Seishin girls’ School

 

Japan’s first Catholic girls’ school opened in 1891. It was relocated to a site built

in 1898. The building has now been renovated and is now Hotel Indigo Nagasaki.

The red brick structure and arched window frames remain intact, creating a nostalgic

Romanesque atmosphere.

 

 

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Oura Cathedral

 

The Cathedral is one of the significant Christian Pilgrimage site in Japan.  Established 1865,

this church is officially known as “Oura Cathedral, the Church of 26 Martyrs.” It was built by

the French priest Bernard Petitjean of Fier who had been dispatched by the Foreign

Missionary Church of Paris to dedicate prayers to the 26 saints martyred on Nishizaka hill.

For this reason, the church faces Nishizaka hill. It was designated as a National Treasure in

1933 for its value as Japan’s oldest Gothic-style Cathedral.

 

 

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“On March 17, 1865, a group of peasants from Urakami came to the church and professed

their faith to Father Petitjean, thus revealing that Christianity had survived through the 

centuries of persecution. The white marble statue of the Holy Mother at the entrance was built

in commemoration of the dramatic discovery of the “Hidden Christians.

 

 

 

 

 

St. Andrew Chistian Seminary

 

St. Andrew Christian Seminary building stands on the eastern end of Dejima

and features a light blue exterior and a tower with a cross.

It is the oldest surviving Protestant Seminary building in Japan.

It was built as a church school in 1878 and opened the following year as the Dejima

Shinbashiguchi English and Japanese School.

It later changed its name to Dejima Shinbashiguchi Anglican Seminary and offered

theological education. After closing in 1886, it was used as accommodation for foreign

missionaries.

 

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Glover Garden

 

Glover Garden is located on Minami-Yamate hill in Nagasaki-city, and nine traditional buildings

can be seen at Glover Garden. Among these, the Glover Residence, Orto Residence, and Ringer

Residence were built during the settlement era and are valuable buildings that have continued to

stand on this land for over 150 years.

Glover Garden boasts a great location overlooking Nagasaki Port with Mt. Inasa, a landmark

of Nagasaki-city, in the background.

 

In 1858, the Edo shogunate concluded treaties of amity and commerce with five countries:

the United States, the Netherlands, Russia, England, and France, and foreign merchants

with dreams came together to visit Japan as it entered a new era.  Western-style buildings

covered with Japanese-style roof tiles line the hill overlooking Nagasaki Port, and these are

where the daily lives of foreigners from all over the world lived. “Glover Garden” is located here.

You can feel the history of Nagasaki from the end of the Edo period to the Meiji period in this

area, where the residences of foreigners from the settlement era, including the adventuring

merchant Thomas Glover, and the Western-style houses that were scattered throughout

Nagasaki-city are gathered.

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Glover Residence

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

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

In 1859 an enterprising Scotsman named Thomas Glover arrive in Nagasaki and immediately

become involved in a variety of businesses. Glover operated a coalmine, founded the first

modern shipyard in Japan, supplied weapons to Satsuma clan in Southern Kyushu and

established Japan’s Kirin beer brewery. The Glover residence, built in 1863, evokes an era when

Western architecture and lifestyle were of great  interest to Japanese. Several other merchant

houses have been relocated to the Glover Garden, which surrounds the house itself, making the

area a pocket of 19^th-cencury Western culture overlooking Nagasaki Bay.

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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.

 

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Peace Fountain at Peace Park

 

Peace Fountain reminds us of the tragic scene unfolded shortly after America dropped

the Atomic Bomb on Nagasaki at 11:02 am on Aug. 09, 1945. With the completion of the

Peace Fountain on Aug. 3, 1969, a monument inscribed with an epitaph was constructed.

Many people were burned deeply and died, crying and groaning for water. When people

recovered their peaceful life in 1965, a campaign for a Peace Fountain was launched.

 

Recorded on the monument are the name of the founder including the People’s Congress

for Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons and Promotion of Peace and the Committee for the

Construction of the Peace Fountain.

 

 

 

 

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General information

Address	Heiwakoen, Matsuyama-machi, Nagasaki-city
Access	3 minutes walk from Heiwa-koen-shita Tram Station

Dejima

 

Dejima was the fan-shaped artificial island in the bay of Nagasaki where was used

as a trading port during Japan’s National isolation of Edo period.

In 1636, the artificial island, Dejima was constructed to accommodate  Portuguese

who lived in Nagasaki and to prohibit Christian missionary work.

In 1638, trade with Portugal was prohibited and Dejima becaome an uninhabited island.

In 1641, the Dutch trading post in Hirado was moved to Dejima, and then the history of

trade with the Dutch began at Dejima as only the gateway to European in Japan

Many European technologies and cultures were introduced here through Dutch until 1853. 

 

Entrance of Dejima

Fan-shaped artificial island, was built in 1636

Dejima used from 1641 until 1853

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A project to restore Dejima is underway.   In 2000, five buildings including the Deputy Factor’s 

Quarters were completed and opened to the public. 

 

Dejima International Club

Building of residence, cooking room, warehouse

The old Dejima seminary, a Christian theological school

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In the spring of 2006, the finishing touches were put on the Chief Factor’s Residence, the

Japanese Officials’ Office, the Head Clerk’s Quarters, the No. 3 Warehouse and the Sea Gate.

 

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Peace Park

 

Peace Park was established in 1955 near the Ground Zero where the Atomic bomb was

dropped at 11:02 am on Aug. 09, 1945.  Peace Memorial Ceremony is held in front of the

statue on August 9 every year and the Mayor of Nagasaki makes the “Nagasaki peace

declaration” for the whole world.

 

Peace Fountain

The Peace Fountain reminds us of the tragic scene unfolded shortly after America dropped the

Atomic bomb in Nagasaki at 11:02 am on Aug. 09, 1945.

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Bell of Nagasaki

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Peace Statue

Completed in 1955, ten years after the Atomic bombing. The 9.7 meter high statue sitting on a 4

meter tall pedestal, made by renown sculptor Kitamura Seibo who born in Minami-Shimabara-city,

Nagasaki-prefecture in 1884. The raised arm points to the threat of nuclear weapons and the

out-stretched arm symbolizes peace.

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Monuments presented from all over the World

 

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Ground Zero

 

 

Disastrous War must not be repeated. The plutonium atomic bomb exploded about 500m over the

central monument at 11:02 a.m. on August 9, 1945. The most part of Nagasaki was destroyed, and

a tremendous number of lives were lost. And about 70,000 of Nagasaki’s 240,000 residents died

instantly, and up to 60,000 were injured.

 

The radius of total destruction was about 1.6km, followed by fires across the northern portion of the 

city to 3.2km south of the bomb.

 

 

 

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General information  

Address	Heiwakoen, Matsuyama-machi, Nagasaki-city
Access	3 minuts walk from Heiwa-koen-shita Tram Station

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Atomic Bomb Museum

The museum exhibits a number of photograph that depict the devastation

caused by atomic bomb showing the lead-up to this tragic day, the history of the development of

nuclear arms and our desire for peace.

 

 

 

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General information

Address	7-8 Hirano-machi, Nagasaki-city
Access	5 minutes walk from Genbaku-shiryokan Tram Station
Open hours	8:30 to 17:30  September to December 8:30 to 18:30  May to August 8:30 to 20:00  August 7 to 9
Admission fee	JPY 200
Days closed	December 29 to 31

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Mount Inasa

 

Mount Inasa is one of the best view spot in Nagasaki. A 333 meter high mountain in close

distance to JR Nagasaki Station. The summit can be reached by ropeway or car and offers

great views over the city.  And also, the magnificent night views from Mount Inasa is chosen

the three Major Night View in Japan along with Kitakyushu-city and Sapporo,

and the three Major Night View in the World along with Hong Kong and Monaco.

 

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The three Major Night View in the World

 

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General information  

Access

・20 minutes by car from JR Nagasaki station

・By Nagasaki bus and ropeway 

    10 minutes from JR Nagasaki station to Fuchi-jinjya Ropeway station

    5 minutes from Fuchi-jinjya to sancho Ropeway station

・Inasayama Night View bus tour is available  from Hotels in Nagasaki-city

    by Nagasaki Yuran Bus

   

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