NagasakiGeneral Information about NagasakiLocated on Japan's third largest island Kyushu is the city Nagasaki which was the second city in the world to be attacked with an atomic bomb. The city lies in two main valleys about 300 kilometres south west of it's sister city Hiroshima. Nagasaki was founded before 1500 but remained out of the spotlight until European explorers landed in the surrounding areas about 40 years later. Today Nagasaki is the capital and largest city of Japan's Nagasaki Prefecture and is home to almost half a million people.
With such a unique history, Nagasaki has many interesting historical and cultural sites to visit. Many of these are religious or spiritual, or relate to the World War II attacks. The most visited sites in the city include the Atomic Bomb Hypocentre Park, Nagasaki Atomic Bomb Museum, Deijima Museum, Oura Catholic Church, Kofuku-ji and Sofuku-ji.
Commemorating the atomic bomb explosion which devestated the city is the Nagasaki Atomic Bomb Museum, which features a clock with bent hands that are stuck at 11:02, the precise time when the bomb went off on the morning of 9th August 1945. The first Atomic Bomc Museum built here was in 1955, but the museum which currently stands opened to coincide with the 50th anniversary of the bombing. The museum includes an exhibit of live footage of the bombing which then moves on to show the destuction of Nagasaki, along with photographs, videos, documents and relics relating to the Atomic Bomb explosion.
Tomeizan Kofuku-ji, or Kofuku-ji Temple is the oldest Obaku Zen temple in Nagasaki. The temple dates from the 1600's when Chinese merchants of the Ming Dynasty built a monastery here to pray for safe journeys. During this time, Christianity was forbidden by the Japanese government so the Chinese population of Nagasaki built a series of Buddhist temples. Kofuku-ji was the first to be constructed. Another of these temples, Sofuku-ji was built a few years later and features a statue of Maso the goddess of the sea who was worshipped by the Chinese sea men and a cauldron which was used to prepare food for the famine victims of 1681. Hostels in NagasakiBelow are a selection of Hostels located in Nagasaki, Japan. Alternatively, you can browse through all Nagasaki Hostels. | NAME | LOCATION | RATE (from) | RATING |  Fujiwara Ryokan (129.8768144)
6-12, Uwamachi, , Nagasaki, Nagasaki, Nagasaki Prefecture, Japan 850-0054
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Ebisumachi 6-10 Nagasaki city, Nagasaki, Nagasaki, Nagasaki, Nagasaki Prefecture, Japan 850-0056
MORE INFORMATION | MAKE AN ENQUIRY | VIEW RATES | Nagasaki | €21.72 | |  Nagasaki International Hostel AKARI (129.8827099)
2-2 Kojiyamachi, , Nagasaki, Nagasaki, , Japan 850-0871
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