Nagasaki / UNESCO Industrial Revolution One-day tour

 

The origin of Japan’s modernization is here.

 

Under the growing sense of crisis over a foreign menace, Nagasaki supported the

introduction of Western countries technology, which started during the last years of

Japan’s National isolation period. With “ Dejima ” as the only window to West during

the period of National isolation.Nagasaki has contributed to Japan’s modernization

by serving as a place to acquire knowledge from oversea.

Nagasaki contributed for Shipbuilding and Coal Mining and 7 sites have been

registered on the UNESCO World Heritage, Sites of Japan’s Meiji Industrial Revolution.

 

This tour introduces how Nagasaki contributed to industrial development and japan a

chieved industrial modernization with unprecedented speed in the world, while visiting

the World heritage sites.

 

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 Location of Nagasaki-city

 

　 

 

 

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Tour conditions

 

The tour is the private tour exclusively for your group.

・Minimum number : 2 person

・Maxum number : 30 person

・Tour date : please specify the date

・English speaking tour attendant escorts your journey to produce a pleasant trip.

・Chartered vehicle is utilized as per number of person.

 

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Itinerary

 

8:00 Depart Fukuoka-city

Transfer to Nagasaki-city using Kyushu Expressway and Nagasaki highway, 2hours 

Exlore Unesco World Heritage sites in Nagasaki-city 

  Visit Former Pattern Shop / Shipyard History Museum

  See the Giant Cantilever Crane from a bus window

  Lunch at Nagaaski Wharf

  Visit Dejima

  Visit Glover Garden  

Transfer to Fukuoka-cuty using Nagasaki Expressway and Kyushu Expressway, 2hours 

18:00 Arrive at Fukuoka-city

 

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Where to Explore

 

Former Pattern Shop  /  Shipyard History Museum / UNESCO World Heritage

The Former Pattern Shop was built in 1898 to produce wooden patterns for castings and is the

oldest factory building in the shipyard. It is a two-storied brick building with a timber roof truss.

There is a U-shaped rail on the ceiling to transport materials.

The building was refurbished to the Shipyard History Museum in 1985 and is open to the public.

 

The Former Pattern Shop  building

Introduce the history of Mitsubishi Heavy Industry

The Shipyard History Museum in the Former Pattern Shop

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Giant Cantilever Crane / UNESCO World Heritage

The Giant Cantilever Crane is the first electric-powered crane of its type in Japan, imported from

Scotland in 1909, which is the oldest surviving one in operation in the world. It can still lift a load

of 150 tons and is used to ship heavy goods.

 

Mitsubishi Heavy Industry  Shipyard

Giant Cantilever Crane

View of Nagasaki port from  Glover Garden

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Nagaaski Wharf  / lunch

Elegant international & domestic tourist harbour

Made up of around 20 unique shops and restaurants lined up at the water front, offering

various choices such Japanese, Western, and Italian cuisine, to beauty salons, outdoor

shops and more. It is quite the popular spot for people who want to relax while viewing the

sea beyond as they dine outdoors.

 

Restaurants lined up at the water front

Featured typical Japanese Restaurant

Viewing the Nagasaki Port

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Dejima

Only the trading port in Japan during Natinal isolation.

The fan-shaped artificial island in the bay of Nagasaki that was a Dutch trading port

as Japan’s only open gateway to Europe during Japan’s self-imposed isolation of Edo period

from 1641 until 1853. The Dutch East India Company’s trading post at Dejima was closed in

1857. Since then, the island has been surrounded by reclaimed land and merged into Nagasaki: 

its original location is marked by rivets.

Fan-shaped artificial island, was built in 1636

Building of residence, cooking room, warehouse

The old Dejima seminary, a Christian theological school

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Glover Garden   / UNESCO World Heritage

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 garden takes its name from Thomas Glover, his 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. The Glover Residence is Japan’s oldest

wooden Western-style building and is the UNESCO World Heritage

 

 

Option

 

Hashima Coal Mine  /  Gunkan-jima island cruise

Hashima coal mining island is an artificial reclaimed island and the site of Japan’s first major

undersea coal exploitation (1890) pioneered by Mitsubishi – and host to one of the world’s

most extraordinary former mining communities. Hashima Island is located 3 km southwest of

Takashima, and it was the success of Takashima that led Mitsubishi to purchase this island – both

islands giving access to the same undersea coal deposit. Now Hashima is a ruin called “Gunkanjima”,

so called after its resemblance to the silhouette of a battleship.

 

From Nagasaki port, the cruise ship take you to Gunkan-jima island.

The artificial reclaimed island for Coal Mine

The site of Japan’s first major undersea coal exploitation  ioneered

 

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Tour results

We are offering various types of tours, and the tour results up to now are shown links below. 

Tailor-made tour    Study tour     Golf tour

 

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