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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.

Located at 32.745, 129.873 (Lat. / Lng.), about 1 miles away.
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Naval history of Japan

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.

Located at 32.7479, 129.884 (Lat. / Lng.), about 0 miles away.
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Buddhist temples in Nagasaki Prefecture, Nagasaki, Obaku temples, Edo period

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.

Located at 32.7422, 129.884 (Lat. / Lng.), about 1 miles away.
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National Treasures of Japan, Nagasaki, Monuments and memorials in Japan, Obaku temples, Buddhist temples in Nagasaki Prefecture, 1629 establishments

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.

Located at 32.7544, 129.882 (Lat. / Lng.), about 0 miles away.
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Atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, Nagasaki, Christianity in Japan, Shinto shrines in Nagasaki Prefecture, Monuments associated with the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and 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 The museum holds 48,000 items in its collection, including historical documents and arts and crafts, that tell the story of Nagasaki as the sole window opened to foreign countries during the period of national isolation.

Located at 32.7528, 129.88 (Lat. / Lng.), about 0 miles away.
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Museums in Nagasaki

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.

Located at 32.7558, 129.892 (Lat. / Lng.), about 1 miles away.
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Museums in Nagasaki, Science museums in Japan, Biographical museums in 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.

Located at 32.7472, 129.88 (Lat. / Lng.), about 0 miles away.
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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.

Located at 32.7541, 129.882 (Lat. / Lng.), about 0 miles away.
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Nagasaki, Festivals in Japan, Visitor attractions in Nagasaki Prefecture, Culture in Nagasaki Prefecture

Nagasaki Chinatown

Nagasaki Chinatown is an area located in Nagasaki, Nagasaki, Japan. This area today is a big shopping strip that covers many blocks.

Located at 32.7419, 129.876 (Lat. / Lng.), about 1 miles away.
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Chinatowns in Asia, Visitor attractions in Nagasaki Prefecture

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.

Located at 32.7414, 129.889 (Lat. / Lng.), about 1 miles away.
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Educational institutions established in 1892, Private universities and colleges in Japan, Universities and colleges in Nagasaki Prefecture, Japanese junior colleges

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.

Located at 32.7531, 129.877 (Lat. / Lng.), about 0 miles away.
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Buddhist temples in Nagasaki Prefecture, Obaku temples, Nagasaki, 1677 establishments in Japan

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.

Located at 32.7533, 129.875 (Lat. / Lng.), about 1 miles away.
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Buddhist temples in Nagasaki Prefecture, Obaku temples, Nagasaki, 1628 establishments in Japan