Nagasaki's Dutch and Chinese Port Culture
Nagasaki · Japan
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Step into the unique world of the foreign settlements that once served as Japan's only windows to the West and China. You will wander through colorful gateways, climb historic stone slopes, and explore the reclaimed land of a former trading outpost. This walk reveals how global trade shaped the architecture and spirit of the city.
The walk
Nagasaki Shinchi Chinatown
Japan's oldest Chinatown, born from reclaimed land and the end of national isolation.
Dutch Slope
Dutch Slope, an attraction in Nagasaki, Japan.
Dejima
The artificial island that served as Japan's only window to the West for over two centuries.
Dejima Dutch Trading Post
The fan-shaped artificial island that served as Japan's sole window to the West for over two centuries.
Nagasaki Museum of History and Culture
The only window Japan kept open to the world during centuries of isolation.
Data: OpenStreetMap contributors and Google Places
More walks in Nagasaki
6 walks
How a walk works
The guide starts talking when you arrive.
This page is the map and the itinerary. The app is the guide who walks it with you.
Pick a walk
Every stop is a real place, already in walking order.
Pocket your phone
Follow the line on the live map, or download the walk before you lose signal.
Listen as you arrive
On a narrated walk the story starts on its own at each stop, so your eyes stay on the place.
Free to install · Every city’s featured walk is free, start to finish.
The route, followed
A live map with the turns called out, and a way back whenever you wander off it.
In four languages
English, French, Spanish and Arabic — the words and the voice, not just the labels.
Or build your own
Pick the places you actually want and the app works out the order to walk them in.
The unglamorous things
Toilets, pharmacies, cash points and water, without leaving the walk.
No signal needed
Download a walk before you go and it works under a souk roof or on a plane.
Picks up where you left off
Stop for lunch, come back tomorrow, and the walk is exactly where you left it.