Kyushu Day Guides
How to Spend a Day in Nagasaki Historic City
Last updated 5/2/2026
Edo's international port: Atomic Bomb Museum, Peace Park, Glover Garden, Megane Bridge, Shinchi Chinatown and a Gunkanjima half-day cruise.
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A full day, hour by hour
8:30 ā Arrive Nagasaki
- Kamome shinkansen from Hakata, 1 hr 20 min, Ā„6,050
- Or bus 2.5 hr, Ā„2,500
9:30 ā Atomic Bomb Museum
- Ā„200 (combo with Peace Park Ā„250)
- The full story of Aug 9, 1945, 11:02 AM
- Walk through to Peace Park with the Peace Statue
12:00 ā Champon lunch
- Nagasaki specialty ā seafood + pork + vegetable noodles
- Shikairou (the originator) Ā„1,200
- Kouzanrou Ā„1,000
13:30 ā Glover Garden
- A Meiji-era English hilltop garden
- 9 preserved colonial mansions
- Ā„620, 08:00ā18:00
- Views of Nagasaki Harbour + Megane Bridge
15:00 ā Megane Bridge (Spectacles Bridge)
- 1634 twin-arch stone bridge ā its reflection forms "eyeglasses"
- Free
- Old houses line the Nakashimagawa canal
16:00 ā Shinchi Chinatown
- One of Japan's 3 Chinatowns (Yokohama + Kobe)
- Manju Ā„250, char-siu bao Ā„400
- Giant red lanterns overhead
17:30 ā Gunkanjima (Hashima) tour
- "Battleship Island" UNESCO ghost town
- 3.5-hour tour Ā„4,500 ā book a month ahead
- A "Skyfall" (2012) location
21:00 ā Back to Fukuoka
Quick facts
- Gunkanjima tours only sail in clear weather
- Kamome shinkansen opened 2022 ā cheaper than legacy JR
- Total cost: Ā„10,000 transit + Ā„3,500 food + Ā„1,500 entries + Ā„4,500 Gunkanjima = Ā„19,500
Suggested combo
2D1N Nagasaki + day-trip to Huis Ten Bosch (mini Holland, 1 hr by train) ā quintessential Kyushu.