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The city is surrounded by the cities of Isahaya and Saikai, and the towns of Togitsu and Nagayo in Nishisonogi District. Nagasaki lies at the head of a long bay that forms the best natural harbor on the island of Kyūshū. The main commercial and residential area of the city lies on a small plain near the end of the bay.
Site Municipality Comments Image Coordinates Type Ref. Iōjima Lighthouse Park 伊王島灯台公園 Iōjima tōdai kōen: Nagasaki: designed by Richard Henry Brunton and dating to 1871, the hexagonal lower part of the first Western-style iron lighthouse in Japan was rebuilt in reinforced concrete and with a square plan after damage in the atomic blast of 1945; the upper section is original ...
Glover Garden (グラバー園, Gurabāen) is a park in Nagasaki, Japan, built for Thomas Blake Glover, a Scottish merchant who contributed to the modernization of Japan in shipbuilding, coal mining, and other fields. In it stands the Glover Residence, the oldest Western-style house surviving in Japan and Nagasaki's foremost tourist attraction.
Nagasaki Prefecture (長崎県, Nagasaki-ken) is a prefecture of Japan, mainly located on the island of Kyūshū, although it also includes a number of islands off Kyūshū's northwest coast - including Tsushima and Iki. Nagasaki Prefecture has a population of 1,314,078 (1 June 2020) and has a geographic area of 4,130 km 2 (1,594 sq mi).
Hidden Christian Sites in the Nagasaki Region: Nagasaki Prefecture and Kumamoto Prefecture: 1495 (2018) iii: 5,566.55 ha (12,252.52 ha) Ōura Cathedral, Hara Castle, Hirado Island: Mozu-Furuichi Kofungun, Ancient Tumulus Clusters: Osaka Prefecture: 1593 (2019) iii, iv: 166.66 ha (890 ha) Mozu kofungun, Furuichi kofungun
Kitamatsuura Peninsula. The Kitamatsuura Peninsula (北松浦半島, Kitamatsuura Hantō) is a peninsula located in northwest Kyūshū, projecting northwest from an imaginary line drawn between Imari in Saga Prefecture and Sasebo in Nagasaki Prefecture, Japan. The peninsula is bounded by the Sea of Japan on the west, southwest and the north.
Hidden Christian Sites in the Nagasaki Region (Japanese: 長崎と天草地方の潜伏キリシタン関連遺産) is a group of twelve sites in Nagasaki Prefecture and Kumamoto Prefecture relating to the history of Christianity in Japan. The Nagasaki churches are unique in the sense that each tells a story about the revival of Christianity ...
Saikai National Park (西海国立公園, Saikai Kokuritsu Kōen) is a marine national park located in Nagasaki prefecture of northwest Kyūshū, Japan.It consists of the coastal regions of Matsuura Peninsula, extending northward from the port city of Sasebo and encompasses the Kujūku Islands, with over 200 islands to the west, Hirado Peninsula further west, and the coastlines of the Gotō ...