basic information

Glover Garden is an open air museum, exhibiting mansions of former Western residents of Nagasaki. It is located on the hill where Western merchants settled down after the end of Japan's era of seclusion in the second half of the 19th century.

The exhibited buildings include the mansions of British merchants Frederick Ringer and William Alt and the former residence of Thomas Glover, a Scottish merchant. A nice panorama of the city can be enjoyed from the garden.

Admission: 600 yen
Hours: open daily from 8:00 to 18:00 (until 21:30 during Golden Week and from July 15 to October 9; until 20:00 on December 22-24)

No.2 Dock House

View onto Nagasaki City

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how to get there

Glover Garden is a five minute walk from "Ouratenshudo-shita" tram station on the line number 5. The entrance is just next to the Oura Catholic Church.

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