Nagasaki
Nagasaki (長崎) is the capital of Nagasaki prefecture on the island of Kyushu, Japan. Visitors usually come to visit the Atomic Bomb Museum and Peace Park, the abandoned town built on a nearby island constructed for coal mining, and the reconstructed 16th-century Portuguese/Dutch trading post. Wikivoyage
Population 404,656 (Wikidata)
Before you go
Emergency numbers in Japan
Getting there
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Best-documented sights
All of them in the guide-
Pope John Paul II Memorial · 800 m -
Peace Memorial Statue Memorial · 750 m -
Nagai Takashi Memorial Museum Museum · 500 m - 如己堂 Nyokodo Attraction · 500 m
- 聖フランシスコ・ザベリオ堂の碑 Memorial · 600 m
- 長崎市原子爆弾無縁死没者追悼祈念堂 Monument · 800 m
- Monument of Peoples Friendship Memorial · 880 m
- Joy of Life Memorial · 880 m
Within a kilometre of the centre, ordered by how well documented each is — not by a "best" anyone decided. Each opens on the map in the guide. Photos from Wikimedia Commons, credited there.
Through the year
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Lantern Festival
January – February
Lunar New Year (mid Jan-mid Feb). Held by Nagasaki's Chinese community, large lanterns are displayed on street corners and in the shopping arcades.
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Nagasaki Kunchi
October
Kunchi (くんち), also Nagasaki Kunchi (長崎くんち) or Nagasaki Okunchi (長崎おくんち), is the most famous festival held in Nagasaki, Japan.
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O-Kunchi
October
O-Kunchi the city's biggest and one of Japan's more popular festivals, takes place October 7-9th annually.
Annual events from Wikidata and Wikivoyage (Nagasaki); descriptions from Wikipedia where it has one, photos from Wikimedia Commons. Dates move year to year — check before you plan around one.
Somewhere to run
Getting around
- Iwayabashi 420 m
- Nagasaki University 430 m
- Wakaba-machi 620 m
- Urakami Tram Depot 660 m
- Ohashi 780 m
- Chitose-machi 810 m
Train stations: Nishi-Urakami 1.1 km, Urakami 2.0 km, Michino 2.6 km, Nagasaki 3.5 km, Kouda 4.0 km, Nagayo 4.1 km, First floor 5.6 km, Utsutsugawa 5.6 km, ２階のりば 5.6 km, ３階のりば 5.6 km, 4階のりば 5.6 km, 5階のりば 5.6 km
Places © OpenStreetMap contributors, as of 9 October 2026. Description from Wikivoyage (CC BY-SA). Events from Wikidata and Wikivoyage, population from Wikidata.