Travel details
Departute station, time
Transport
Arrival station, time
Osaka Bay Tower Hotel to:
Nagasaki
 Bentencho, 05:39 JR Osaka Loop Line Osaka, 05:48
Osaka, 06:01 JR Kyoto Line Shin-Osaka, 06:05
Shin-Osaka, 06:25 Shinkansen Hikari 543 Hakata, 09:13
Hakata, 10:36 Express Kamome 15 Nagasaki, 12:28
Nagasaki, 18:25 Express Kamome 42 Hakata, 20:17
Distance travelled: 1,570 km Hakata, 20:40 Shinkansen Hikari 588 Shin-Osaka, 23:25
Total travel time: 12 hrs 23 min Shin-Osaka, 23:37 JR Kyoto Line Osaka, 23:41
Cost of travel: ¥36,240 (~$453) Osaka, 23:51 JR Osaka Loop Line Bentencho, 23:59

Nagasaki (長崎) was Japan’s sole 'window' to the West during its 300-year period of isolation and it combines both oriental and western cultures. There are several places worth visiting:

  • Mount Inasa, offering perfect views of the city and its surroundings (can be reached by a cable car),
  • Glover Garden - containing western style buildings and gardens and statue of Tamaki Miura who served as an inspiration for the 'Madam Butterfly' opera by Giacomo Pucchini (whose statue is also close by),
  • Twenty-six Christian Martyrs' monument in memory of 6 foreign and 20 Japanese Christians who were crucified in 1597, as a result the decree prohibiting Christianity, and, of course
  • Nagasaki Atomic Bomb Museum and Peace Park - which are as impressive (and as haunting) as the ones in Hiroshima...
Hamasaki Ayumi site