A small museum that keeps a harbour-town kitchen and workplace just as they were.
- English OK
Closed nowToday Closed
Days open for requests
- 9Mon
- 10Tue
- 11Wed
- 12Thu
- 13Fri
- 14Sat
- 15Sun
Ask anything before you book.
Cancellation policy
There is no charge for cancelling a guided tour. Groups, please let us know at least 3 days before.
Your visit gives back
When you pay, ask staff for the HAKOBUNE QR code and scan it. This place pays us a fee for your visit, and part of it goes to social causes. You pay nothing extra.
Didn’t get the QR?About this place
What you can do here
- See the kitchen and workplace of a harbour-town home
- Tour the museum with a guide
- Join a guided walk up the harbour's sloping lanes
- Pick up and handle old toys
From the staff
Every object on display carries its owner's memories. Try asking a guide, "What was this used for?" More often than not, they had one at home too.
Why this place supports social causes
The harbour streets have changed, and fewer people remember how life used to be. People from the neighbourhood take turns as guides, and entrust old things from their homes to the museum. Visits as part of school lessons are free, so we can pass on the town's way of life to children.
From the place
Because this museum is run by the townspeople themselves, to hand on to the next generation the everyday things and memories that people in the town have brought together.
What they care about
Things brought in by the townspeople
Most of what's on display has been entrusted to us by local households. The owners' stories are written on the labels too.
The house, just as it was
We have kept the ship chandler's earth-floored entrance and irori hearth just as they were.
Local guides
Our guides are people who live in this town. There is also a tour of the harbour's sloping lanes.
HAKOBUNE Spot offers
For first-time visitors
Offer
A postcard for first-time visitors
Choose any postcard you like at reception.
First-time visitors, once
From your second visit
Offer
From your second visit, ¥100 off admission
Adult admission becomes ¥400.
Second visit onwards
More details
Visiting
Admission
Adults ¥500, high-school students ¥300, junior-high age and under free
Last admission
16:30
Discounts & free days
¥400 for ages 65 and over. Free for holders of a disability certificate and one companion. 10% off for groups of 10 or more. Free for visits by Nagasaki City primary and junior-high schools as part of lessons
Photography
Partly allowed
Guided tours
Yes
Lockers
Yes
Café / restaurant
Yes
Accessibility
Accessibility support
- Wheelchair loan
- Pushchair loan
- Baby changing table
- Accessible toilet
- Written notes / sign language
Photos
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Items (2)
Other (1)
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Place details
- Name
- Nagasaki Harbour Life Museum
- Name in Japanese
- 長崎 みなと暮らし資料館
- Type
- Community spaces · Museum & art gallery
- Address
- 長崎県長崎市（港の近く・架空）Shown in Japanese so you can show it to a taxi driver.
- Nearest station
- 長崎電気軌道 大浦海岸通 電停 徒歩 4 分
- Hours
MonToday Closed Tue 09:30–17:00 Wed 09:30–17:00 Thu 09:30–17:00 Fri 09:30–17:00 Sat 09:30–17:00 Sun 09:30–17:00 9:30–17:00 (last entry 16:30) / Closed Mondays / Guided tours on weekends and public holidays
- Price guide
- Free–¥1,500
- Smoking
- No smoking
- Children
- Children welcome
- Accessibility
- Wheelchair accessible, Stroller friendly, Accessible toilet
- Parking
- Paid parking nearby
- Payment
- Cash, QR payments, IC transit cards
- Languages
- Japanese, English, Chinese (Simplified)
The place sent us this information. It may have changed — please check with the place before you go. Last updated Nov 4, 2026.
Map & access
長崎県長崎市（港の近く・架空）
Shown in Japanese so you can show it to a taxi driver.
Nearest station: 長崎電気軌道 大浦海岸通 電停 徒歩 4 分
