Nagasaki travel, Nagasaki tour

Hirado City, located in the northwest of Nagasaki Prefecture, is a castle town full of history and romance.
About 400 years ago, as Japan's first Western trading port, it began exchanges with Britain and the Netherlands, and became a bridge for Western culture.
See the historical buildings and sites, including the Dutch Trading Post and Hirado Castle, and experience the history and romance of Hirado.

The Kujukushima Islands are an area of the ocean dotted with islands that stretches 25km north from the outside of Sasebo Port, and are said to have the highest density of islands in Japan.
Kujuku is an analogy used to mean there is a large number, and in fact there are 208 islands.

Nagasaki's most famous theme park, which recreates a European cityscape. As the name Huis Ten Bosch (= Forest House) suggests, the theme is "coexistence with nature," and the flowers that bloom throughout the seasons are beautiful.

The Glover House in Glover Garden is the oldest wooden Western-style building in Japan, and the area was a foreign settlement. Minamiyamate, Nagasaki City, where the Glover House is located, is designated as an Important Preservation District for Groups of Traditional Buildings.

Gunkanjima, commonly known as Hashima, is an island in Nagasaki city (formerly Takashima town) that once flourished due to its undersea coal mines and had a population density higher than Tokyo, but when the mines were closed, the islanders left, and it is now uninhabited.

Nagasaki city is full of exotic atmosphere with Dejima, Chinatown, Glover House and other Western-style buildings. Nagasaki is also known for its Wakan-Ran gourmet cuisine such as champon, castella and Turkish rice. As the last prefecture in the world to have been hit by an atomic bomb, Nagasaki also plays the role of a "city of peace" that spreads the importance of peace to the world.

This church is the oldest surviving church in Japan, built in the Gothic style, representative of medieval European architecture, for foreign residents in the Nagasaki settlement, which was created when Japan opened its doors to the world at the end of the Edo period. Some of the stained glass that decorates the interior of the church is about 100 years old.

The Unzen Jigoku area is filled with steam and the smell of sulfur. It is also home to a colony of Enkianthus campanulatus, a designated natural monument, and was the site of the martyrdom of Christians. There are about 30 different types of hell scattered around, each with its own origin and legend.

The Sotome area is dotted with many historical sites that tell the story of the deep faith of the hidden Christians, such as Kurosaki Church and Shitsu Culture Village. This is an area that even the famous Shusaku Endo was fascinated by. The beautiful sunset over Sumo Nada paints the blue sea crimson red, and the shadows of the islands floating in the sea fascinate all who visit.

"Watazumi Shrine"

Watatsumi Shrine, one of Tsushima's most famous tourist spots, has a total of five torii gates. Two of the gates stand in Aso Bay, which spreads out in front of the shrine, so at high tide the seawater fills up close to the main shrine, creating a mystical atmosphere.

"Osezaki Observatory"

Located at the westernmost tip of Kyushu, it is known as "the last place on the Kyushu mainland where the sun sets," and faces the rough waters of the East China Sea. The spectacular scenery created by the sheer cliffs eroded by the fierce winds and waves is a sight to behold.

"Monkey Rock"

Iki's number one tourist spot! The 50m-tall Saruiwa Rock is made of basalt from a sea cliff at the tip of the Kurosaki Peninsula, which juts out to the west of Yumoto Bay, Iki's hot spring resort. It looks just like a monkey facing left, with grass growing on its head and back.