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The full circle

Long calls — and Mt. Inasa if you sail after dark. Timed from the gangway and back.

7 hr 30 min door to door5 stopsNeeds a 9.5-hour call
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Photo: Aspere / CC BY-SA 4.0
Door to door
7 hr 30 min
From the gangway and back
Best for
A 9.5-hour call or longer
Long calls — and Mt. Inasa if you sail after dark
Room to spare
None
Fits a 9.5-hour stop with nothing to add (off the ship 30 minutes after arrival, back at the gangway an hour before all-aboard). A longer call gives you the extra time; on this one, do not add a stop.
What it costs
¥600
Tram day pass ¥600. Entries ~¥2,600 pp: museum ¥200, Dejima ¥1,100, Glover Garden ¥1,300.
Booking
Nothing
Every stop here takes walk-ups

Timed from the gangway with the port's official timetables · updated · Takumi Yamada

Numbers follow the route below. Pins are the places themselves; walking lines are not drawn because the best way between two stops can change with the tram, the tide or the weather.

The route

How the day runs

Times are from the moment you step off, not from the scheduled arrival. Everything shifts if your ship is late; the order does not.

  1. +0:00
    Peace Park + museum by tram, unhurried

    The half-day plan’s core, given full time

    What you will see hereFull guide: The Peace Park & Atomic Bomb Museum
  2. +2:45
    Megane-bashi spectacles bridge + castella at Fukusaya

    The 1634 stone arch and the 1624 cake; Fukusaya’s main shop opens 9:30–17:00 and publishes no closing day

    What you will see here
    Castella at Fukusaya, Nagasaki
    Photo: Ocdp / CC0
  3. +4:00
    Dejima, then Chinatown sara-udon lunch-late

    Crisp noodles under thick starch

    What you will see hereFull guide: Dejima
    Dejima trading island, Nagasaki
    Photo: Fumihiko Ueno / CC BY 3.0
  4. +5:30
    Glover Garden at golden hour

    The harbor lights begin

    What you will see hereFull guide: Glover Garden
    Glover Garden, Nagasaki
    Photo: Tomio344456 / CC BY-SA
  5. +6:45
    Walk to the wharf — or Inasa ropeway if sailing late

    Night-view detour ONLY with a post-21:00 departure; ropeway ¥1,900 return

    What you will see hereFull guide: Mt. Inasa
    Mt. Inasa night view, Nagasaki
    Photo: Suicasmo / CC BY-SA 4.0
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The margin is not optional. This route ends an hour before all-aboard on purpose. If you are running late, drop the last stop, not the hour.
What the day looks like

Nagasaki, along this route

Real photographs of the places above and the streets between them. Every one is credited.

Oura Cathedral, Japan’s oldest church, in Nagasaki
Oura Cathedral, Japan’s oldest church, in NagasakiPhoto: Masoud Akbari / CC BY-SA 3.0
Urakami Cathedral in Nagasaki, rebuilt after the bombing
Urakami Cathedral in Nagasaki, rebuilt after the bombingPhoto: Khoi Pham / Pexels
Red lanterns lit in Nagasaki
Red lanterns lit in NagasakiPhoto: Khoi Pham / Pexels
Nagasaki harbour at night
Nagasaki harbour at nightPhoto: jason hu / Pexels
The Peace Park & Atomic Bomb Museum, Nagasaki
The Peace Park & Atomic Bomb MuseumPhoto: jimmyweee / CC BY 2.0
Dejima, Nagasaki
DejimaPhoto: Houjyou-Minori / CC0
Different hours, different day

The other routes in Nagasaki

The rainy-day NagasakiA wet day · ~4hWet weather — this city has more indoors than any other port on the loopThe hillside samplerNeeds a 5-hour call · ~3hYou docked downtown — use itTwo stories of one cityNeeds a 7-hour call · ~5hThe bomb and the trading island — both told properly
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