Events in Nagasaki 2026

Nagasaki is Japan's most culturally layered city — shaped successively by Portuguese missionaries, Dutch traders, Chinese merchants, and the atomic bomb of 1945, each influence leaving permanent marks on the city's food, architecture, festivals, and identity.

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About Nagasaki

Nagasaki is Japan's most culturally layered city — shaped successively by Portuguese missionaries, Dutch traders, Chinese merchants, and the atomic bomb of 1945, each influence leaving permanent marks on the city's food, architecture, festivals, and identity. The Nagasaki Lantern Festival fills the city's Chinatown with over 15,000 lanterns. The Kunchi Festival in October combines Dutch-influenced floats, Chinese dragon dances, and Japanese Shinto ceremony in a combination that exists nowhere else.

Explore Nagasaki by Area

Dejima & Waterfront

Historic trading post district staging Nagasaki Lantern Festival, Okunchi festival floats, and harbour events.

Glover Garden Area

Western-style hilltop heritage site with illumination events and the city's most scenic seasonal festivals.

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Japan Rail Pass — the easiest way to travel between Japan's cities by Shinkansen
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