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Shimabara Castle

In Nagasaki prefecture, you shouldn't miss Shimabara Castle: it's pristine white, five storeys high and has a turbulent history...

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Nagasaki Museums Listing

Nagasaki museums: see a listing of museums and art galleries in Nagasaki city and Nagasaki Prefecture including Nagasaki Atomic Bomb Museum and Dejima.

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Kameyama Shachu Memorial Museum

Kameyama Shachu Memorial Museum

Nagasaki Prefectural Museum of Art

Read a guide to the Nagasaki Prefectural Museum of Art, designed by Kengo Kuma, dedicated to contemporary art and with the largest collection of Spanish art in Japan.

Museum of the atomic bomb in Nagasaki

The A-Bomb Museum

The ghost of an indelible past, the museum of the atomic bomb in Nagasaki recounts the hellish day of August 9, 1945, the day when everything stopped.

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Museum for the Former Site of Santo Domingo Church

Read a guide to the Museum for the Former Site of Santo Domingo Church, an excavated former Christian church in Nagasaki.

Nagasaki City Nagai Takashi Memorial Museum

The Nagasaki City Nagai Takashi Memorial Museum celebrates the life and work of Nagai Takashi who preached a message of peace and love after the atombic bombing of Nagasaki in 1945.

Nagasaki National Peace Memorial Hall

The Nagasaki National Peace Memorial Hall for the Atomic Bomb Victims commemorates the victims of the 1945 atomic bombing in a modern and visually breathtaking museum.

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Nagasaki Museum of History and Culture

The Nagasaki Museum of History and Culture is a modern museum that displays exhibits related to Nagasaki's overseas exchange and also has a large scale reconstruction of the Nagasaki Magistrate's O

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Unzen Disaster Memorial Hall

Unzen Disaster Memorial Hall: read a guide to the museum dedicated to the volcanic eruptions of Mount Unzen.

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Nagasaki Atomic Bomb Museum & Peace Park

Nagasaki Atomic Bomb Museum: read a guide to the Nagasaki Atomic Bomb Museum and Peace Park dedicated to the events of August 9, 1945.

Siebold Memorial Museum Nagasaki

Siebold Memorial Museum Nagasaki

The Siebold Memorial Museum in Nagasaki celebrates the life and achievements of the Geman doctor and naturalist.