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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.

    1–1.5 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