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The hillside sampler

You docked downtown — use it. Timed from the gangway and back, with the hour before all-aboard already set aside.

~3h door to door5 stops2–3 hours ashore
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Photo: Tomio344456 / CC BY-SA
Door to door
~3h
From the gangway and back
Best for
2–3 hours
You docked downtown — use it
What it costs
trams ¥150 a ride — ¥300 covers the loop (or ¥150 total with IC transfer)
Transport spend: trams ¥150 a ride — ¥300 covers the loop (or ¥150 total with IC transfer).
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
    Walk from Matsugae wharf to Glover Garden

    Escalators do the climbing

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

    Your ship poses below

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

    Japan’s oldest church, 1865

    What you will see here →
    Photo: southtopia / CC BY-SA
  4. +1:45
    Champon at Shikairo — the 1899 birthplace

    Under the chandeliered dome

    What you will see here →
    Photo: 663highland / CC BY
  5. +2:40
    Walk back along the wharf

    Five minutes; margin untouched

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: 663highland / CC BY
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
Dejima
DejimaPhoto: Jakub Hałun / CC BY 4.0
Peace Park & Atomic Bomb Museum
Peace Park & Atomic Bomb MuseumPhoto: decade_null / CC BY 2.0
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 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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