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長崎県 · Art & museums

Dutch Wall of Hirado

平戸市佐世保・県北

Fragments of the wall that enclosed the Dutch post, laid in a way no Japanese mason would have used.

長崎県 · Art & museums

Obama and Unzen Spa Buildings

雲仙市島原半島

A spa opened as a hill station for foreigners, with Western hotels and a church built up in the mountains.

長崎県 · Art & museums

Hidden Christian Villages of Goto

五島市五島

Villages founded by Christians in hiding; the altar concealed in a back room still shows in how the houses are planned.

長崎県 · Art & museums

Stone Paving and Masons of Nagasaki

長崎市長崎

The skill that built the stone bridges also paved the slopes - a hillside city assembled in stone.

長崎県 · Art & museums

Korean Embassies at Tsushima

対馬市壱岐・対馬

The domain that received the Korean embassies, keeping painted processions and a scholar's argument for equal diplomacy.

長崎県 · Regional selections

出島

長崎

A fan-shaped artificial island, the sole window on the outside world during the closed-country era. Its buildings have been rebuilt; a national histor…

長崎県 · Regional selections

Peace Park (Peace Statue and Fountain of Peace)

長崎

A park in memory of those killed by the atomic bomb, with the Peace Statue, where a ceremony is held each 9 August.

長崎県 · Regional selections

端島（軍艦島）

長崎

An island that prospered on undersea coal mining. Left empty after the mine closed in 1974, it is a World Heritage site.

長崎県 · Regional selections

Mount Inasa

長崎

A 333-metre hill in Nagasaki City, with the night view of the harbour and the hills that ring the city.

長崎県 · Regional selections

大浦天主堂

長崎

The oldest surviving church in Japan, built in 1864. A national treasure, known as the scene of the discovery of the hidden Christians.

長崎県 · Regional selections

眼鏡橋

長崎

A stone bridge built in 1634, among the oldest surviving arched stone bridges; an important cultural property.

長崎県 · Regional selections

Oranda Slope

長崎

A stone-paved slope at Higashiyamate in Nagasaki City, left from the foreign settlement.

長崎県 · Regional selections

グラバー園

長崎

A garden on the hill above Nagasaki harbour, with Meiji-era Western houses, the former Glover House among them, moved here.

長崎県 · Regional selections

Nagasaki Ropeway

長崎

A ropeway to the summit of Mount Inasa, its cabins designed by an industrial designer.

長崎県 · Regional selections

Nagasaki Shinchi Chinatown

長崎

The Chinatown of Nagasaki, enclosed by gates at four points, with shops along about 250 metres of crossing streets.

長崎県 · Regional selections

Hamacho Arcade

長崎

A shopping arcade in central Nagasaki, used by townspeople for everyday shopping.

長崎県 · Regional selections

Peace Park (Atomic Bomb Hypocenter)

長崎

The point above which the atomic bomb burst on 9 August 1945, marked by a black stone pillar.

長崎県 · Regional selections

ハウステンボス

佐世保・東彼杵・ハウステンボス

A theme park in Sasebo recreating a Dutch townscape, with flowers through the seasons.

長崎県 · Regional selections

Hario Transmitting Station Hario Radio Towers

佐世保・東彼杵・ハウステンボス

Three radio towers in Sasebo, completed in 1922 and about 136 metres high; an important cultural property.

長崎県 · Regional selections

九十九島

佐世保・東彼杵・ハウステンボス

Islands off Sasebo — 208 of them in a chain, within Saikai National Park.

長崎県 · Regional selections

Kozakibana Park

佐世保・東彼杵・ハウステンボス

A park in Sasebo at the westernmost point of mainland Japan, with a monument to mark it.

長崎県 · Regional selections

Chiwata Station

佐世保・東彼杵・ハウステンボス

An unstaffed station in Higashisonogi, its wooden building facing straight onto Omura Bay.

長崎県 · Regional selections

JMSDF Sasebo Museum (Sail Tower)

佐世保・東彼杵・ハウステンボス

A museum in Sasebo gathering material on the old navy, run by the Maritime Self-Defense Force.

長崎県 · Regional selections

Kujukushima Kanko Park

佐世保・東彼杵・ハウステンボス

A park in Sasebo, looking out over the Kujukushima islands from a grassy hill.