Sacred Spaces of Nagasaki
Nagasaki · Japan
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Walk through the diverse spiritual landscape of Nagasaki to see how different faiths have shaped the city. You will visit Shinto shrines, Buddhist temples, a Confucian sanctuary, and a historic Catholic church. This journey reveals the unique religious coexistence of this port city.
The walk
Suwa-jinja Shrine
A Shinto stronghold built to root out Hidden Christians and a survivor of the atomic bomb.
Kotaiji Choshoji Temple
Kotaiji Choshoji Temple, a Buddhist temple in Nagasaki, Japan.
Confucius Shrine, Nagasaki
A Qing dynasty sanctuary and school that survived the atomic bomb to house treasures from Beijing.
Oura Catholic Church
The oldest church in Japan and the site of the 'Miracle of the East' where hidden Christians reappeared.
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.