Customizable Full-Day Private Tours in Nagasaki with Guide

Build your own day in Nagasaki at your own pace

A fully customizable private tour of Nagasaki with a local English-speaking guide and private air-conditioned car. You choose which sites to visit (the Peace Memorial Park, Glover Garden, Mount Inasa, Suwa Shrine and others), and your guide provides historical context and photography. Entrance fees, transportation and professional photos are included. Half-day and full-day options both available.

Step-by-step itinerary

Explore Nagasaki's historical sites

• Visit Urakami Cathedral site
• Explore Suwa Shrine
• See the Peace Statue
• View the memorial monolith
• Enjoy Mount Inasa Observation Deck
• Tour Glover Garden

The experience

What do you want to see in Nagasaki? That's the only constraint on this tour. Your local guide arrives with knowledge of the city's heritage and a camera, and you decide which stops matter to you. The Peace Memorial Park marks the exact point of the August 9, 1945 atomic bomb explosion. Suwa Shrine, 400 years old, survived the blast and sits a short drive away. Glover Garden perches on the Minamiyamate hillside overlooking the harbor and ranks as Nagasaki's foremost tourist attraction. Mount Inasa's observation deck commands a panoramic view of the entire city. You pick the sites, the order and how long to linger at each one.

The guide handles all the logistics: entrance fees are covered, the private car stays air-conditioned and equipped with Wi-Fi, and your guide doubles as a photographer. Snap Shot pictures are sent to you after the tour ends, so you leave with professional images without arranging a separate photographer. Half-day and full-day options both work, depending on whether you want to cover a few key sites or spend five to eight hours exploring deeper.

Children from age one travel free on an adult's lap. Public transportation options exist nearby if you want to add stops the car doesn't reach. The tour suits solo travelers, couples and small groups equally well, since the whole day bends to what you actually want to do.

What’s included

• Private transportation in an air-conditioned vehicle.
• local English-speaking guide.
• entrance fees to attractions you choose.
• in-vehicle Wi-Fi.
• professional photographs taken during the tour and sent to you afterward.

Before you book

Days and timesEvery day

AgesAdult (18 to 65 years) · Senior (66 to 85 years) · Youth (10 to 17 years) · Child (1 to 9 years)

GroupUp to 7 · max 6 per booking

Live guideEnglish

Meeting point and pickupHotel pickup is optional; you can also go straight to the meeting point. Ends back at the starting point.

Cancellation and refundsFree cancellation up to 24 h before the start. After that, no refund.

Prices and times updated 7 days ago

Good to know

Low physical effortPublic transport nearbyNot recommended with heart problemsInfants must sit on laps

Operated by NAGASAKI Trek

Is this one for you?Since you design the itinerary yourself, this tour works best if you already know which Nagasaki sites matter to you, or if you want a guide's help deciding and then moving at your own pace rather than following a fixed schedule. The private car and guide stay with you for the full duration, so couples, families and small groups all travel together without joining strangers.

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Top questions

Can children come?

Yes. Ticket types: Youth (10 to 17 years); Child (1 to 9 years).

What happened at the Peace Memorial Park in Nagasaki?

The Peace Memorial Park marks the exact point below the center of the atomic bomb explosion on August 9, 1945, which detonated about 500 meters above the ground at 11:02 am. The Peace Statue itself was completed in 1955 after four years of work supported by donations from Japan and abroad, and many additional statues donated from other countries stand nearby as prayers for world peace.

Can I see Glover Garden on this tour?

Glover Garden is one of the stops you can choose. It perches on the Minamiyamate hillside overlooking Nagasaki's harbor and ranks as the city's foremost tourist attraction. Your guide can include it in your itinerary if it interests you.

How long does this tour run?

You can book either a half-day or full-day tour depending on how many sites you want to visit and how much time you want to spend at each one. Full-day tours run five to eight hours.

Will I get photos from the tour?

Your guide is a photographer and will take pictures throughout the day. Snap Shot photos are sent to you after the tour ends, so you leave with professional images without paying separately for photography.