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Two stories of one city

The bomb and the trading island — both told properly. Timed from the gangway and back, with the hour before all-aboard already set aside.

~5h door to door6 stops4–6 hours ashore
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Photo: decade_null / CC BY 2.0
Door to door
~5h
From the gangway and back
Best for
4–6 hours
The bomb and the trading island — both told properly
What it costs
tram day pass ¥600 + Glover Garden ¥620
Transport spend: tram day pass ¥600 + Glover Garden ¥620.
Booking
Nothing
Every stop here takes walk-ups
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
    Tram north to Peace Park (~20 min)

    Flat fare; exact coins or IC

    What you will see here →Full guide: The Peace Park & Atomic Bomb Museum →
  2. +0:30
    Atomic Bomb Museum + Peace Park

    Quieter than Hiroshima, no less heavy

    What you will see here →Full guide: The Peace Park & Atomic Bomb Museum →
    Photo: Khoi Pham / Pexels
  3. +2:30
    Tram back to DejimaWhat you will see here →Full guide: Dejima →
    Photo: 663highland / CC BY
  4. +3:00
    Dejima — the fan-shaped Dutch island, rebuilt

    Walk the same bridge the surgeons did

    What you will see here →Full guide: Dejima →
    Photo: southtopia / CC BY-SA
  5. +4:00
    Chinatown: kakuni-manju standing snack

    Iwasaki Honpo’s pork buns

  6. +4:40
    Walk back to the wharf
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.

Red lanterns lit in Nagasaki
Red lanterns lit in NagasakiPhoto: Khoi Pham / Pexels
Nagasaki harbour at night
Nagasaki harbour at nightPhoto: jason hu / Pexels
Glover Garden
Glover GardenPhoto: Tomio344456 / CC BY-SA
Dejima
DejimaPhoto: Jakub Hałun / CC BY 4.0
Champon at Shikairo
Champon at ShikairoPhoto: 663highland / CC BY
Castella at Fukusaya
Castella at FukusayaPhoto: sodai gomi / CC BY
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 sampler2–3 hours · ~3hYou docked downtown — use itThe full circle8 hours or more · ~7.5hLong calls — and Mt. Inasa if you sail after dark
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