Nagasaki - General Info

Description:

Nagasaki is a large natural harbor on the NW coast of the island of Kyushu.

Dejima, in downtown Nagasaki, was the only port open to foreigners (specifically, the Dutch) during Japan’s isolation period from approx. 1639 to 1868 and Nagasaki became one of the first ports open to all foreign ships after the isolation period ended.

The city is associated with one terrible moment during World War II, memorialized at the city’s Atomic Bomb Museum and Peace Park.

While this is a port of entry, it is not recommended for yacht arrivals. See Japan Clearance for a list of recommended ports of entry/exit.

Entrance Notes and Cautions:

Nagasaki is approached along a steadily narrowing channel lined by the huge Mitsubishi dockyards. An elegant grey-silver suspension bridge crosses the inlet and about a mile further on, to starboard, is the small, artificially indented rectangle of water called Dejima Wharf.

Position: 

32° 44.61′N, 129° 52.10′E (marina)