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Pilgrimage route

Nagasaki: the city of martyrs and the Discovery

Pilgrimages

In short

The classic pilgrimage. Day one follows the story through the city on foot and by tram; day two takes the coast road to the Sotome villages.

Duration2 days
Stops7
UNESCO stops3

Step by step

  1. Twenty-Six Martyrs Museum and Monument March 27 2022 various 17 36 35 129000.jpeg1

    Twenty-Six Martyrs Monument & Museum

    Begin where the first martyrs died in 1597.

    1 h

  2. St. domingo church museum entrance.jpg2

    Santo Domingo Church Site Museum

    See the excavated floor of a church destroyed in 1614.

    30 min

  3. Oura Church in Nagasaki, 20240814 0839 3201.jpg3

    Ōura Cathedral

    The church of the Discovery of 1865.

    1 to 1.5 hUNESCO

  4. 200321 Urakami Cathedral Nagasaki Japan01bs.jpg4

    Urakami Cathedral

    The cathedral of the returning exiles, rebuilt after 1945.

    45 min

  5. 如己堂 - panoramio.jpg5

    Nyokodō

    Dr. Nagai's hut, a short walk away.

    45 min

  6. Shitsu church 2009AP.jpg6

    Shitsu Church & Sotome villages

    Day two: Shitsu Church and the de Rotz museums.

    Half dayUNESCO

  7. Ono Church in Nagasaki.JPG7

    Ōno Church

    Ōno's stone chapel on the hillside.

    30 minUNESCO

Practical notes