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11 Cool, Hidden, and Unusual Things to Do in Nagasaki, Japan

Updated April 10, 2026

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Nagasaki, Japan

Gunkanjima Island

Once the most densely populated place in the world, this island is now a ghost town.

Museum exhibition and a clock that stopped when the bomb dropped.

Nagasaki, Japan

Atomic Bomb Medical Museum

A sobering scientific reminder of the human damage caused by the advent of the nuclear age.

Fukusai-ji Temple

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Fukusai-ji Temple

The giant figure on the back of this turtle-shaped temple actually hides a memorial pendulum.

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Museum of Tropical Medicine

A hub of information on tropical diseases and their treatments.

The head of Virgin Mary.

Nagasaki, Japan

Head of the Virgin Mary

The statue's head is one of the few fragments of the original Urakami Cathedral to survive the atomic bomb.

The Confucius Shrine’s main hall and courtyard.

Nagasaki, Japan

Confucius Shrine in Nagasaki

This ornate example of 19th-century Chinese architecture is one of only a handful of Confucius shrines in Japan.

Nagasaki, Japan

Dejima Island

A faithful reconstruction of what was once the only window into Japan.

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