Nagasaki (city)
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Nagasaki (長崎) is the capital of Nagasaki prefecture on the island of Kyushu, Japan.
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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
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
- 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 Tarminal. 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.
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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 is a sponge cake that was originally brought by the Portuguese. Also, chawan mushi, a steamed egg custard, is also famous. Nagasaki is also distinguished by a number of excellent Chinese restaurants.
Another Nagasaki dish is Turkey rice (トルコライス toruko raisu), named after the country, not the bird. 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, [1]. Established in 1925, this is the original Turkey rice joint (¥850 a serve) and one of Japan's first cafes. Open 9 AM to 10 PM every day.
Drink
Sleep
Get out
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