Everything for your trip to Nagasaki in one place: model itineraries, where to stay, anime pilgrimage, events & festivals, attractions, autumn leaves. Open any page for access, highlights and typical dates.
🗺 3 days, 2 nightsWinterKyushu ・ 9 stops ・ February
A three-day trip built around the Lantern Festival that lights up Nagasaki in winter, also covering Nagasaki's night view, Huis Ten Bosch's winter illuminations and Takeo Onsen. Starting from Fukuoka, it loops through Nagasaki and Saga in winter, when there is plenty to enjoy after dark, without backtracking.
🛏 6 neighborhoodsKyushu
Nagasaki Station Area・Shinchi Chinatown & Dejima・Hamanomachi & Shianbashi・Minamiyamate & Oura・Foot of Mt. Inasa・Unzen Onsen
🎬 4 placesKyushu ・ Minamiyamatemachi, Nagasaki, Nagasaki・Sasebo, Nagasaki・Goto, Nagasaki (Hisakajima Island)
An original animated film directed by Naoko Yamada about Totsuko, a high school girl who sees people as colors, who forms a band with her classmate Kimi and a boy named Rui. Nagasaki, Sasebo, Goto and Shinkamigoto in Nagasaki Prefecture, which served as models for the film, are selected for the 88 Anime Spots.
🎬 4 placesKyushu ・ Mitsushimamachi, Tsushima, Nagasaki・Komoda, Izuharamachi, Tsushima, Nagasaki・Izuharamachi, Tsushima, Nagasaki
A historical action series set on Tsushima in the Kamakura period, depicting a samurai exiled to the island and the people who live there. Tsushima in Nagasaki, the setting of the story, is selected for the 88 Anime Spots.
🎬 2 placesKyushu ・ Shinkamigoto, Nagasaki・Goto, Nagasaki
In a world where people can fly using anti-gravity shoes called "Grav-Shoes," a transfer student throws herself into the aerial sport of Flying Circus in this coming-of-age story. Goto City and Shinkamigoto Town in Nagasaki are selected for the 88 Anime Spots.
🎬 7 placesTohoku・Tokyo & Around・Kansai・Chugoku & Shikoku・Kyushu ・ Mutsu, Aomori・Wakamatsucho, Yokosuka, Kanagawa (Keikyu Yokosuka-chuo Station)・Yokosuka, Kanagawa
A browser game in which you collect "Kanmusu" (ship girls), characters inspired by naval vessels, and organize them into fleets; it has also been adapted into anime. The 88 Anime Spots selection includes the port cities of Mutsu (Ominato) in Aomori, Yokosuka in Kanagawa, Maizuru in Kyoto, Kure in Hiroshima and Sasebo in Nagasaki.
🎬 1 placeKyushu ・ Nagasaki City, Nagasaki
The story of a high school girl who cannot see colors, is sent by magic into Nagasaki's past, and changes alongside the friends she meets there. Nagasaki City in Nagasaki, where the story is set, is selected for the 88 Anime Spots.
Kyushu ・ Goto, Nagasaki
An art museum showcasing the work of Nizo Yamamoto, known as an art director of animated films, located in his hometown of Goto. Inside a samurai residence built in the late Edo period and renovated for the museum, his background paintings and landscape paintings of Goto are on display. It is selected as a facility in the 88 Anime Spots.
FebruaryKyushu ・ Nagasaki
Usually around February, at the time of the Lunar New Year (Spring Festival) (17 days from February 5 to 21 in 2027)
2027: Feb 5 (Fri) – Feb 21 (Sun), 17 days
October
November–FebruaryKyushu ・ Sasebo & Huis Ten Bosch
Usually early November to late February
2026–27 season: Nov 6 (Fri) – Feb 25, 2027 (Thu)
Theme parkKyushu ・ Sasebo & Huis Ten Bosch
A theme park resort in Sasebo, Nagasaki Prefecture, recreating Dutch townscapes. Attractions, shops, restaurants, and hotels are spread across large grounds laced with canals. It's about a 5-minute walk from JR Huis Ten Bosch Station and about 1 hour 45 minutes by limited express from Hakata, so a day trip from Fukuoka is possible.
AquariumKyushu ・ Sasebo & Huis Ten Bosch
An aquarium in Kujukushima Pearl Sea Resort in Sasebo. It focuses on sea life from the Kujukushima Islands, and its jellyfish exhibit and dolphin shows are popular. The Kujukushima sightseeing boat pier is in the same resort, so you can enjoy it together with a cruise.
AquariumKyushu ・ Nagasaki
An aquarium specializing in penguins, keeping 9 of the world's 18 penguin species. It's said to keep the most penguin species in the world and has one of Japan's largest penguin pools. Admission is an affordable ¥800 for adults, and it can be reached by bus from central Nagasaki.
Mountain & highland🍁 Typical peakTemple
♨ OnsenKyushu ・ Unzen, Nagasaki
♨ Day use Adults ¥500, children ¥250, age 3 and under free (as of October 2026)
🎆 JulyKyushu ・ Nagasaki, Nagasaki
🎆 Usually in late July (July 25 (Sat) and 26 (Sun), 2026)
🚄 JRKyushu ・ 3, 5 or 7 consecutive days (Southern Kyushu is 3 days only; Northern Kyushu is 3 or 5 days)
From ¥22,000
🚌 BusKyushu ・ Paper passes are valid for 3 or 4 consecutive days. Digital passes: the 3-day pass covers any 3 days within 5 days from the start date, and the 4-day pass any 4 days within 7 days (each day runs from 3:00 to 26:59)
Fastest: Fastest about 1 hr 20 min (including transfer time at Takeo-Onsen Station)
Monthly temperatures, rain and what to wear are in our weather guide.
Itineraries, intercity routes and travel passes that cover several prefectures are listed under each of them.
