For over 200 years during Japan's period of isolation in the Edo era, the small artificial island of Dejima in Nagasaki harbor served as the sole point of contact and exchange between Japan
The Amakusa Islands are a group of beautiful islands between Kumamoto and Nagasaki prefectures, and have played a major part in the history of Christianity in Japan.
Arita in Saga Prefecture in Kyushu is the historic center of porcelain production in Japan. Arita-ware pottery is now world famous and exported all over the globe.
Island Lumina on Iojima Island in Nagasaki is a multimedia night walk in search of an enchanted jewel. Created by Moment Factory, this one-hour adventure takes place through a forest path.
Nozaki is a small island off Sasebo, in Kyushu. Now uninhabited, in the seventeenth century it was a refuge for the "hidden Christians" in the Nagasaki region fleeing persecution.
To the north of the Goto archipelago, west of Nagasaki, a chain of 17 small volcanic islands forms the Ojika commune, whose main island bears the same name.
Among the recently proposed world heritage sites of UNESCO by Japan is the impressive island of Gunkanjima. A unique, and somewhat disturbing landscape.
Tojin Yashiki was the compound in Nagasaki where Chinese traders were confined during sakoku period of Japanese history similar to Dejima for the Dutch.
Spectacles Bridge: read a guide to Spectacles Bridge (meganebashi) in Nagasaki, Japan's oldest stone arch bridge built in 1634 by the Chinese monk Mozi (aka Nyojo).
The Buke-yashiki district of lower and middle samurai houses in the Teppo-cho area of Shimabara in Nagasaki Prefecture is a short walk north west of Shimabara Castle.
