Nagasaki on our own?

[cinnamon]

This port has been added to our Celebrity cruise after the northern ports were cancelled after final payment. We have tours booked with other CC members in all our other ports. However, all the tours in Nagasaki involve going to the Memorial park. We will have visited the Atomic site in Hiroshima earlier in the cruise and we don’t want to go to the one here. 
How easy is it to just have a wander around in Nagasaki from the port?  We are two ladies in our 70s so cannot do anything too energetic. 

[monkey@cruise]

14 hours ago, cinnamon said:

This port has been added to our Celebrity cruise after the northern ports were cancelled after final payment. We have tours booked with other CC members in all our other ports. However, all the tours in Nagasaki involve going to the Memorial park. We will have visited the Atomic site in Hiroshima earlier in the cruise and we don’t want to go to the one here. 
How easy is it to just have a wander around in Nagasaki from the port?  We are two ladies in our 70s so cannot do anything too energetic. 

DIY Nagasaki.
Ship will dock at Matsugae International Terminal. From Cruise Terminal Tourist Info Booth, purchase a Nagasaki Tramway ONE-DAY Pass,  a one-day unlimited ride pass for streetcars in Nagasaki City. Walk 5 min to O-Urakaigandori tram station to start your adventure.

Shinchi Chinatown (get off at Shinchi Chinatown), one of the three major Chinatowns in Japan; Dejima Island (get off at Dejima), Site of the Former Dutch Trading Post.  The oldest Christian church in Japan, Oura Tenshudo (get off at Oura Cathedral)

 

To visit the exotic Glover Garden which is on Minami Yamate Hill, the normal access is walking uphill, but if through a special passage, will be downhill.walking.

[cinnamon]

Thank you very much. Just the sort of thing I wanted to hear. Would a taxi up to the Glover garden be possible then we could walk the downhill back?

[monkey@cruise]

6 hours ago, cinnamon said:

Thank you very much. Just the sort of thing I wanted to hear. Would a taxi up to the Glover garden be possible then we could walk the downhill back?

Yes, you can take a taxi up and drop off at Ringer Street Glover Garden #2 gate entrance, or ride the FREE Glover Sky Road Escalator and Elevator to the hill top near the Glover Garden #2 gate entrance.

[cinnamon]

Thanks, your a star. 

[monkey@cruise]

3 hours ago, cinnamon said:

Thanks, your a star. 

To ride the free Glover Sky escalator: Take the tram #5 to end station - Ishibashi Station and walk 3 min to the escalator entrance.

 

 

After exit escalator, walk another 80 feet to the elevator, up to Glover Garden Gate #2, 

 

 

Only in Nagasaki !  You can watch other tourists walking their way up to Glover Garden.

[cinnamon]

That’s brilliant, thank you. 
Does tram # 5 go from the port?

Edited August 11 by cinnamon

[monkey@cruise]

7 minutes ago, cinnamon said:

That’s brilliant, thank you. 
Does tram # 5 go from the port?

If you purchased a tram day pass, after you done other sightseeing, make Glover Garden as your last pit stop,  you don't get off at O-Urakaigandori Station for the cruise terminal, but continue on to Ishibashi Station. You exit through Glover Garden front gate and walk 5-10 min back to cruise terminal. You will see some shops on your way back, try the Castella (カステラ, kasutera) is a type of Japanese sponge cake, introduced to Japan by Portuguese merchants in the 16th century

 

[ROCruiser]

Been to Nagasaki a couple of times. This was exactly what we did on our last visit there in 2023.

 

[ROCruiser]

Tried to link my video on Nagasaki but it didn't work. You may go to My videos in my signature and look up the Nagasaki video for 2023. That was exactly what we did on our visit there.

[monkey@cruise]

6 hours ago, cinnamon said:

That’s brilliant, thank you. 
Does tram # 5 go from the port?

Glover Garden Map, the red arrow is Glover Garden Gate #2