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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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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Gunkan-jima island cruise

 

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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Kurosaki Church

 

The Church is located in Kurosaki district, where was place of the setting for Endo Shusaku’s

novel Silence.  In 1897, the foundations were laid down according to Father de Rotz’s design.

Construction followed and in 1920 the church was completed.

 

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The followers built it brick by brick with their own hands. The modest design serves to bring out the

beauty of the bricks.  Experience the depth when you come inside and see the rib vault ceiling.

The church’s stained glass also leaves a lasting impression.

 

 

Sotome Pilgrimage sites

 

Sotome is located between Nagasaki-city and Saikai-city, and face to East China Sea. 

During the ban on Christianity from 17 century to end of the 19 century, Sotome was

home to communities of  “Hidden Christians”, many of whom emigrated there from

other parts of Nagasaki as the remote region allowed them to practice their religion

in secret.

French missionary Father Marc Marie de Rotz played a large role in reestablishing the

religion in the area. He established Shitsu Church on a hill overlooking the sea.

 

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Shitsu Church

On an elevation commanding a view over the Sea of Goto, Father Marc Marie de Rotz

established a church at his own expense 1882. The building was extended and renovated

again and again. A statue of Mary that he ordered from France is standing in the bell tower.

 

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Former Shitsu Aid Center        

I want to save people in the Sotome from poor life. Former Shitsu Aid Centeris indispensable in

talking about the history and culture of the region.

 

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Endo Shusaku Literary Museum         

The setting of Endo Shusaku’s novel Silence. Sotome is blessed with a unique history and

culture of Christianity. In particular, the area in which the Endo Shusaku Literary Museum

stands is known as the site of a Christian village, one of Endo’s most notable work, Silence.

 

General information  

Address	Shitsu, Nagasaki-city
Access	50 minutes by a vehicle from JR Nagasaki 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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Urakami Cathedral

 

Construction of the original Urakami Cathedral, a brick Romanesque building, began in 1895,

after a long-standing ban on Christianity was lifted.

When completed in 1914, it was the largest Catholic church in East Asia.

 

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The Atomic bomb dropped on August 9, 1945 explored in Urakami, only 500m from the cathedral,

which was completely destroyed.

What remained of the cathedral is now on display in the Atomic Bomb Museum.

A replacement was built in 1959, and remodeled to more closely resemble the original in 1980.

 

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The nearby the Ground Zero in Peace Park contains remnants of the Ruins of Urakami Cathedral

 

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General information  

Address	1-79 Moto-machi, Nagasaki-city
Access	8 minutes walk from Heiwa koen Tram Station
Open hours	9:00 to 17:00
Admission fee	No fee is required, please donate to the donation box
Days closed	No closing days

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The 26 Martyrs Museum

 

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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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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St. Andrew’s Seminary at Dejima, in Nagasaki

 

After the ban on Christianity lifted in 1873, Burnside who was the British Church Missionary created

a cram school at his home to teach the English Bible. In 1877, the school was moved to the Dejima

English-Japanese School building at Dejima, and St. Andrew’s Seminary was opened.

It was then used as the Seminary until 1886.

 

 

 

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General information on Dejima

 

 

 

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