Glover Garden

Glover Garden is located on Minami-Yamate hill in Nagasaki-city, Glover Garden has nine Western

style buildings including the Glover’s Residence built in 1863 by Japanese carpenter Koyama Hidenoshin.

The Glover Residence is Japan’s oldest wooden Western-style building and is the UNESCO Wlorld Heritage

registered in 2015 as Sites of Japan’s Meiji Industrial Revolution

Tomas Glover Residence,

World Heritage

Former Mitsubishi second

dock house

Overlooking of Nagasaki

harbour

Glover’s arms-importing operations played an important part in the Meiji Restoration, he built the
first train line in Japan and he even helped establish the first modern Mitsubishi ship yard.

Inside of the residence

Nagasaki harbor view from Glover Gargen

Venus Bridge

Mitsubishi Heavey Industries,

repair dock

Giant Cantilever Crane,

World Heritage

Golver Residence is generally believed to have been the scene of Puccini’s opera, Madame Butterfly.

Inside the park is the life-size statue of the famous opera singer, Tamaki Miura, who received

international acclaim for her performance as Cho-Cho-san in Madam Butterfly.

Location of Nagasaki-city

General information

Address	8-1 Minamiyamate-machi, Nagasaki-city
Access	10 minutes walk from Oura tensyudo-mae tram station through in front of Oura Cathedral
Open hours	8:00 to 18:00, until 21:00 in summer time and peak season
Admission fee	JPY 610
Days closed	No closing days