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Azamara Club Cruises (47 Cruises)

Azamara Pursuit

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Celebrity Cruises (38 Cruises)

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Celebrity Millennium

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Costa Cruises (24 Cruises)

Costa Deliziosa.

Costa Deliziosa

2826 Passengers
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Cunard (14 Cruises)

Emerald Waterways (7 Cruises)

Explora Journeys (9 Cruises)

Holland America Line (11 Cruises)

Lindblad Expeditions (9 Cruises)

Norwegian Cruise Line (19 Cruises)

Oceania Cruises (53 Cruises)

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Oceania Riviera

1250 Passengers
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Princess Cruises (172 Cruises)

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Diamond Princess

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Sapphire Princess

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Regent Seven Seas Cruises (41 Cruises)

Seven Seas Splendor.

Seven Seas Splendor

1296 Passengers
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Seabourn Cruise Line (41 Cruises)

Seabourn Encore.

Seabourn Encore

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Viking Ocean Cruises (48 Cruises)

Viking Orion.

Viking Orion

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Viking Venus

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Port of Nagasaki, Japan | Cruise Port Guide

Few cities tell so much history through their geography alone. Nagasaki rises in an amphitheatre around a deep bay, and it is through this bay that everything arrived: Portuguese carracks, Christianity, Dutch merchants, and then, one August morning in 1945, the second atomic bomb. The port call confronts you with all of this, but it also holds hillside gardens, rattling streetcars and one of the most multicultural cuisines in Japan.

A Terminal at the Foot of the Hills

Ships dock at the Matsugae terminal, remarkably well located: Glover Garden and its surroundings are about a ten-minute walk away, the reconstructed Dejima district about twenty. For more distant attractions, the streetcar does the job; the nearest stop is a few minutes' walk from the pier, and four lines cover most of the city for a modest fare. These vintage cars, which sway as they climb the curves, are an attraction in themselves and simplify an otherwise demanding topography.

Glover Garden and the Hill of Foreigners

Start with the hill overlooking your ship. Glover Garden brings together the residences of Western merchants who settled here after Japan reopened, including that of the Scotsman Thomas Glover, surrounded by ponds and escalators hidden in the greenery; the view plunges over the bay and the shipyards. Right next door, Oura Cathedral, considered the oldest church in the country, bears witness to the clandestine survival of Japanese Christians through two and a half centuries of persecution, an episode few visitors know about when they arrive.

Dejima, the Window of Closed Japan

Heading back down toward the centre, the former islet of Dejima deserves an hour. During the country's isolation, this fan-shaped trading post was the only official point of contact between the archipelago and the West: a few Dutch merchants lived there under surveillance, importing science and technology along with their cargoes. The restored buildings — warehouses, living quarters, kitchens — recreate this closed world with remarkable attention to detail. Ten minutes away, the Megane-bashi, known as the Spectacles Bridge because its two arches and their reflection form a pair of glasses on the river, offers one of the photo stops most loved by locals.

Peace Park

The streetcar then takes you to the north of the city, where the Atomic Bomb Museum and Peace Park keep alive the memory of August 9, 1945. The visit is harrowing, necessary, and conducted with a restraint that commands respect; the park's monumental statue, one hand pointing to the sky from which the threat came, the other held out for peace, has become its symbol. Allow an hour and a half to two hours, including travel, and a moment of silence at the hypocentre. The thousands of paper cranes placed around the monuments, folded by schoolchildren from all over, say better than any text what this place means to new generations.

Flavours of a Multicultural Port

Nagasaki is to be tasted as much as visited: champon, the noodle soup inherited from Chinese cooks, castella, the sponge cake introduced by the Portuguese, and the tables of the Shinchi Chinatown, one of the oldest in Japan. If your stop extends into the evening, the Mount Inasa ropeway offers a night view over the bay that the Japanese rank among the most beautiful in the country.

You go back on board with images that are hard to reconcile — Victorian gardens, a Dutch trading post, a memorial to nuclear fire — and it is precisely this coexistence that makes Nagasaki a port of call apart: a city that received everything from the sea, the best and the worst, and that welcomes ships with a hard-won serenity.

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At the Matsugae terminal, remarkably well placed: Glover Garden is about ten minutes on foot, the reconstructed Dejima quarter about twenty. The nearest tram stop is a few minutes' walk from the quay.
By tram. Four lines cover most of the city for a modest fare, and these old cars swaying up the curves are an attraction in themselves. They simplify a topography that is otherwise demanding, the city rising in an amphitheatre around its bay.
Glover Garden and Oura cathedral in the morning, on foot from the quay, then the Peace Park by tram in the afternoon. Allow an hour and a half to two hours for the memorial, travel included.
The hill above the quay, gathering the residences of Western merchants who settled after Japan reopened, including that of the Scot Thomas Glover. Pools, escalators hidden in the greenery, and a plunging view over the bay and the shipyards.
Considered Japan's oldest church, it bears witness to the clandestine survival of Japanese Christians through two and a half centuries of persecution. It is an episode few visitors know on arrival, and it sits right beside Glover Garden.
A former fan-shaped islet that was, during the country's isolation, the sole official point of contact between the archipelago and the West. A handful of Dutch merchants lived there under surveillance. The restored buildings, warehouses, quarters and kitchens, recreate that closed world with remarkable care.
It is harrowing and necessary. The Atomic Bomb Museum and the park keep the memory of 9 August 1945 with a restraint that commands respect. Allow a moment of silence at the hypocentre; this is not a place for young children.
The spectacles bridge, so named because its two arches and their reflection draw a pair of eyeglasses on the river. It is one of the most cherished photo stops among residents, ten minutes from Dejima.
Champon, the noodle soup inherited from Chinese cooks, and castella, the cake introduced by the Portuguese. The Shinchi Chinatown, one of Japan's oldest, gathers the restaurants where this blended cuisine is best sampled.
Take the ropeway up Mount Inasa: the Japanese rank the night panorama over the bay among the country's finest. It is the chance to watch the amphitheatre city light up above the water.