Saint Kolbe Memorial Museum, at Hongouchi Church
Father Maximilian Kolbe was born in Poland in 1894 and was a priest of the Conventual
Order of St. Francis.
He had been active in promoting the veneration of the Immaculate Virgin Mary.
He came to Japan in 1930 and began educating seminarians and publishing a monthly
magazine ” the veneration of the Immaculate Virgin Mary.”
After that, the number of Japanese people who understood God’s teachings increased,
and Hongouchi Church was established in 1931.
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After six years in Japan, he returned to Poland for health reasons.
And then, he volunteered to die in place of a man named Franciszek Gajowniczek in the
German death camp of Auschwitz, located in German-occupied Poland.
Saint Kolbe Memorial Museum was built to commemorate his canonization in 1986.
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.
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General information
| Address | 5-3 Minamiyamate, Nagasaki-city |
| Access |
10 minutes walk from Oura tensyudo-mae tram station |
| Open hours | 8:00 to 17:45 |
| Admission fee | JPY 1,000 |
| Days closed | No closing days |
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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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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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 |
Tram in Nagasaki
The Nagasaki Electric Tramway provides a convenient and affordable way to travel around
the main attractions of Nagasaki-city.
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No matter how far you travel, the adult fare for a single journey is always 130 yen.
A one-day pass offering unlimited rides for 500 yen is also available for purchase at major
information centers, hotels, and through a smartphone app (but not on board the trams).
Announcements and signs both on trams and at the stops are available in English, making
it easy to find which tram you need to take and where to get off.
Tram Route
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Peace Statue
World Peace from Nagasaki. The Peace Statue was 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 bronze Peace Statue has one left arm extending horizontally and other right arm pointing
to the sky. The left arm stretching to the horizon symbolizes world peace, and the other right
pointing skyward indicates the threat of atomic destruction (the harm of nuclear power).
The closed eyes show the prayer for the peaceful repose of the victims of the Atomic Bomb.
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Visiting from all over Japan and the World |
Wishing for eternal world peace from Nagasaki |
Kitamura Seibo, the Statue was completed at the age of 71 |
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.
Commitment to World Peace from all over the World
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General information
| Address | Heiwakoen, Matsuyama-machi, Nagasaki-city |
| Access | 5 minutes walk from Heiwa-koen-shita Tram Station |
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China town
China town at shinchi is one of the big three china town in Japan. There are about
50 Chinese restaurants and many Chinese sundries shops in there.
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An annual festival in Nagasaki held on Chinese new year. The festival has been started to
celebrate a new year by Chinese who lived in Nagasaki, and it became the Nagasaki’s festival
since 1994. More than 10 thousand lanterns are decorated at China town during the festival.
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General information
Access : a short walk from Shinchi-chukagai Tram Station
Megane-bashi bridge
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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Kazagashira Park
Magnificent and panoramic view of Nagasaki-city. Kazagashira Park is located on the summit
of Kazagashira with 152 m high, and is on the other side of Inasa Mountain across Nagasaki
Harbour.
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At the observatory, there is the statue of Sakamoto Ryoma who greatly contributed
to overthrow the Tokugawa shogunate and make a new era.
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General information
| Address | 3 Irabayashi, Kazagashira-cho, Nagasaki-city |
| Access |
15 minutes by a vehicle from JR Nagasaki station |
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