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Twenty-six Martyrs Museum
日本二十六殉教者記念館

  • Historic Sites

In the Medieval Ages, Japan prohibited the Christianity.

However, many people believed in the Christianity surreptitiously,

26 martyrs were executed on the hill of Nishizaka in Nagasaki.

The Oura Catholic Church was built for these martyrs.

Access and Getting Around

A 5-minute walk from Nagasaki Station.

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 Nagasaki Atomic Bomb Museum

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-Historic Sites 

On August 9, 1945, Nagasaki was bombed by an atomic bomb.Documents and photographs of the damage by an atomic bomb,a par...

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 Nagasaki Peace Park

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It is from the Atomic Bomb Museum, a monument is built here and naturally becomes the Peace park.It was said that tree a...

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 Oura Church

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-Historic Sites 

It is a Catholic church and an existing oldest wooden Gothic building in Japan which was built in 1865.The official name...

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 Glover Mansion

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-Historic Sites 

Glover Mansion was built in 1863 where a Scottish businessman called Thomas Brake Glover once lived.It is the oldest one...

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 Mount Inasa

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-Othres 

It is a mountain in the west of Nagasaki with 300 meters high of sea level.The area is a park, also the landmark of Naga...

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 Meganebashi Bridge

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-Historic Sites 

It is the oldest arched stone bridge in Japan.Tourists may feel history through walking along the banks of River Nakashi...

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 Lantern Festival

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-Festivals 

It was once a festival to celebrate the Chinese Lunar New Year but has now been expanded to a big festivalwhich decorate...

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 Sofuku-ji Temple

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-Temples 

The temple was built by a Chinese living in Nagasaki in the Edo period, so it is Chinese stylish.It is completely differ...

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 Kofuku-ji Temple

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-Temples 

The temple was also built by a Chinese, so it is a Chinese-style temple.As it is painted red, it is called the‘Red Templ...

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 Shofuku-ji Temple

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-Temples 

Shofuku-ji Temple was built in the Edo period.It is different from other temples in Nagasaki by not being painted red,bu...

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 Kagetsu

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-Historic Sites  -Food 

Kagetsu is a restaurant which has been operating since 1642.The building is worth seeing the inside and outside once to ...

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 Kaminoshima Church

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-Historic Sites 

Kaminoshima  was an island at the entrance of Nagasaki Portbut has been reclaimed and is connected to the mainland.It is...

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 Gunkanjima Island

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-Historic Sites 

Its official name is Hashima Island which looks like a warship seen from the distant.Gunkan means warship in Japanese. I...

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Accommodation around Nagasaki

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