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The Atlas Obscura Guide To Nagasaki

5 Cool, Hidden, and Unusual Things to Do in Nagasaki, Japan

Updated May 2, 2022

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Nagasaki, Japan

Gunkanjima Island

Once the most densely populated place in the world, this island is now a ghost town.
Museum exhibition and a clock that stopped when the bomb dropped.

Nagasaki, Japan

Atomic Bomb Medical Museum

A sobering scientific reminder of the human damage caused by the advent of the nuclear age.
Fukusai-ji Temple

Nagasaki, Japan

Fukusai-ji Temple

The giant figure on the back of this turtle-shaped temple actually hides a memorial pendulum.
Specimens on display.

Nagasaki, Japan

Museum of Tropical Medicine

A hub of information on tropical diseases and their treatments.
The head of Virgin Mary.

Nagasaki, Japan

Head of the Virgin Mary

The statue's head is one of the few fragments of the original Urakami Cathedral to survive the atomic bomb.
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President Obama has become a symbol for a destination that predates him by over 1,000 years.

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Obama Onsen

Japan's hottest hot spring has a memorable name.
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Orange bus stop

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This town near Nagasaki is peppered with fruit-flavored bus stops.
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