Nagasaki

Nagasaki 長崎市
Core city
Nagasaki City
Flag Seal
Nickname(s):  City of Peace Naples of the Orient
Map of Nagasaki Prefecture with Nagasaki highlighted in pink
Nagasaki
Coordinates: 32°47′N 129°52′E
Country	Japan
Region	Kyushu
Prefecture	Nagasaki Prefecture
District	n/a
Government
• Mayor	Shirō Suzuki (2023-)
Area
• Total	406.35 km2 (156.89 sq mi)
• Land	241.20 km2 (93.13 sq mi)
• Water	165.15 km2 (63.76 sq mi)
Population  (March 1, 2017)
• Total	425,723
• Density	1,000/km2 (2,700/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+9 (Japan Standard Time)
- Tree	Chinese tallow tree
- Flower	Hydrangea
Phone number	095-825-5151
Address	2-22 Sakura-machi, Nagasaki-shi, Nagasaki-ken 850-8685
Website	www.city.nagasaki.lg.jp

Nagasaki
Nagasaki in kanji
Japanese name
Kanji	長崎
Hiragana	ながさき
Katakana	ナガサキ
Transcriptions Romanization Nagasaki

Nagasaki waterfront on the harbor

Nagasaki (長崎市, Nagasaki-shi) is the capital city of Nagasaki Prefecture in Japan.

Nagasaki was founded by the Portuguese in the late 16th century.

It has been recognized as a core city since 1997.

History

Monument at the atomic bomb hypocenter in Nagasaki

Nagasaki was founded by the Portuguese in the late 16th century. During the Edo period, Nagasaki was the only port in which trade with other countries was permitted because of the national isolation policy (sakoku).

In the 1870s, Nagasaki became the capital city of the prefecture which evolved from the former province.

On August 9, 1945, Nagasaki was the second of two Japanese cities which were destroyed with an atomic bomb near the end of the Second World War.

Related pages

• Atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki
• Hashima

Other websites

• Nagasaki official website(in English); 長崎市(in Japanese)
• VISIT NAGASAKI Official Tourism Website for Nagasaki City Archived 2016-12-31 at the Wayback Machine(in English)
• Geographic data related to Nagasaki at OpenStreetMap