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The rainy-day Nagasaki

Wet weather — this city has more indoors than any other port on the loop. Timed from the gangway and back, with the hour before all-aboard already set aside.

~4h door to door5 stopsA wet day ashore
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Door to door
~4h
From the gangway and back
Best for
A wet day
Wet weather — this city has more indoors than any other port on the loop
What it costs
~¥600 pp in tram fares (¥150 flat; IC transfers free)
Transport spend: ~¥600 pp in tram fares (¥150 flat; IC transfers free). Museum entry ~¥200.
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 the Atomic Bomb Museum

    Trams are ¥150 flat and run every few minutes; the tram itself is shelter

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

    Two hours indoors, and rain suits the subject

    What you will see here →
    Photo: Khoi Pham / Pexels
  3. +2:30
    Tram back to Dejima

    Nineteen rebuilt rooms, all under roofs

    What you will see here →Full guide: Dejima →
    Photo: 663highland / CC BY
  4. +3:15
    Chinatown for kakuni-manju and shelter

    Covered arcades and steamed pork buns

  5. +3:50
    Walk back to the wharf

    Five minutes from Chinatown

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: southtopia / CC BY-SA
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
Different hours, different day

The other routes in Nagasaki

The hillside sampler2–3 hours · ~3hYou docked downtown — use itTwo stories of one city4–6 hours · ~5hThe bomb and the trading island — both told properlyThe full circle8 hours or more · ~7.5hLong calls — and Mt. Inasa if you sail after dark
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