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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.
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Nagasaki, Japan

Fukusai-ji Temple

The giant figure on the back of this turtle-shaped temple actually hides a memorial pendulum.
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Museum of Tropical Medicine

A hub of information on tropical diseases and their treatments.
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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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This town near Nagasaki is flecked with fruit-flavored bus stops.
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