Sights in Saikai, Nagasaki

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• 33rd Parallel Observatory

  

  Saikai, Nagasaki · 0959-34-2208

  Observatory at Sakito Island's tip on the 33rd parallel, offering 360-degree views and sunsets.

• Tsugane-otoshi Falls

  

  Saikai, Nagasaki · 0959-22-1111

  About 20-meter falls with no plunge pool; water drops onto a large flat rock.

• Oshima Bridge

  

  Saikai, Nagasaki · 0959-32-9779

  White cable-stayed bridge, 1,095 meters long, opened on November 11, 1999. Toll-free since April 1, 2011.

• Yokoseura Park

  

  Saikai, Nagasaki · 0959-37-0064

  Port agreed with the Jesuits; a Portuguese ship entered in 1562. Now a park with statue, observatory, and museum.

• Kokuzosan Park

  

  Saikai, Nagasaki · 0959-37-5833

  Summit observatory with a 360-degree panorama of Sasebo Port and Omura Bay on clear days.

• Sakito History and Folklore Museum / Mitsuharu Inoue Literature Museum and Monument

  

  Saikai, Nagasaki · 0959-37-0257

  Museum displaying whaling and coal-mining materials, including a sei whale skeleton and mine dioramas.

• Hachinoko Island

  

  Saikai, Nagasaki · 0959-37-5833

  Island about 300 meters off Yokoseura Port, marked by a white cross restored in 1962.

• Mugenkyo Kokabo

  

  Saikai, Nagasaki · 0959-27-0588

  Small hillside art museum displaying ceramics and folk toys, with a mixed-tree garden for walks.

• Oda Shell Mound Ruins Park

  

  Saikai, Nagasaki · 0959-37-5833

  Park showing shell mounds thought to be Yayoi, pit-building traces, and medieval boar-fence replicas.

• Hirabarugo Kirishitan Gravestone

  

  Saikai, Nagasaki · 0959-37-5833

  Tombstone with a cross floral design and the letters INRI carved above it.