Location: Nagasaki
Top Things to do in Nagasaki
Top 10 Nature & Parks 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.
Restaurants in Nagasaki
1. Izumo Kinrin Park
2. Nagasaki Penguin Aquarium
Overall Ratings
4.5 based on 218 reviews
Reviewed By shannonl161 - Nagasaki Prefecture, Japan
Nagasaki Penguin Aquarium's main feature is its penguins of course . The aquarium keeps eight species of penguins, including lovable Little Penguins but its highlight being the King Penguin, which can grow to nearly 1 metre in height. It's pretty funny to see my youngest stand beside one of these King Penguins and to be challenged by its height and weight I presume as well! Another highlight of the Aquarium is to see the penguins in their natural setting swimming freely in the Bay whereby an area has been isolated by using nets and the penguins are released into this part of the ocean to be observed by visitors. You can watch them behave naturally swimming in the water at high speed to catch feed thrown by the staff, which is a scene rarely observed elsewhere in the Aquarium world. The cute little guys will come right up to you, waddle past and even take food from your hand. The is about as close as I have ever come to a real Penguin so yes it was an experience to remember and cherish with my children.
3. Mt. Inasa
Overall Ratings
4.5 based on 1,458 reviews
Reviewed By ArsenalPC - Sydney, Australia
Amazing view of nagasaki City at night. Get here by coach, 5min walk from Mt Inasa ropeway station or Taxi. Entrance is free at the observatory. Plenty of people at night but he lookout platform is quite spacious. Highly recommend if your in nagasaki This view is only second to Victoria Peak in Hong Kong. You don't realise how big Nagasaki is until you come up here. Definitely come here at night instead of daytime
4. Hashima Island
Overall Ratings
4.5 based on 1,197 reviews
Reviewed By BendigoVic - Victoria, Australia
We went to Hashima Island as part of our tour and it was something that I had researched and was so looking forward to seeing. The island had a brief appearance in the James Bond movie Skyfall. Weather wise our day was perfect actually quite hot, pleasant boat trip to and from which was great for our 45min trip to the island. The island is 15km from Nagaski and was once used for coal mining with its own hospital, school and shopping centre which is incredible considering its size, it was abandoned in 1974 and is a UNESCO World Heritage Site. You are able to get onto the island but only on the designated paths, as it wouldn't be safe to roam around on your own. I loved visiting this very interesting part of Japans history, it was fantastic. I hope my photos showed how interesting this place is.
5. Nabekanmuriyama Park
Overall Ratings
4.5 based on 117 reviews
Reviewed By ram3008 - Fukuoka, Japan
Great view at night standing from highest you can see Nagasaki view by night . It's so gorgeous, lighting and lively
