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Delve into Nagasaki
Nagasaki in Nagasaki-shi (Nagasaki) with it's 410,204 habitants is a city located in Japan about 596 mi (or 959 km) west of Tokyo, the country's capital town.
Current time in Nagasaki is now 05:23 AM (Saturday). The local timezone is named Asia / Tokyo with an UTC offset of 9 hours. We know of 9 airports closer to Nagasaki, of which 3 are larger airports. The closest airport in Japan is Nagasaki Airport in a distance of 12 mi (or 19 km), North. Besides the airports, there are other travel options available (check left side).
We saw 1 points of interest near this location. In need of a room? We compiled a list of available hotels close to the map centre further down the page.
Since you are here already, you might want to pay a visit to some of the following locations: Isahaya, Omura, Saikai, Unzen and Minamishimabara. To further explore this place, just scroll down and browse the available info.
Local weather forecast
Todays Local Weather Conditions & Forecast: 16°C / 61 °F
Morning Temperature | 15°C / 59 °F |
Evening Temperature | 18°C / 64 °F |
Night Temperature | 17°C / 62 °F |
Chance of rainfall | 1% |
Air Humidity | 80% |
Air Pressure | 1012 hPa |
Wind Speed | Light breeze with 3 km/h (2 mph) from South |
Cloud Conditions | Overcast clouds, covering 100% of sky |
General Conditions | Light rain |
Saturday, 27th of April 2024
19°C (66 °F)
16°C (61 °F)
Heavy intensity rain, light breeze, broken clouds.
Sunday, 28th of April 2024
21°C (70 °F)
19°C (66 °F)
Sky is clear, light breeze, clear sky.
Monday, 29th of April 2024
17°C (62 °F)
18°C (65 °F)
Heavy intensity rain, moderate breeze, overcast clouds.
Hotels and Places to Stay
Yataro Honkan-Minamikan (Ryokan)
UNZEN SHINYU HOTEL
(RYOKAN) Nisshokan Annex Koyotei
Victoria Inn Nagasaki
(RYOKAN) Inasayama Kanko Hotel
Toyoko Inn Nagasaki Ekimae
Dormy Inn Nagasaki
Hotel Marine World
Nagasaki Nisshokan
Nagasaki Nisshokan
Videos from this area
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Nagasaki, Japan: The Massive Hamano-Machi Shopping Area
http://www.TravelsWithSheila.com There are more areas to shop, browse and buy food than just in Hamano-Machi but, why bother? Streets criss-cross and lead for blocks, all filled with everything...
Nagasaki, Japan: It's All About Food in Chinatown
http://www.TravelsWithSheila.com The Dormy Inn was only a few footsteps from Chinatown filled with restaurants whose windows displayed plastic food replicas and prices. Nagasaki's favorite...
Nagasaki, Japan: The Former Trading Post of Dejima
http://www.TravelsWithSheila.com Dejima was an artificial island constructed in the port of Nagasaki in 1636 to segregate Portuguese residents from the Japanese and control the spread of Christiani...
iFly Little Secrets of Nagasaki, Japan with a European touch
Japanese temples, green mountains and western architecture: welcome to Nagasaki. A city with a rich history with the Netherlands and Portugal through trade. After the disastrous atomic bomb...
19- Nagasaki Dia 1
El viaje desde Hiroshima, la visita al Museo de la Bomba de Nagasaki y el recorrido por el Parque de la Paz.
Fat Man, The Nagasaki bomb
On August 9, 1945, Nagasaki was the target of the United States' second atomic bomb attack (and the second detonation of a plutonium bomb; the first was tested in central New Mexico, USA) at...
Where the Hell is NAGASAKI? (2012)
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Gita a nagasaki
ecco un video fresco fresco sulla gita a nagasaki ke o fatto pochi giorni fa, scusate 'attesa ma il montaggio è stato lunghissimo,pollicioni su per favore! e commenti sulla vostra impressione...
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Attractions and noteworthy things
Distances are based on the centre of the city/town and sightseeing location. This list contains brief abstracts about monuments, holiday activities, national parcs, museums, organisations and more from the area as well as interesting facts about the region itself. Where available, you'll find the corresponding homepage. Otherwise the related wikipedia article.
Nagasaki Naval Training Center
The Nagasaki Naval Training Center was a naval training institute, between 1855 when it was established by the government of the Tokugawa shogunate, until 1859, when it was transferred to Tsukiji in Edo. During the Bakumatsu period, the Japanese government faced increasing incursions by ships from western nations, intent on ending the country's two centuries of national seclusion.
Kōfuku-ji (Nagasaki)
Kōfuku-ji is an Ōbaku Zen Buddhist temple established in 1624 in Nagasaki, Japan. It is an important cultural asset designated by the government.
Sōfuku-ji (Nagasaki)
Sōfuku-ji is an Ōbaku Zen temple that was built by the Chinese monk Chaonian in 1629 as the family temple of the Chinese from Fujian Province who settled in Nagasaki.
Suwa Shrine (Nagasaki)
Suwa Shrine (諏訪神社 suwa jinja) is the major Shinto shrine of Nagasaki, Japan, and home to the Nagasaki Kunchi (kunchi means "festival"). It is located in the northern part of the city, on the slopes of Mount Tamazono-san, and features a 277-step stone staircase leading up the mountain to the various buildings that comprise the shrine. Suwa shrine was established as a way of stopping and reverting the conversion to Christianity that was taking place in Nagasaki.
Nagasaki Museum of History and Culture
The Nagasaki Museum of History and Culture in Nagasaki, Japan is one of the few museums in Japan devoted to the theme of "overseas exchange". The museum holds 48,000 items in its collection, including historical documents and arts and crafts, that tell the story of Nagasaki as the sole window opened to foreign countries during the period of national isolation.
Siebold Memorial Museum
Siebold Memorial Museum was opened in Nagasaki city in 1989 in honour of Philipp Franz von Siebold's great contributions to the development of modern science in Japan. The building is modeled on his former house in Leiden and is located next to the site of his original clinic and boarding school known as Narutaki Juku. The museum displays 206 items classified into six categories describing Siebold's six-year stay in Nagasaki, the so-called "Siebold incident", and his great life work on Japan.
Megane Bridge
Megane Bridge or Spectacles Bridge, over the Nakashima River (中島川) was built in Nagasaki in 1634 by the Japanese monk Mokusu of Kofukuji Temple. It is said to be the oldest stone arch bridge in Japan and has been designated as an Important Cultural Property. It received the nickname "Spectacles Bridge" because its two arches and their reflection in the water create the image of a pair of spectacles.
Nagasaki Kunchi
, also Nagasaki Kunchi or Nagasaki Okunchi, is the most famous festival in Nagasaki, Japan. It began as a celebration of autumn harvests in the late 16th century and became a shrine festival when Suwa Shrine was founded in 1642. Another purpose was to check for hidden Christians after the ban on Christianity. This is still evident today in the custom of garden showing, when the presenting neighbourhoods open up their homes to public scrutiny.
Nagasaki Chinatown
Nagasaki Chinatown is an area located in Nagasaki, Nagasaki, Japan. This area today is a big shopping strip that covers many blocks.
Nagasaki Gyokusei Junior College
Nagasaki Gyokusei Junior College is a private junior college in Nagasaki, Nagasaki, Japan. The predecessor of the school, a sewing school, was founded in 1892. It was chartered as a women's junior college in 1953 and became coeducational in 2007.
Shōfuku-ji (Nagasaki)
Shōfuku-ji is an Ōbaku Zen temple in Nagasaki, Nagasaki, Japan. Its honorary sangō prefix is Manjusan . It was founded by Tetsushin Dōhan, the grandson of Ingen, with support from Nagasaki bugyō and Chinese merchants, and construction was completed in 1677.
Fukusai-ji
is an Ōbaku Zen temple in Nagasaki, Nagasaki, Japan. Its honorary sangō prefix is Bunshizan . Founded in 1628 and later destroyed in 1945, Fukusai-ji has since been reconstructed in the shape of a turtle with an 18-metre high aluminium alloy statue of Kannon, the Bodhisattva of compassion. The interior is famous for the 25-metre Foucault Pendulum which swings over the remains of 16,500 Japanese killed during World War II.