Where to Stay in Nagasaki: Choosing the Right Area

Station buildings and hotels cluster around Nagasaki Station on the Nishi-Kyushu Shinkansen, and airport buses also depart from here. The streetcar takes you to Peace Park, Dejima and the Glover Garden area without changing.

Best for

• ✓First trips to Nagasaki
• ✓Anyone who doesn't want to walk far with luggage
• ✓Travelers using the airport bus or shinkansen

Keep in mind

You will need to take the streetcar to Chinatown and the Shianbashi dining area.

Nearest stations

🚉 JR Nagasaki Station; Nagasaki-Ekimae stop (Nagasaki Electric Tramway)

Shinchi Chinatown and the reconstructed Dejima are close together, and airport buses also stop at Shinchi Chinatown. Dejima Wharf on Nagasaki Harbor and Nagasaki Seaside Park are within walking distance.

Best for

• ✓Anyone who values plenty of dining choices
• ✓Strolling along the harbor
• ✓Visiting during the Lantern Festival

Keep in mind

The area gets very crowded during the Lantern Festival.

Nearest stations

🚉 Shinchi Chinatown stop and Dejima stop (Nagasaki Electric Tramway)

The area around the covered Hamanomachi shopping arcade and the restaurant-packed Shianbashi and Doza neighborhoods is the place for dinner out in Nagasaki. Meganebashi Bridge, Maruyama and the Teramachi temple district are all within walking distance.

Best for

• ✓Eating out in the evening
• ✓Walking around Meganebashi and Teramachi
• ✓Staying in the heart of Nagasaki

Keep in mind

The Shianbashi area stays busy until late, so choose a hotel a little away from the main streets if quiet matters to you.

Nearest stations

🚉 Kanko-dori stop and Shianbashi stop (Nagasaki Electric Tramway)

A hilly area home to Glover Garden, Oura Cathedral and Dutch Slope, with hotels overlooking the harbor. Staying here lets you walk among the old Western-style houses in the morning before the crowds arrive.

Best for

• ✓Visiting Glover Garden and the Western-style houses
• ✓Enjoying harbor views
• ✓Anyone who prefers a calm place to stay

Keep in mind

There are many slopes and stone steps, so a taxi makes things easier when you have large luggage.

Nearest stations

🚉 Oura Tenshudo stop and Ishibashi stop (Nagasaki Electric Tramway)

Across Nagasaki Harbor, hotels are dotted around the foot of Mt. Inasa, along with Inasayama Onsen. Ride the ropeway up to the summit observatory, take in the night view and come back down to your hotel.

Best for

• ✓Travelers coming for the night view
• ✓Staying at a hotel with a hot spring
• ✓Road trippers

Keep in mind

It is away from the streetcar lines, so getting to the city center means taking a bus or taxi.

Nearest stations

🚉 Fuchi Jinja Station (Nagasaki Ropeway; bus from Nagasaki Ekimae)

A hot spring town at the foot of Mt. Unzen, where ryokan inns and hotels line the Unzen Jigoku hells with their white plumes of steam. In autumn you can also see the fall foliage at Nita Pass.

Best for

• ✓Relaxing at a hot spring ryokan
• ✓Enjoying mountain scenery
• ✓Exploring the Shimabara Peninsula as well

Keep in mind

It is far from Nagasaki city and has no railway, so you will need a bus or car to get there.

Nearest stations

🚉 Unzen bus stop (Shimatetsu Bus; nearest railway station is JR Isahaya Station)