Visit the major Chathoric pilgrimage spots of HIRADO & IKITSUKI area including 2 of 12 Hidden Christian Sites in Nagasaki region World heritage in HIRADO. Tour time will be flexible from 6 to 9 hours depends on the numbers of highlight spots which you visit. Customer can choose high-light spots to visit. Some spots need admission fee. Two World Heritage sites are included.
At your hotel or somewhere in Sasebo city, in the case of the remote area from Sasebo, meet-up fee will cost more than 1,500 JPN Yen, and waste your time, too.
Meet-up at your hotel or somewhere in SASEBO. Drive to the first spot. Cost Meet-up fee(1,500JPY) in cash
Observe inside and outside of the church, possibly cannot observe inside because of the codition. The church was built in 1918.
Connect main land with HIRADO, drive through, if you want, can walk through on the bridge to observe
The main castle of HIRADO domain, inside of the castle exhibits hidden Christian related things partially. Cost Admission fee
Observe inside and outside of the church, possibly cannot observe inside because of the condition.
Exhibits the collections of Matsura clan who ruled the northern area of Nagasaki since the 13th century. Admission fee
Firstly built in 1887, present church was built in 1924. Observe inside and outside of the church, possibly cannot observe inside because of the condition.
A small uninhabited island of martyrdom on the sea, sacrid island for the hidden christians, only observe from HIRADO island
Beautiful terraced pad field made by hidden Christians, walk around to observe
connect HIRADO with IKITSUKI, drive through, can't walk on the bridge.
A monument that memorized Gaspal NISHI who was the first martyrized Christian in IKITSUKI island in 1609.
Built in 1912 by Yosuke Tetsukawa. Observe inside and outside of the church, possibly cannot observe inside because of the condition.
Firstly built in 1885, the present one was built in 1929 by Yosuke Tetsukawa. Observe inside and outside of the church, possibly cannot observe inside because of the condition.
Built in 1898. Observe inside and outside of the church, possibly cannot observe inside because of the condition.
Drive back to SASEBO, dismiss, tour ends.
At your hotel or somewhere in Sasebo city, in the case of the remote area from Sasebo, you will be charged extra fee in cash.
〇hourly guiding fee (5,000JPY×8hours=40,000 JPY)
〇hourly guiding fee (6,000JPY×8hours=48,000 JPY)
〇Meet-up fee: 3,000 JPY in Sasebo (guide's transportation back and forth to the meet place)
〇Rental car or Taxi fees
〇Public transportation (if used)
〇Admission at each pay facility
〇Parking(if used)
〇Toll-road(if used)
Meet-up time can be coordinated after your booking.
Admission fee in some facilities and lunch are not included in guiding fee, so you need to pay on site in cash.
I can managed to shorten the tour time until 5 hours(minimum), but the tour will be invaluable tour, just like a driving, so I cannot guarantee the tour quality.
We might not be able to observe inside of the churches because of the church condition(Sunday MASS, special event, etc...).
You use a rental car or a Taxi for transportation. I inform you estimated rental car or a taxi cost in the proposal tour plan before your booking.
On Sunday morning, almost of the church have MASS, so might not be able to observe inside.
My coverage areas are mainly poor public transportation areas, so mostly use my private car (5 pax) or a suitable size rental car (6 to 7 pax) to move. We use a Jumbo taxi for 8 pax group. It is easy to travel and free to move.
My coverage areas are Nagasaki, Saga, and Fukuoka prefectures. But I live near Omura city in Nagasaki prefecture, so depending on where I meet you (meet-up), I will request you to pay the Meet-up fee (transportation cost back and forth to the meeting spot) in cash on site. The meet-up fee will be different based on the transportation fee from where I stay. Before the tour date, I will inform you how much the meet-up fee in the original tour plan.
Here are the basic meet-up fees for each area, Ohmura city is 2,000 JPY, Sasebo city is 3,500JPY, Isahaya city is 3,500 JPY, Nagasaki city is 4,000JPY, Saga is 8,000JPY, and Fukuoka is 15,000JPY. I will try to choose the cheapest way to travel. If you don't care high meet-up fee, I go anywhere as far as I can.
I work in both Nagasaki and Okinawa, working in 2 places for about half and half days a month. I have lived in Okinawa for over 12 years and am qualified and registered as an Okinawa Prefectural interpreter tour guide.
On my schedule calendar, available days mean that I stay in Nagasaki; on the contrary, unavailable days mean I am in Okinawa(mostly), so I might be able to guide you in Okinawa. I have another GWG account in Okinawa also, please visit it, too.
“Rainy day in Nagasaki”
Despite the weather we had a great day in Nagasaki with our private guide Hero. He went out of his way to rent a large comfortable vehicle for our group of 5 and rearranged the tour to accommodate the rain. He was very receptive and flexible and had a lot of knowledge to share!
Yukihiro (Hero)行博
(33 reviews)Hi Karen, Thank you very much for the great review for me; I so appreciate it. I hope to see you at some other opportunity in the future!! Hero
“A great first day + introduction to Nagasaki with Hero - looking forward to more”
I'm very grateful for Hero's patience (I took ages photographing virtually everything everywhere), kindness, knowledge, helpfulness and sense of humour - it was a lot to take in but all very relevant to my novel WIP, so am delighted with his assistance for this very important research I am doing. Also very grateful he drove me back to the car park to find my lost wallet and showed me how to reach the train station in the morning. Also had some fun/funny moments too, so a nice bit of comic relief from seriousness of bomb and martyrdom sites.
Yukihiro (Hero)行博
(33 reviews)Hi Jane, Thank you very much for everything today!! Ⅰ have rerieved several time today, I also realized the god’s blessing to us. Tomorrow is another day, hope to see you at the meeting spot smoothly. Have a good night! Hero
“Wonderful tour!”
Hero was an absolutely terrific guide! He was very informative, and very flexible in meeting our interests. First rate.
Yukihiro (Hero)行博
(33 reviews)Thank you for your first rating for me, I appreciated it. Unfortunately, we couldn't go Mt. Inasa Observatory, it was my regret today. Hope to see you again someday somewhere in the future! Best regards, Hero