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Michi-no-eki
Nagasaki

Michi-no-Eki Sonogi-no-Sho

Sonogi green tea and whale dishes by Omura Bay

A Route 205 stop one minute from Higashi-Sonogi IC, known for Sonogi green tea and whale. Try the...

Higashisonogi, Nagasaki, Japan
Historic Site
Nagasaki

Hirado St. Francis Xavier Memorial Church

A Green Gothic Church Rising Above the Temple Roofs of Hirado

A pale green Gothic church built in 1931 on a hill above Hirado's old town, known as the Xavier M...

Hirado, Nagasaki, Japan
Historic Site
Nagasaki

Sotome

The Hidden Christian Coast of Silence, a Bus Ride North of Nagasaki

The coast north of Nagasaki where Hidden Christians worshipped in secret, with Fr. de Rotz's Shit...

Nagasaki, Japan
Accommodation Sauna
Nagasaki

Unzen Miyazaki Ryokan

Unzen Miyazaki Ryokan - Inn with Steam Vents in Its Garden

A 1929 inn facing Unzen Jigoku, rebuilt in 2022. Its sulfur water comes from the Daikyokan hell i...

320 Unzen, Obama-cho, Unzen, Nagasaki...
Accommodation
Nagasaki

Unzen Kanko Hotel

Unzen Kanko Hotel - 1935 Mountain Hotel with a Domed Sulfur Bath

A half-timbered hotel from 1935 on the edge of Unzen Onsen, now a registered cultural property. W...

320 Unzen, Obama-cho, Unzen, Nagasaki...
Accommodation Sauna
Nagasaki

Unzen Fukudaya

Unzen Fukudaya - Folk-Craft Modern Ryokan with Source-Fed Baths

A 34-room ryokan in Unzen Onsen with every bath fed straight from the source, saunas, two private...

380-2 Unzen, Obama-cho, Unzen, Nagasa...
Accommodation
Nagasaki

Unzen Kyushu Hotel

Unzen Kyushu Hotel - Small Resort Inside Unzen Jigoku

Founded in 1917 and rebuilt in 2018 as a 25-room hotel in the middle of Unzen Jigoku. Every room ...

320 Unzen, Obama-cho, Unzen, Nagasaki...
Accommodation
Nagasaki

Unzen Iwaki Ryokan

Unzen Iwaki Ryokan - Inn by the Jigoku with Its Own Spring

A 35-room ryokan beside Unzen Jigoku that traces its roots to an 1887 resort for foreigners. Its ...

318 Unzen, Obama-cho, Unzen, Nagasaki...
Accommodation
Nagasaki

Yuyado Unzen Shinyu

Yuyado Unzen Shinyu - Century-Old Inn with Four Springs of Its Own

A 49-room inn founded in 1908 with four private hot spring sources and three kinds of water, kais...

320 Unzen, Obama-cho, Unzen, Nagasaki...