The City Night Views
Nagasaki City has a unique “bowl-shaped” topography centered around Nagasaki Port. Nagasaki city has always been known as the “City of Slopes” because there is very little flat land. This unique topography, we were able to enjoy beautiful night views from almost anywhere in the city.
Taking advantage of this feature, Nagasaki have been working to improve aspects such as lighting in recent years.
This initiative aims to gradually illuminate areas that were previously dimly lit, and as a result, the narrow stairways and slopes of Nagasaki—where the ground used to be dark—are gradually becoming brighter. And so has come to play an important role in crime prevention as well. Therefore, the lights sparkling along the mountainside are not artificial lights, but rather the natural lights of everyday life.
As a result, it was designated as one of the “World’s New Three Great Night View Cities” in 2012 and 2022.
The night view from Mt.Inasa
A view of Nagasaki Station, Nagasaki Port, and the city center from the summit of Mt, Inasa.
Night view from Mt. Nabekanmuri.
The Oura Area across the bay from Mt.Inasa, A view of Nagasaki Port from Mt. Nabekanmuri in Oura.
Night view from Kazagashira Park
From Kazagashira Park, A view of Mt, Inasa from Kazagashira Park, near the Sakamoto Ryoma’s Kameyama Shachu,
Night view from the Tateyama area
The TATEYAMA area across the bay from Mt, Inasa.A view of Nagasaki Port from TATEYAMA.