Check this out if it's your first time in Nagasaki! Must-know travel highlights

One of Nagasaki's most popular tourist spots, located on Minami-Yamate Hill overlooking Nagasaki Port. You can see nine Western-style buildings, including the former Glover residence. Enjoy a stroll through the garden surrounded by flowers and enjoy the spectacular view of Nagasaki Port, which was once a place that even great figures were fascinated by.

An artificial island built by order of the Tokugawa shogunate. For about 200 years, it has played a major role as Japan's only window to Western Europe. Nowadays, you can enjoy tours of rooms modeled on life in the Edo period, meals in a Western-style building, and seasonal events.

One of Japan's three major Chinatowns, along with Yokohama and Kobe. Approximately 250 stores, including Chinese restaurants and Chinese general stores, are lined up at the crossroads, which is about 40 meters long from east to west and north to south. How about eating Chinese sweets and braised manju while enjoying the cityscape?

It is a stone-paved slope in the Higashi-Yamate district, which is lined with Western-style houses. It came to be called ``Dutch Hill'' because it was a slope that foreigners used to walk on. Feel the atmosphere of the time when the area was a foreign settlement as you walk up the hill and visit a Western-style building that has been turned into a museum and a cafe.

Approximately 30 minutes by car from the city center. Iojima, which takes about 1 hours to cycle around, is a resort island filled with a variety of entertainment. Move your body with activities and relax in a spa fed by natural hot spring water. No matter how many times I visit, I can never get enough of it!

This is the third dinosaur museum in Japan. It is a popular spot where you can see, touch and experience the history of dinosaurs. The full-body skeleton replica of a Tyrannosaurus rex, which is approximately 3 meters long and can only be seen here in Japan, is truly impressive. The corner where you can touch real fossils and the open lab are also must-sees!

This is a unique aquarium that specializes in penguins and is home to approximately 9 unique penguins of nine different species. You can enjoy to your heart's content the penguins that live freely in the huge aquarium and on the natural beach. Don't miss the parade and feeding experience!

An area rich in nature, where the culture of the Hidden Christians remains strong. The sunset seen from the open sea is especially breathtaking and worth seeing. There are many tourist attractions such as visiting churches, walking around the old town, and touring abandoned mines, making it perfect for a drive.

The Lantern Festival, which colors Nagasaki's winter sky in brilliant colors, is a major event that has its origins in the Spring Festival, a festival held by overseas Chinese living in Nagasaki to celebrate the Chinese New Year. The city center is decorated with bright lanterns, and the festival is lively with events such as the Emperor's Parade and many stalls.

The grand autumn festival of Suwa Shrine, the guardian deity of Nagasaki, has developed over hundreds of years into a gorgeous festival. The ``enmono'' dance performed as an offering is an exotic performance that mixes Japanese culture with Chinese and Nanban culture, giving you a feel of Japanese, Chinese, and Dutch culture.

It is said that this sport began when Chinese people anchored in Nagasaki Port were hit by a storm, and they rented barges and rowed together to appease the sea god's anger. The venue was filled with excitement as the battle was fought amidst the brave chants of “Yoisaa” and the sound of drums and gongs!

The Sailing Ship Festival, which began to commemorate the 400th anniversary of Japan-Netherlands relations, is an event where sailing ships from Japan and abroad gather at the historic Port of Nagasaki. The parade where multiple sailing ships line up and enter the port is a sight to behold! At night, the area is illuminated and the entire port area is enveloped in a magical beauty.