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Nagasaki
Nagasaki spent centuries as Japan's only window to the outside world, and that layered history of Dutch traders, Chinese merchants and Portuguese missionaries still shapes its hillside streets, temples and harbour views. It is also, inescapably, one of the two cities destroyed by an atomic bomb, and its Peace Park and museum sit alongside that older, more cosmopolitan story.
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How do I get to Nagasaki?
Most visitors fly into Nagasaki Airport (NGS), on reclaimed land in Ōmura Bay, then take a limousine bus into the city centre. By rail, Nagasaki Station is reached via the Nishikyushu Shinkansen "Kamome" from Takeo-Onsen, with a cross-platform transfer there from the "Relay Kamome" limited express coming from Hakata (Fukuoka), a journey of roughly ~2 hours in total.
How many days should I spend in Nagasaki?
Plan on ~2 to 3 days, enough to cover the Peace Park and atomic bomb museum, the old foreign quarter around Glover Garden and Dejima, and a slower evening in the hillside streets above the harbour.
What is Nagasaki known for?
Nagasaki spent centuries as Japan's only window to the outside world, and that layered history of Dutch traders, Chinese merchants and Portuguese missionaries still shapes its hillside streets, temples and harbour views. It is also, inescapably, one of the two cities destroyed by an atomic bomb, and its Peace Park and museum sit alongside that older, more cosmopolitan story.