[2025 Nagasaki Attraction] Travel Guide for Urakami Cathedral (Updated Apr)

#MarchGoodPlaces2025 In 2012, Nagasaki was selected as one of the "World's New Three Cities with the Best Night Views" (commonly known as the World's New Three Cities with the Best Night Views) at the 2012 Night View Summit, along with Monaco and Hong Kong. Undoubtedly, Mount Inasa is the most popular spot for night view viewing, where you can have a bird's eye view of Nagasaki's Usugata city, but it will be quite far if you live in Glover Hill. In fact, the night view of Kanyama Park, which is about a 2-minute walk from the second gate of Glover Garden, is also one of the most beautiful night views in Nagasaki. You can see the night view of the Goddess Bridge, the port, and Nagasaki city from the side instead of a bird's eye view. It is not as crowded as Mt. Inasa, and you can enjoy the night view from the beautiful observatory that was renovated in 2014. You are also lucky enough to see the night cherry blossoms. Afterwards, we walked down the mountain and saw Glover Gardens, Oura Catholic Church and Urakami Church, and finally the beach.

#0yentripFebruary2025 [Catholic Urakami Church (Urakami Cathedral)] 🕰️Business hours: 0900-1700 🏖️Atmosphere/Facilities: ◯ 📍Address: 1-79 Motoomachi, Nagasaki City, Nagasaki Prefecture, 852-8112 💰Price per person: 0~ 💞Reason for recommendation: Went there for sightseeing☺️ I had no plans to stop by anywhere, but the taxi driver who guided me recommended it, so I stopped by‼ ︎ I wasn't sure if I would be able to visit in time, but I made it in time💦 I'm glad I went♪ It's also great that you don't have to buy a ticket to go inside♡ Photography is prohibited inside‼ ︎

🏞[Destination Guide] Nagasaki Urakami Cathedral is the largest Catholic church in Japan in terms of the number of believers and the size of the building. The former site was located in the center of the atomic bomb explosion and suffered devastating damage when it was bombed. Some of the remains were preserved, and the current Urakami Cathedral was rebuilt and still plays an important role in the lives of Nagasaki citizens and believers. The church can be visited for free, and there is also a museum next to it that collects many remnants after the atomic bomb. The statue of the Virgin Mary is currently applying for World Cultural Heritage status and can also be visited for free. 🚉Transportation guide: Transportation to Oura Catholic Church in Nagasaki: You can take a bus and get off at the stop in front of Oura Catholic Church, or take the Nagasaki streetcar lines 1, 2, or 3 to Heiwa Park and walk for about ten minutes. It's a very worthy and nice place to check in!