Nagasaki Hidden Gems
หน้าต่างสู่โลกภายนอกของญี่ปุ่นในยุคปิดประเทศสองศตวรรษ — เมืองท่าของโบสถ์ วัดจีน และวิวกลางคืนบนเนินเขา ตั้งแต่พิพิธภัณฑ์ระเบิดปรมาณูและสวนสันติภาพ เดจิมะ เกาะกุนคันจิมะ ไปจนถึงจัมปงและซาราอุด้ง
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หน้าต่างสู่โลกของญี่ปุ่นในยุคปิดประเทศสองศตวรรษ — เมืองท่าของโบสถ์ วัดจีน และวิวกลางคืนบนเนินเขา
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ภูมิอากาศทะเลอ่อนโยน ฤดูร้อนอบอุ่นและเปียก หิมะหายาก สบายเกือบตลอดปี
ของกินขึ้นชื่อ
- จัมปงและซาราอุด้ง
- เค้กคาสเทลลา
- โทรุโกะไรซ์
- โกโตอุด้ง
จุดเด่นที่ไม่ควรพลาด
- พิพิธภัณฑ์ระเบิดปรมาณูและสวนสันติภาพ
- เดจิมะ
- เกาะกุนคันจิมะ (ฮาชิมะ)
- เฮาส์เทนบอส
Iki Island — Barley Shochu & Ancient Burial Mounds
Iki Island (138 km²) in the Genkai Sea produces 50% of Japan's barley shochu (mugi-jochu) — the island's volcanic soil a…
Fukue Island Beaches — Crystal Water of the East China Sea
Fukue Island, the largest of the Goto Islands, has 20+ named beaches with water clarity and sand quality that rival Okin…
Goto Islands — Remote Christian Pilgrimage Churches
Take the 20-minute boat from Hisaka port to Kashiragashima Island (population: 26) and walk the concrete path uphill pas…
Hasami Porcelain — Modern Ceramics from a 400-Year Kiln Town
Hasami Town, adjacent to Arita but in Nagasaki Prefecture, has produced porcelain for 400 years using the same clay sour…
Kujukushima (99 Islands) — Sea Kayaking Paradise
Kujukushima ('99 islands,' though actually 208) is a scattering of forested islets across Omura Bay north of Sasebo — a…
Huis Ten Bosch — Dutch Theme Park in Kyushu
Huis Ten Bosch is a 152-hectare recreation of a Dutch town, built in 1992 at a cost of ¥225 billion as a resort destinat…
Nagasaki Peace Park & Atomic Bomb Museum
At 11:02 on August 9, 1945, a plutonium bomb detonated 500 meters above the Urakami Valley, instantly killing an estimat…
Glover Garden — Western Mansions on the Hillside
Glover Garden preserves nine Western-style mansions from Nagasaki's treaty port era (1859–1899), clustered on a terraced…
Dejima — The Only Window to the West for 200 Years
Dejima was an artificial fan-shaped island built in 1636 to confine Portuguese traders, and later (1641–1859) served as…
Nagasaki Champon at Shikairo — The Original Recipe Since 1899
Champon — thick wheat noodles in a milky pork-bone and chicken broth loaded with seafood and vegetables — was invented i…
Mount Inasa Night View — One of Japan's Three Best
Mount Inasa (333m) overlooks Nagasaki from the west, providing a 360-degree panorama that includes the harbor, city cent…
Nagasaki Ropeway Night View to Mt. Inasa
The Nagasaki Ropeway, rebuilt in 2020 with new larger cabins, is the definitive way to experience the Mt. Inasa night vi…
Hirado Xavier Memorial Church & Temple Next Door
Hirado Xavier Memorial Church (1931) stands on the exact spot where Francis Xavier preached in 1550 during his first mis…
Obama Onsen — Longest Hot Spring Footbath in Japan
Obama Onsen is a coastal hot spring town facing the Tachibana Bay, known for having the highest water temperature of any…
Nagasaki Chinatown — Oldest in Japan
Nagasaki Shinchi Chinatown is Japan's oldest Chinatown, established in the 1690s when the Tokugawa shogunate designated…
Megane-bashi (Spectacles Bridge) — Japan's Oldest Stone Arch
Megane-bashi ('Spectacles Bridge') is a double-arched stone bridge built in 1634 by the Chinese monk Mokusunyoujo — the…
Unzen Jigoku (Unzen Hell) — Active Volcanic Vents
Unzen Jigoku is a 500-meter-wide field of active volcanic vents on the slopes of Mt. Unzen, emitting sulfurous steam at…
Shimabara Spring Water Swimming Carp Streets
Shimabara City's residential streets flow with crystal-clear spring water emerging from underground volcanic aquifers be…
Hirado Castle — Sea Castle of the Christian Daimyo
Hirado Castle occupies a forested peninsula surrounded on three sides by the Hirado Strait, commanding views of both the…
Sasebo Burger — The Original American Burger in Japan
Sasebo, home to a major US naval base since 1945, is where American-style hamburgers entered Japanese food culture. In t…
Hirado Dutch Trading Post (Hirado Oranda Shokan)
Before Dejima, the Dutch East India Company maintained its Japan headquarters in Hirado from 1609 to 1641. The reconstru…
Oura Catholic Church — Japan's Oldest Surviving Church
Built in 1864 by French missionary Father Petitjean, Oura Church is the oldest surviving Christian church in Japan and a…
Sofukuji Temple — Zen Buddhism Meets Chinese Architecture
Sofukuji is a Chinese-style Zen temple established in 1629 by Chinese residents of Nagasaki, built in the Ming Dynasty a…
Shimabara Castle & Christian Rebellion Site
Shimabara Castle (1625) stands on the site of the Shimabara Rebellion (1637–1638) — the largest armed uprising in Edo-pe…
Nagasaki Castella Cake — Portuguese Sweet Perfected in Japan
Castella (カステラ) is a sponge cake introduced to Nagasaki by Portuguese merchants in the 16th century. The Japanese versio…
Gunkanjima (Battleship Island) — Abandoned Concrete Dystopia
Hashima Island, universally known as Gunkanjima (Battleship Island) for its silhouette resembling a warship, is a 6.3-he…
