Location: Nagasaki
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Top 10 Monuments & Statues in Nagasaki, Kyushu-Okinawa
Nagasaki (長崎市, Nagasaki-shi, Japanese: [naɡaꜜsaki]) ( listen (help·info)) is the capital and the largest city of Nagasaki Prefecture on the island of Kyushu in Japan. The city's name, 長崎, means "Long Cape" in Japanese. Nagasaki became a centre of colonial Portuguese and Dutch influence in the 16th through 19th centuries, and Churches and Christian Sites in Nagasaki have been proposed for inscription on the UNESCO World Heritage List. Part of Nagasaki was home to a major Imperial Japanese Navy base during the First Sino-Japanese War and Russo-Japanese War.
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1. Mountain of the Cross
2. One-legged Torii
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4.0 based on 115 reviews
Torii are gates or arches of stone that traditionally form the entrance to Japanese temples. This one in Nagasaki stands on only one vertical pillar or leg because the other was blown away by atomic blast that destroyed most of the city in 1945. The torii is an easy walk from the Hypocenter Park.
3. Statue of Ryoma Sakamoto's Boots
4. Hypocenter of Atomic Bombing
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Reviewed By ArsenalPC - Sydney, Australia
The hypocentre cenotaph marks the location where the Atomic Bomb was detonated August 1945. I think it detonated around 300m above the actual ground location of the cenotaph. The site is a short 5 minute walk from the Nagasaki Peace Park. It also has the piece of the nagasaki church which survived the bombing and was moved to this location as part of the memorial. ** Note: I am a bit disappointed that nagasaki council doesn't maintain this park a bit better, as you can see in my photos, there are a lot of weeds growing and lots of missing grass patches. Out of respect to those who died here, they should at least look after the place a bit better =(
5. Sakamoto Ryoma Statue
6. Atomic Bombing 50th Anniversary Monument
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4.0 based on 28 reviews
Reviewed By Rumples - Tucson, United States
This statue beckoned to me more than anything else on display in the hypocenter area next to Nagasaki’s Peace Park. Created by Naoki Tominaga, the large bronze work depicts a woman in a long dress, dotted with metal roses. She carries an injured or dead child, wrapped in a blanket, on the day of the atomic bombing. A simple plaque on the wide pedestal reads 1945 8.9. 11:02. My immediate reaction was sorrow for what happened that day to civilians, 70 percent of whom were women, children and seniors; a prayer for the victims; and the hope that someday peace would come to the world. This monument seemed to be especially fitting for Ground Zero, which has been declared a prayer zone. I sat for about 10 minutes on a bench, looking at the statue and deeply moved. The monument is backed by shade trees, which border a major street. A tram runs there and the Matsuyamacho stop is nearby.
7. Bell of Nagasaki
8. Chimmoku Monument
9. Heiwa no Boshi Statue
10. St. Clara Church Ruins
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