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Nagasaki City VISITORS’ CHECKLIST
Center
1 Suwa Shrine Practical Information
2 Kofuku-ji Temple n In JR Nagasaki stn (095) 823-
3 Sofuku-ji Temple 3631. _ Lantern Festival
(Chinese New Year); Kunchi
4 Spectacles Bridge Matsuri (Oct 7–9).
5 Shrine to the ∑ travel.at-nagasaki.
26 Martyrs jp/en/
6 Dejima Transport
7 Hollander Slope k 40 km (25 miles) NE.
8 Confucius Shrine £ JR line.
9 Oura Catholic Church
0 Glover Garden
q Nagasaki Prefectural  Kofuku-ji Temple
Art Museum Teramachi-dori. v Kokaidomae. &
w Nagasaki Museum of Kofuku-ji, located at the heart
History and Culture Inner gate detail at the temple of Sofuku-ji of the Teramachi district, was
Japan’s first Obaku Zen Bud dhist
Chinese Zen priest Mozi in temple. Founded by a Chinese
1634, it remains the oldest priest in 1623, the building is
stone bridge in Japan. The also known as the Nanking
Shrine to the
26 Martyrs curve of the bridge re flec ted Temple and is often visited by
Peace Park, Suwa Shrine in the Nakashima River resem- residents from that city. The
Atomic Bomb Museum,
Huis ten Bosch bles a pair of spectacles. main buildings, in cluding the
Ken-ei Fukusai-ji About 10 minutes’ walk north Buddha hall, are constructed
Bus Terminal
Nagasaki- Shofuku-ji from here is the Nagasaki in Chinese style.
eki-mae
Nagasaki NISHIZ AKA Suwa- Museum of History and
Station jinja-mae Culture, featuring exhibits  Suwa Shrine
Nagasaki Museum
of History and Culture such as crime notebooks from Kaminishiyama-dori. v Suwa
the city’s magistrate’s office Jinjamae.
City Hall and “trample tablets” used in Located in a wooded hilltop
Christian persecution. precinct at the top of 277 stone
Nakashima River Kofuku-ji  Sofuku-ji Temple harbor views. The original
steps, Suwa Shrine affords fine
buildings were destroyed by fire
Sofuku-ji-dori. v Shokakuji-shita. &
Temple
The Chinese provenance of this
temple is proclaimed in the in 1857 but later beauti fully
restored. The purpose of this
entrance gate. This de picts the popular shrine, home to the
Spectacles
Bridge gateway that, ac cording to city’s pantheon of Shinto gods,
was to promote Shintoism and
legend, is to be seen in the
KANKO-DORI TERAMACHI-DORI Chinese undersea paradise. eradicate the last vestiges of
A second, more illustrious
Christianity from the area. The
Oura River
Dejima gate known as First Peak Gate autumn festival, Kunchi Matsuri,
Dejima HAMANOMACHI Daion-ji farther into the temple precinct is celebrated here, with blazing
Museum Temple
DEJIMA Tsuki- Shianbashi has been designated a National floats and dragon dances.
machi
Treasure of the late Ming period.
Nagasaki
Prefectural SHIANBASHI Sofuku-ji Also worth seeing is the
Art Museum Temple Treasure Hall.
Shokaku-ji-shita Sofuku-ji is one of the three
CHINATOWN
Shimin largest Chinese places of wor ship
Byoin
in Nagasaki. The temple was
on the site. Nearby is the founded, with the help of local
Nagasaki Prefectural Art Chinese residents, by a monk
Hollander
Slope Museum, featuring the Suma from Fukien province in 1629.
collection of Spanish art. The gigantic cooking pot that
stands enig matically in the
Ouratenshudoshita E Spectacles Bridge temple grounds was used to
Confucius v Nigiwaibashi, Kokaidomae. make gruel to feed over 3,000
Shrine
Ishibashi One of the most photographed peo ple each day during one of
Glover Oura sights of Nagasaki is the mod est Nagasaki’s worst famines in 1682.
Garden Catholic Church but curious Spectacles Bridge A fascinating 20-minute walk
(Megane-bashi), a Chinese north from here along narrow The Chinese-style Buddha hall in the
bequest to the city. Built by the streets leads to Kofuku-ji temple. temple of Kofuku-ji
For keys to symbols see back flap
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