Sasebo: all 8 tours and excursions for your cruise

Explore Sasebo at your leisure during your full-day (8-hour) sightseeing tour via private van. Customise your own itinerary or choose to see an overview of the area's highlights.Depart the pier with your driver and English-speaking guide in an air-conditioned van and discover the city and surrounding areas at your own pace. Your exclusive tour concludes back at the pier. Points of interestsPoints of interest seen on this excursion may include: Sasebo, Nagasaki, Nagasaki Atomic Bomb Museum, Hashima...

Explore Sasebo at your leisure during your half-day (4-hour) sightseeing tour via private van. Customise your own itinerary or choose to see an overview of the area's highlights.Depart the pier with your driver and English-speaking guide in an air-conditioned van and discover the city and surrounding areas at your own pace. Your exclusive tour concludes back at the pier. Points of interestsPoints of interest seen on this excursion may include: Sasebo, Yutoku Inari Shrine, Japanese Garden NotePlease...

Explore the splendid beauty and wartime past of Nagasaki during this scenic, half-day sightseeing excursion. Visit Peace Memorial Park, hypocenter and A-Bomb museumPeace Memorial ParkThe park commemorates the city's destruction by the atomic bomb dropped on August 9, 1945. The park's main attraction is a collection of statues and sculptures donated by countries and groups all over the world. Included is the massive Peace Memorial Statue, which depicts a man with his right arm pointing to the sky...

AritaDepart the pier for the approximate 50 -minute drive to the mountain town of Arita, renowned for its production of ceramics since the 17th century. Your foray into Japanese porcelain begins with a guided visit to either one of kilns that is located in Arita town renowned for creating contemporary ceramics that blend modern sensibility with traditional technique. (Kilns artisans and working space will be closed on Saturdays, Sundays and National Holidays) It also holds the largest ceramic fair...

Saikai Bridge (photo stop)The Saikai Bridge (photo stop) is an arch bridge spanning Hario Strait. When it was built in 1955, it was the world's third largest bridge, and the largest in Asia. You should not miss one of the three greatest rapid tides of Japanese waters and its many whirlpools in Hario Strait. Umegae Sake Brewery This brewery has been operating since the Edo period, more than a hundred years ago. Nowadays, the Masters maintain the traditional way of making sake. They use exactly the...

Yutoku Inari ShrineIn 1687, the Yutoku Inari Shrine was built upon the request of Kazanin Manko-hime, the wife of Lord Nabeshima Naotomo who ruled the domain of Hizen Kashima. At the shrine, the division of the deity Inari Okami, worshiped by the Emperor, is enshrined. The cult of this deity, the guardian of food, clothing, and shelter, is widespread among Japanese people. All of the buildings including the main hall are done in rich and beautiful lacquer. Behind the main building you can climb a...

Photo stop Tabira ChurchBeginning in 1886, Father Raguet and Father de Rotz had some Christians from places such as Kuroshima and Shitsu migrate to Tabira. Tabira Church was designed and constructed by Tetsukawa Yosuke, with considerable help from local Christians themselves. It was completed in 1918.The church is made from brick, and has a multilayered roof with a bell tower at the front.The interior has three isles, with an arcade, triforium, and clerestory nave. Tabira Church is one of many churches...

Explore the splendid beauty and wartime past of Nagasaki during this scenic, full-day sightseeing excursion.Peace Memorial ParkOn August 9, 1945, at 11.02am an atomic bomb exploded. The fierce blast wind, heat rays reaching several thousand degrees and deadly radiation generated by the explosion crushed burned and killed everything in sight and reduced the entire area to a barrel field of rubble. About one-third of Nagasaki City was destroyed. Peace Memorial Park is home to a beautiful memorial...