Your day, step by step
08:15
Walk up to Oura Cathedral and Glover Garden (opens 08:00). Go early, before tour groups.
10:00
Walk down to the Oura Kaigan-dori tram stop. Buy a one-day pass (¥600) at the terminal or in the app.
10:15
Tram line 5 to Shinchi Chinatown, change to line 1 for Peace Park.
10:45
Peace Park, the hypocentre and the Atomic Bomb Museum (¥200). Allow at least 90 minutes for the museum.
13:00
Tram back to Shinchi Chinatown. Lunch: champon, or kakuni manju at Iwasaki Honpo.
14:15
Walk to Dejima, the former Dutch trading post.
15:45
Walk back to Matsugae along the harbour, 10–15 minutes.
- Latest you can leave Chinatown and Dejima16:15
16:30
Back on board, 60 minutes before all-aboard.
Where to leave from, and when
on foot bus, train, boat taxiPins show when to leave each place. Lines: route back to your ship.
Going further? Leave by these times
- Chinatown and DejimaWalk, 5–15 min to Matsugae16:15
- Glover Garden and Oura CathedralWalk downhill, 10–15 min16:15
- Peace Park and Atomic Bomb MuseumTram 1 then tram 5, change at Shinchi Chinatown, or taxi16:00
- JR Nagasaki stationTaxi, about 10 min16:20
Where people get Nagasaki wrong
Leaving the Peace Park and Atomic Bomb Museum to the end of the day and underestimating the tram ride with a change back to Matsugae.
Built from our Nagasaki guide, checked against 17 official sources (October 2026). Nothing here is guessed. Read the full guide or see the sources.
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