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The hillside sampler, Nagasaki

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The hillside sampler

You docked downtown — use it. Timed from the gangway and back.

3 hr door to door5 stopsNeeds a 5-hour call
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Photo: Tomio344456 / CC BY-SA
Door to door
3 hr
From the gangway and back
Best for
A 5-hour call or longer
You docked downtown — use it
Room to spare
None
Fits a 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
¥0
All on foot. Glover Garden ¥1,300, Oura Cathedral ¥1,000 (a joint ticket exists).
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
    Walk from Matsugae wharf to Glover Garden

    Escalators do the climbing

    What you will see hereFull guide: Glover Garden
  2. +0:15
    Glover Garden villas + harbor views

    Your ship poses below

    What you will see hereFull guide: Glover Garden
  3. +1:15
    Oura Cathedral next door

    Japan’s oldest surviving church, dedicated 1865; ¥1,000

    What you will see hereFull guide: Oura Cathedral
    Oura Cathedral & Dutch Slope, Nagasaki
    Photo: Masoud Akbari / CC BY-SA 3.0
  4. +1:45
    Champon at Shikairo — the 1899 birthplace

    Opens 11:30; closed some Wednesdays

    What you will see here
    Champon at Shikairo, Nagasaki
    Photo: 663highland / CC BY
  5. +2:40
    Walk back along the wharf

    Five minutes; margin untouched

Would rather have it arranged?Nagasaki Highlights Private Half-Day Tour by TramPeace Park told properly, by tram with a private guide; some stairs and slopes · from US$149 · 5.0★ — why we list it
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.

The reconstructed Dutch trading post of Dejima, Nagasaki
The reconstructed Dutch trading post of Dejima, NagasakiPhoto: Fumihiko Ueno / CC BY 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 loopTwo stories of one cityNeeds a 7-hour call · ~5hThe bomb and the trading island — both told properlyThe full circleNeeds a 9.5-hour call · ~7.5hLong calls — and Mt. Inasa if you sail after dark
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