Seishin girls’ School

 

 

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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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The 26 Martyrs Museum

 

 

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The 26 Martyrs Museum is dedicated to the 26 Christians who were executed here on

February 5, 1597. They included both foreign missionaries and Japanese laymen. Missionary

activities were prohibited at the time, and Japan’s ruler Toyotomi Hideyoshi staged the execution

as a warning. The monument is located in a small park on a hill not far from Nagasaki Station

and offers nice views over the city.   

 

A straight red line runs from the Monument across the park’s plaza in the direction of the Oura

Cathedral on the opposite side of the city. Oura Cathedral is also dedicated to the 26 martyrs.

 

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The museum behind the monument is devoted to the memory of the martyrs and to Christianity in

Japan in general. Its interior is reminiscent of a church with stained-glass windows, making for

atmospheric viewing of the exhibits. On display are artifacts related to Christianity in Japan,

including old documents, statues and jewelry.

 

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General information  

Address	7-8 Nishizaka-cho, Nagasaki-city
Access	5 minuts walk from JR Nagasaki Station

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Monument of the Child Praying for Peace

 

 

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At the bottom of the steps leading down from the front of the Nagasaki Atomic Bomb Museum

The Monument of a Child Praying for Peace depicting a girl wearing a kimono and holding

 

 

a folded paper crane.  At that time of the atomic bombing there were several schools in

the Ground Zero area and some 10,000 school children are through to have perished in

the bombing.

 

 

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On the 20th anniversary of the atomic bombing, donations were collected widely from

children who express their wish for peace, and this statue was unveiled on August 9, 1967

and remains to this day as a symbol the aspiration for eternal peace.

 

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Atomic bomb in Nagasaki

 

 

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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 time, Atomic bomb was exploded

Atomic bomb exploded  over the central monument

Nuked 50th Anniversary Monument

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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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Ruin of destroyed Urakami Cathedral

Ruin of destroyed Urakami Cathedral

The one leg Torii gate at Sanno Shrine

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The total number of residents died may have been as many as 80,000, including those who died

from radiation poisoning in the following months. Even now, many atomic bomb survivors are

suffering. The list of names of the atomic bomb victim who died up to now is stored in the monument.

 

The Bell of Nagasaki

Peace Fountain

Folding paper cranes pray  for peace

 

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Megane-bashi bridge

 

 

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The oldest stone arch bridge in Japan. Meganebashi or Spectacles Bridge, over the Nakashima

River was built in Nagasaki in 1634 by the Chinese monk Mokusunyoujo who is a second

generation of Chinese monks living at Kofukuji Temple. It is said to be the oldest stone arch

bridge in Japan and has been designated as an Important Cultural Property.

 

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Megane Bridge is also part of the first group of bridges built over Nakashima River. Megane Bridge is

made of stone and is a double arch bridge. It received the nickname “Spectacles Bridge” because its

two arches and their reflection in the water create the image of a pair of spectacles.

 

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General information  

Address	Uonomachi, Nagasaki-city
Access	3 minutes walk from Meganebashi Tram station

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Nakamachi Church

 

 

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Nakamachi Church is located near JR Nagasaki Station which was constructed

for Japanese Christians in 1986.

The church was dedicated to the 16 Saints of Nagasaki (St. Thomas and the 15 Martyrs)

in 1988, and the monument honoring them was erected in the premise.

The 16 Saints were martyred in Nagasaki from 1633 to 1637.

 

The 16 martyrs became Saints in 1987, since 26 Saint.

 

Dominic Ibáñez de Erquicia Pérez de Lete, Spanish, 1633, Dominican Priest

Antonio Gonzalez, Spanish, 1637, Dominican Priest

Jordan Ansalone, Italian, 1634, Dominican Priest

Luke of the Holy Spirit Alonso Gorda, Spanish, 1633, Dominican Priest

Michael de Aozaraza, Spanish, 1637, Dominican Priest

Guillaume Courtet, French, 1637, Dominican Priest

Jacobo Kyushei Gorōbyōe Tomonaga de Santa María, Japanese, 1633, Dominican Priest

Thomas Rokuzayemon Nishi, Japanese, 1634, Dominican Priest

 Vincent Shiwozuka, Japanese, 1637, Dominican Priest

Francis Shōyemon, Japanese, 1633

Matthew Kohioye, Japanese, 1633

Lorenzo Ruiz, Filipino, 1637

Marina of Omura, Japanese, 1634

Magdalene of Nagasaki, Japanese, 1634

Michael Kurobioye, Japanese, 1633

Lazarus of Kyoto, Japanese, 1637

 

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Shitsu Church

 

 

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Built in 1882 by Father de Rotz, this low-ceiling church features a brick exterior, wood interior

and stone entranceway.  The roof itself is low in order to limit damage done by strong winds.

The church’s bell was brought here from France by a priest and rings out beautifully every

morning.  The location is famous as the place where the movie “Gege” was filmed.

 

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Peace Park

 

 

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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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Glover Garden

 

 

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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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Gunkan-jima island cruise

 

 

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The cruise ship take you exploring Tachibana bay from Nagasaki port and landing on Hashima

island. The site has been registered on UNESCO World Heritages as Sites of Japan’s Meiji

Industrial Revolution.

Now Hashima is a ruins called “Gunkanjima”, so called after its resemblance to the

silhouette.  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.

 

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

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

extraordinary former mining communities

 

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General information  

Address	Hashima Takashima, Nagasaki-city
Access	about 40 by a ferry from Nagasaki port

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