Best Hotels Near Shinchi Chinatown Station | Nagasaki’s Old Port Quarter
Shinchi Chinatown is Nagasaki's old port quarter — champon lunches, Dejima's Dutch island, Glover Garden's villas and the…
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Best Hotels Near Urakami Station | Nagasaki’s Peace Quarter
Urakami is Nagasaki's northern quarter — the Peace Park, the Atomic Bomb Museum and the rebuilt cathedral —…
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Best Hotels Near Sasebo Station | Navy Burgers & the 99 Islands
Sasebo is Nagasaki's navy port — Kujukushima's island-studded sea, the original Sasebo burger, Japan's longest straight arcade and…
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Best Hotels Near Nagasaki Station | A Historic Port City
Nishi-Kyushu Shinkansen Guide · Nagasaki Station Best Hotels Near Nagasaki Station: A Historic Port City —Dejima, Glover Garden…
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Best Hotels Near Isahaya Station | Gateway to Shimabara & Unzen
Nishi-Kyushu Shinkansen Guide · Isahaya Station Best Hotels Near Isahaya Station: The Gateway to Shimabara &the Volcanic Onsen…
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Best Hotels Near Shin-Omura Station | Nagasaki Airport & Omura Bay
Nishi-Kyushu Shinkansen Guide · Shin-Omura Station Best Hotels Near Shin-Omura Station: By Nagasaki Airport &the Cherry Shores of…
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Nishi-Kyushu Shinkansen Guide: The Kamome to Nagasaki
Shinkansen Line Guide · Nishi-Kyushu Shinkansen Nishi-Kyushu Shinkansen Guide: The Kamome to Nagasaki —Onsen, Tea & a Historic…
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Nagasaki: History, Champon Noodles & the Hillside Views of a Forgotten City
Nagasaki (é•·ĺ´Ž) has two claims to world historical significance that could not be more different in character. The…
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The Atomic Bomb Dome & Nagasaki Memorial: How Japan Remembers 1945
On August 6, 1945, at 8:15 AM, the United States dropped an atomic bomb on Hiroshima — the…
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The Hidden Christian Villages of Nagasaki: Japan’s 250-Year Secret Faith
In 1549, the Jesuit missionary Francis Xavier arrived in Japan and began the first sustained Christian evangelization of…
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The Meiji Restoration Trail: Yokohama, Tsuwano & the Modernization Story
In 1853, the American Commodore Matthew Perry sailed four warships into Edo Bay and demanded that Japan open…
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Gunkanjima (Battleship Island): The Abandoned Coal Island Off Nagasaki
Hashima Island (端島) — universally known as Gunkanjima (軍艦島 / "Battleship Island") for its profile when approached by…
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