The Glover Garden, a Collection of Western-Style Houses

The Minami Yamate District is where the foreign residents used to live. This district became the setting of the opera Madam Butterfly. The eight remaining Western-style houses from the district were collected into one area to enact the atmosphere of the time. Each houses is uniquely designed and one can see Nagasaki Port from this garden.

●15 minutes by streetcar from Nagasaki Station.

The Former Glover Residence This building was the residence of the Englishman Thomas Glover and is the oldest wooden Western-style building in Japan. This four-clover-shaped colonial building is very exotic and is designated as a national cultural property. Glover was an ardent supporter of the Meiji loyalists and he hid them in his attic from the bakufu samurai during the Restoration period. He contributed greatly to the development of Japan and Ito Hirofumi, the famous loyalist, was able to study in England due to Glover's recommendations.

The Former Ringer Residence This building was the residence of the Englishman Frederick Ringer and was used by his descendants until 1940. The stone-walled southern European-style building is very rare in Japan. The stones used on the veranda were brought from Vladivostok, Russia. The building has a solemn yet glamorous atmosphere and is reminiscent of Nagasaki during the Meiji period.

The Former Mistubishi Second Dockyard House This house, built in 1896 beside the Mitsubishi second dockyard, is a typical early Meiji Western-style building. This house was used as a rest house for seamen while their ships were being repaired. This house was also a witness to the warship Musashi built in the dockyard during World War II.

The Stone Arch-Shaped Bridges on the Nakajima River

The Megane Bridge	The Momotani Bridge	The Amigasa Bridge
The Susukihara Bridge	The Fukuro Bridge

You can view the stone arch-shaped bridges on the Nakajima River. The bridges spanning the river include the Momotani Bridge, a small but unique bridge built in 1679 by a Buddhist monk, the arch bridges Amigasa Bridge and Furumachi Bridge, Ichiran Bridge, Susukihara Bridge, and Megane Bridge. The semicircular Megane Bridge, built in 1634 by a Buddhist monk of the Koufukuji Temple, is the oldest bridge in Japan. The bridge was so named because it resembles a pair of spectacles, megane when seen from afar. The Fukuro Bridge has stairs going down to the water. There are many antique shops along the Nakajima River, and antique fans should not miss the opportunity to look into these shops.

●10 minutes by streetcar from Nagasaki Station.