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Hidden Christian Pilgrimage ①: NAGASAKI city
Nagasaki city Pilgrimage (4-9h) tour, very flexible, basic tour time is 6 hours, you can change basic itinerary as you like through the coordination. Meet-up and dismiss point are the designated place in NAGASAKI city. At least we visit (Must see)&(must go) spots. I will add the (optional) spots as you like under the coordination, then cmplete original itinerary for you.
Meeting Point
Designated place in Nagasaki city
Somewhere in Nagasaki city(meet-up)
Meet-up point. Pick you up and move to the first spot. Park at A-bomb museum. Walk to the first spot.
Extra cost Meet-up fee:3000JPY in cash
(must go)A-bomb Ground Zero(10min.)
Park the car in A-bomb museum parking lot, then walk to Ground zero park. There is the part of Urakami church which was destroyed and exposed by A-bomb and moved from original place(500m away from the Ground zero)
(must go)Atomic Bomb Museum(40min.)
Observe exhibition, Multilingual device available. There are exhibitions related to URAKAMI church.
Cost Admission fee, Parking fee
(must gol)URAKAMI Church(20min.)
Observe in and outside of church which is rebuilt after WW2. There are several A-bomb distruction remains are preserved in the church.
Cost Parking fee
(optional)Dr. NAGAI memorial museum & NYOKO-DO(20min.)
Observe Dr. NAGAI' museum and NYOKO-DO. He was the Christian doctor who relieved Atomic Bomb victims. Later he got leukemia, although confined to bed, Dr. Nagai continued his research and writing on atomic bomb disease.
(must go)OURA cathedral(10-45min.)
Observe, walk around, Hidden Christian World Heritage, National Treasure. There is a Christian museum next to the church.
Cost Admission fee, Lunch 1000JPY each
(optional)SHUNTOKU-JI temple(Luise De Almeida monument)(15min.)
Portugee Christian Doctor and trader, Luis De Almeida joined the society of jesus and built the church here in 1567 to propagate Christianity in Nagasaki.
Cost Parking fee:
(must go)26 Martyrs of Japan monument & museum(60min.)
26 Christians were excuted on this hill, the monument enshrined them. Memorial museum exhibits many historical Christian materials.
Cost: admission fee for museum
Cost Parking fee, Admission fee
(optional)FUCHI Shinto shrine(10min.)
One of only three SHINTO shrines which enshrined Christians in Japan. It enshrined princess KUWA who is the granddaughter of OHTOMO SORIN(Christian Daimyo of BUNGO domain)
(optional)St. Kolbe memorial museum(HON-KAWACHI church) (30min.)
Exhibits St. Kolbe related materials, he was excuted in Auschwitz prison, so called "St. of Auschwitz"
(optional)Mt. Cross(10min.)
Basement stone of the Cross is about 120 square centimeters, 60 strong Christian guys brought it to the top of the hill, took 7days.
(optional)SANTA KULALA church remain(10min.)
Remains of Christian church built in 1603 by Portugee sea men. After unti-Christian order was issued, the church was destroyed and only base stones were left. Even there is no padre any more, hidden christians around here continue their belief, and take place secret ceremony in this place.
(optional)AKAGI Christian gravesite(10min.)
Christian gravesite located on the hill, part of this area, there are successive Cathoric bishops of Nagasaki are laid to rest here.
Designate place in Nagasaki city
Tour end. Drop you off and dismiss.
Ending Point
Designated place in Nagasaki city
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Inclusions & Exclusions
〇Guide fee (for 1-4 pax, 5,000 JPY× 6 hours = 30,000 JPY)
〇Guide fee (for 5-8 pax, 6,000 JPY× 6 hours = 36,000 JPY)
〇Meet-up fee: 4,000 JPY (Guide's transportation back and forth to the meet place)
〇Rental car or Taxi fees
〇Admission
〇Parking
〇Toll-road
〇Meals
Tour Important Information
You can choose your transportation (walking plus public transportation, a taxi, or a rental car).
If we use a rental car, you will pay all rental car-related costs.
As for the transportation, the most suitable way is depends on the itinerary, so I try to choose as you like, but I cannot promise, finally I decide the best way, please understand that.
Street car is very conveniet for moving in central Nagasaki city and cheep(one day 600JPY/pax), too. But you have to walk some distance and waste of your time. Terrein of Nagasaki city is very steep slopes, so it is not suitable for walk around so you need to be tough in physically. Roads are very narrow and crowded, not suitable for a big vehicle like a bus and may often have traffic jam.
If you use a rental car or a taxi, we need to park somewhere, but there are no free parking area, so please understand that you need to pay at each parking lot in cash.
Important message from the guide
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.
Cancellation Policy
- Free cancellation - 8 days prior to meeting time
- 50% Refund - 3 to 7 days prior to meeting time
- No Refund - Within 2 day(s) prior to meeting time
Nagasaki Tour Reviews
“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
