Glover Garden

Glover Garden is an open-air museum perched on a hillside overlooking Nagasaki Harbor, showcasing several Western-style houses from the late 19th century when Nagasaki was one of Japan's few ports open to foreign trade. The centerpiece is the Former Glover House, the oldest surviving Western-style building in Japan, built in 1863 for Scottish merchant Thomas Blake Glover. The garden offers panoramic views of the harbor and city, and features moving walkways to ease the hillside ascent. Glover's story is linked to the opera Madame Butterfly, and visitors can find heart-shaped stones hidden in the pavement that are said to bring luck in love.