maintenance and Preservation of the World Heritage Site “The Glover House and Office” (Nationally Designated Important Cultural Property)
Construction period: January 2019 – November 2020 (estimated period)
For detail, please see attached PDF file.
- Address
- 8-1 Minami-yamate-machi
- Website
- http://www.glover-garden.jp/english
- Days Closed for Business
- 08:00-18:00 (Evening times change depending on season)
Open 7 days a week throughout the year. - Price
- Adult : JPY610
High school student : JPY300
Middle and Elementary school student : JPY180 - Directions
- 5 minutes’ walk from Ouratenshudo-Shita Streetcar Stop
5. Retro Photo Studio
Have a picture taken in retro clothing
Select your favorite from a variety of retro clothing and have a picture taken in it. What do you say to strolling around the garden on a sunny day as a memento of your visit to Nagasaki?
- Address
- 8-1 Minamiyamate-machi Nagasaki-city
- Telephone Number
- 080-8588-2811
- Business Hours
- 10:00～17：00(last entry:16:30)
- Directions
- 5 minutes’ walk from Ouratenshudo-Shita Streetcar Stop
On August 9, 1945, at 11:02 a.m. - three days after the first atomic bomb was dropped on Hiroshima - the second atomic bomb was dropped over the Urakami district of Nagasaki. This bomb killed or injured 150,000 people.
The Nagasaki Atomic Bomb Museum covers the history of this event in the accessible form of a story. It begins with the disastrous scene of the attack and includes the events leading up to the dropping of the atomic bomb, the reconstruction of Nagasaki up to the present day, the history of nuclear weapons development, and the hope for a peaceful world free of nuclear weapons.
Comparing the scenes of Nagasaki immediately after the bombing with the appearance of the city today, one cannot help but be impressed by the remarkable spirit of survival and the immutable strength of the people of Nagasaki. Although it is too early to say that the war and the atomic bomb remain events of the distant past, we must continue to face the tragic history reflected in each exhibit and consider the meaning of true peace.