Nagasaki: Guide, Hotels, Map & Photos
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JPY 5,500 - 8,400 Nagasaki City Hotel Annex 3
 A 5-minute walk from Nagasaki Peace Park and 750 metres from JR Urakami Train Station, Nagasaki City Hotel Annex 3 offers comfortable rooms with a kit… MoreJPY 8,500 - 12,000 The Hamilton Nagasaki
 The Hamilton Nagasaki is a 2-minute walk from Shianbashi Tram Station. It takes 2 minutes to walk to Shianbashi area and Hamacho Shopping Arcade. Room… MoreJPY 9,000 - 28,500 Victoria Inn Nagasaki
 Boasting a smooth Victorian-era style and 5-minute drive to JR Nagasaki Train Station, Victoria Inn Nagasaki features an organic restaurant, a massage… MoreJPY 6,300 - 8,400 Hotel Saint Paul Nagasaki
 On just a 1-minute walk from the Nagasaki Atomic Bomb Museum, Hotel Saint Paul Nagasaki offers comfortable rooms with free wired internet, a restauran… MoreJPY 27,720 - 27,720 Hotel New Nagasaki
 A 3-minute walk from JR Nagasaki Train Station and Amu Plaza, Hotel New Nagasaki features air-conditioned rooms with private bathrooms. It also offers… MoreJPY 5,500 - 9,800 Hotel Ikeda
 Hotel Ikeda is located only a 5-minute walk from Nagasaki Station. It offers affordable air-conditioned rooms with private bathrooms, and free Wi-Fi.
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 Hotel Monterey Nagasaki offers rooms with free internet access, 2 restaurants and easy access to the City Tram, which runs to the interesting spots in… MoreJPY 6,800 - 18,000 Dormy Inn Nagasaki
 Dormy Inn Nagasaki is located in central Nagasaki offers accommodation with free internet and a large public bath. It is just a 2-minute walk from Tsu… More | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Nagasaki: Guide
Nagasaki (長崎) is the capital of Nagasaki prefecture on the island of Kyushu, Japan.
Understand
Under the national isolation policy of the Tokugawa shogunate, Nagasaki harbor was the only harbor to which entry of foreign ships was permitted. Even today, Nagasaki shows the influence of many cultures such as Dutch, Portuguese, and Chinese.
On 9 August 1945, three days after the bombing of Hiroshima, a nuclear bomb was dropped on Nagasaki, killing a total of over 100,000 people. Japan surrendered unconditionally six days later.
Get in
By plane
Both of Japan's major air carriers serve the Nagasaki Airport. JAL and ANA offer nonstop flights from Tokyo Haneda Airport, Osaka Itami Airport and Nagoya Centrair Airport. ANA also offers nonstops from Okinawa, while JAL's regional carrier offers flights from Miyazaki.
Buses connect the airport to the Nagasaki train station (1 hour, ¥800).
By train
JR Kyushu runs the Kamome (かもめ) Limited Express train service from Hakata station in Fukuoka once or twice every hour. The one-way ride takes about two hours and costs ¥4910.
Connections to the Kamome can be made from the rest of the country via the Shinkansen (Hiroshima, 3 hrs; Okayama, 4 hrs; Osaka, 4 1/2 hrs; Tokyo, 7 hrs).
From Kagoshima-Chuo station in Kagoshima, Nagasaki can be reached via the Kyushu Shinkansen and Kamome in about 3 3/4 hours (this will be reduced when the Kyushu Shinkansen between Hakata and Shin-Yatsushiro is fully operational).
A daily overnight sleeper service, the Akatsuki (あかつき), runs to Nagasaki from Kyoto and Osaka. The one-way trip lasts 12 1/2 hours. If going overnight from Tokyo straight to Nagasaki, you can take a shinkansen train and connect to the Akatsuki at an intermediate station such as Shin-Osaka or Okayama.
By bus
The Holland overnight bus runs from Kyoto and Osaka Umeda to Nagasaki (11 1/2 hours from Kyoto, ¥11300; 10 hours from Osaka, ¥11000). An additional bus, the Roman Nagasaki, runs from Osaka Hankyu Bus Terminal to Nagasaki at the same cost and time.
The Princess Road and Etranger overnight buses run from Kobe Sannomiya (10 hours, ¥ 10500) and Himeji (9 hours, ¥9580).
Get around
Streetcars (路面電車 rosen densha) connect most of Nagasaki; they run about every ten to fifteen minutes during the day. The most frequently used lines will be the red (3) and blue (1); the blue and red lines run on the same track from the northern end of Nagasaki as far as the Nagasaki train station, where they split. The blue line continues to the You-me Plaza shopping mall, and later the downtown shopping arcade. A one-way trip is 100 yen, and you can get a transfer to continue your trip, if it requires two streetcars. You can save money if your doing a lot of travel by purchasing a daily pass for the streetcars (500 yen) which you can purchase at most major hotels.
Buses also run through much of Nagasaki, including places that aren't served by the streetcars.
See
Glover Garden
Peace Memorial park: Peace memorial statue, fountain of peace, bell of Nagasaki
Inasa mountain: night view of the harbor in Nagasaki
Oura Roman Catholic Church
Another Nagasaki dish is Turkish Rice (トルコライス toruko raisu), named after the country. It consists of a pork cutlet, dry curry and spaghetti all on the same plate.
Tsuru-chan (ツル茶ん), Aburayamachi 2-47, tel. 095-824-2679, . Established in 1925, this is the original Turkish Rice joint (¥850 a serve) and one of Japan's first cafes. Open 9 AM to 10 PM every day.
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Urakami Roman Catholic Church
many nice European buildings
Atomic bomb museum
Dejima (the island foreigners were restricted to during the Edo period)
Dejima Wharf is located near Nagasaki Port Terminal. It was built for commemorating the exchange between Japan and Netherlands for 400 years. There are 20 shops including restaurants. You can eat lunch or dinner watching the sea.
Huis Ten Bosch, a Dutch-style theme park.Do
Lantern Festival, Lunar New Year (mid Jan-mid Feb). Held by Nagasaki's Chinese community, large lanterns are displayed on street corners and in the shopping arcades. Many of the lanterns are shaped like animals or figures from Chinese mythology.Buy
Eat
Nagasaki's most famous dish is chanpon (ちゃんぽん), which is a dish of noodles with vegetable and seafood. Also saraudon is popular food too. Castella (カステラ) is a sponge cake that was originally brought by the Portuguese. Chawan mushi, a steamed egg custard, is also famous. Nagasaki is also distinguished by a number of excellent Chinese restaurants.Drink
Sleep
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