Nagasaki Shinchi Chuugai Nagasaki Shinchi Chinatown
Enjoy gourmet food and shopping in Japan's three major Chinatowns!
Nagasaki Shinchi Chinatown is one of Japan's three major Chinatowns, along with Yokohama and Kobe.
It is a popular tourist spot with easy access, arriving in less than 10 minutes on the tram from JR Nagasaki Station. It was built by reclaiming land from the sea in the mid-Edo period to build a warehouse for trade goods from China.
Approximately 250 stores, including Chinese restaurants, Chinese sweets, and Chinese miscellaneous goods, are lined up along the crossroads, which is about 40 meters long from east to west and north to south.
How about eating cute-looking Chinese sweets and braised manju while enjoying the exotic cityscape?
Nagasaki's famous ``champon'' and ``sara udon'' have unique flavors at each store, so we recommend trying them out and comparing them!
Chinese grocery stores have a wide variety of products, including ingredients directly imported from Shanghai and Hong Kong, so you'll have fun choosing souvenirs.
At the Lantern Festival held every winter, approximately 15,000 lanterns (Chinese lanterns) decorate Chinatown in a fantastical manner. In addition to regular lanterns, large artistic lantern objects are also on display, making it a sight to behold! You can also enjoy authentic Chinese dance and performances of traditional musical instruments at the special venue. The event originally started as a Spring Festival to celebrate the Lunar New Year, but now it has become a popular event that is known as a winter tradition in Nagasaki.
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Basic Information
Address | Shinchi-cho, Nagasaki City, Nagasaki Prefecture 850-0842 |
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Transportation access | Approximately 7 minutes by tram (bound for Sofukuji) from Nagasaki Station, then approximately 1 minute walk from Shinchi-Chukagai stop. Approximately 7 minutes by bus from the bus stop in front of Nagasaki Station South Exit, then 1 minute walk from the bus stop Shinchi Chinatown |
Link URL | http://www.nagasaki-chinatown.com/ trip advisor |