Location: Nagasaki
Top Things to do in Nagasaki
Top 10 Things to do Good for Kids 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. 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.
2. 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
3. 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
4. Inasayama Observation Deck
Overall Ratings
4.5 based on 332 reviews
Reviewed By manucanuck - Hong Kong, China
Took the tram and got off at takaramachi stop, from here it’s an easy 15 minutes walk to the cable car station. The roundtrip fare of the cable car is Jpn$1230, it runs every 20 minutes. Went on in late September at around 6, beautiful sunset and it was quite windy, temperature was around 20 ish and it definitely got colder into the night. But it’s worth the wait, beautiful view of the entire city, lucky to spot hashima island also!
5. Nagasaki Electric Tramway
Overall Ratings
4.5 based on 1,009 reviews
Reviewed By TWHK - Hong Kong, China
If you have to travel around Nagasaki city by public transport, it is the best choice to get around Buy the one day pass and you can go to nearly everywhere you have to visit in the city.
6. Nagasaki Kunchi
Overall Ratings
4.5 based on 32 reviews
"Kunchi" is the local name in northern Kyushu for an autumn festival and it is dedicated to giving thanks for the harvest. It can also be written using a variety of kanji characters. "Nagasaki Kunchi" is the major autumn festival for the patron god of Nagasaki in Suwa Shrine, and is said to have been started when two prostitutes offered the Noh dance "Komai" in front of the shrine in 1634. The unique dedication dance is characterized by strong influences from other countries such as the Netherlands, Portugal, and Southeast Asia, and it has been designated as a National Important Intangible Folk Cultural Asset.
7. Nagasaki Lantern Festival
Overall Ratings
4.5 based on 99 reviews
This winter event in Nagasaki is held from the 1st through the 15th of the first month of the traditional Japanese calendar. The entire area centered on Nagasaki Chinatown is decorated with more than 15,000 vividly colored Chinese paper lanterns and various illuminated art objects both large and small. Originally a New Year festival celebrated by Chinese residents of Nagasaki, the scale of the celebrations was expanded in 1994, and it became famous nationwide. There are many events with a rich traditional Chinese flavor, including the dragon dances (a Chinese ritual to pray for rain), erhu ( a stringed instrument) concerts, Chinese acrobatics, Chinese mask shows, and the magnificent Emperor's Parade. It boasts as many as 1 million visitors.
Reviewed By CatherineBulg - Moscow, Russia
Amazing atmosphere, lots and lots (!) of colorful decorations, some of which are of grand scale! The decors in Chuo park were most spectacular, as well as those installed along the river! It all starts at the railway station of Nagasaki! You’ll need several hours just to see them all! Plus, don’t miss cultural events, such as Dragon dance and Chinese opera! I would recommend to stay in Nagasaki at least for two days to have enough time to enjoy the festival! If you can’t come there on weekend when parades take place, don’t get discouraged: we’ve been there in the middle of the week, and are very content with our two-days trip, because there are many other interesting performances and we could see and take pictures of lantern decorations without any disturbances. I was told by the locals that on weekends he Chinese Lantern Festival gets really crowded! We, on the other hand, had a unexpected experience to be almost only Westerners visiting on Tuesday and Wednesday. Very authentic! Besides, you can easily get nice and affordable lodging on weekdays. By the way, during the daytime, I would highly recommend visiting the Dejima island museum, temples and port!
8. Glover Garden
Overall Ratings
4.0 based on 2,062 reviews
This open air museum consists of nine Western-style homes built between 1868 and 1912 for Western merchants living in Japan. Glover Mansion, the most famous of these, is Japan's oldest Western-style house.
Reviewed By feelfukuokajapan
For those of you who don't know, Glover Garden is an open air museum in Nagasaki that exhibits mansions of several of the city's former foreign residents and related buildings. It is located on the hill where Western merchants settled down after the end of Japan's era of seclusion in the second half of the 19th century. As mentioned, it is on a hill. It might be very exhausting to see the whole garden, especially on a hot day. However, the view on the city from the hill is just amazing.
9. Spectacles Bridge (Meganebashi)
Overall Ratings
4.0 based on 1,290 reviews
From afar, this beautiful old stone bridge, with its arches reflected in the water, resembles a pair of glasses.
Reviewed By ram3008 - Fukuoka, Japan
The bridge was originally built in 1634, its construction overseen by the Chinese monk who would go on to become the resident priest of Kofukuji Temple, which is located a short walk away. The bridge, along with many of the others along the river, was badly damaged by floodwaters in 1982, but has since been repaired with recovered stones.
10. Nagasaki Peace Park
Overall Ratings
4.0 based on 1,471 reviews
The magnificent Nagasaki Peace Statue is one of many dramatic statues and sculptures at this park reminding visitors of the nuclear catastrophe and the need for world peace.
Reviewed By Karinakc - Parkdale, Australia
Peaceful park containing memorial sculptures from various countries scattered around the park - explanations in English for each one. Well maintained, escalators up to it, a must see whilst in Nagasaki. Easy to walk to the museum/memorial hall from here, recommend gerting off the tram at the Peace Park stop, as the rest is downhill from here. Also at the far right end of the biggest main statue, if you pop outside of the park you can get a great photo of the Cathedral - signposted. Free entry.
